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Grant Writing Objectives

Writing Objectives, Performance Measures and Evaluation Methods
Building Objectives:	Example
1. What activity will you engage in? With whom (organizations, community leaders, youth, parents)?	Substance abuse education for all (n=50) the youth participating in the Utopia Day Program.
2. What outcome do you expect from this activity? (Be sure there is a direct connection between the activity and the desired outcome)	Students will improve their knowledge of the negative effects of substance abuse.
3. What tools/methods will the program use to measure the outcome?	The youth will take a pre-test and post-test, before and after completion of the substance abuse education program to test an increase in knowledge.
4. What degree or level (percentage or numbers) of the desired outcome do you want to achieve to indicate success? Over what period of time?	75% of the youth that complete the substance abuse education program will have a 25% increase from pre-test to post-test.
5. How many people will directly benefit from this activity? Or, what systems, partnerships, community networks, or groups will directly benefit from this activity?	Approximately 50 youth will benefit from this program in the 2002 -2003 school year.
6. Restate your objective (steps 1-5): All of the youth (n=50) at the Utopia Day Program, during the 2002-2003 school year, will improve their knowledge of the negative effects of illegal substances by participating in the substance abuse education program. Of the youth that complete the program, at least 75% will have at least a 25% increase (from pre-test to post-test) in their knowledge of the negative effects of substance abuse.
7. Performance Measures (for the above objective): Increase test score from pre-test to post-test.
8. Evaluation Methods (for the above objective): Pre-test and post-test that are developed specifically to evaluate the substance abuse education curriculum.