Program Evaluation and Grant Writing

Catalog description

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to analyze how programs designed to promote social well-being of people organize, deliver, and assess the effectiveness of the services and interventions. This course emphasizes the grant writing process, with the overall purpose of teaching the student to unpack each component through critical analysis of program development and implementation. The course provides the students with a deeper awareness of the important relationships between funding sources and the manner in which programs conduct daily activities. Students learn models of organizational change and also examine the factors related to successful dissemination of innovations in human service programs. This course assesses Social Work EPAS competencies 4 and 9.