Kaitlyn Kelly with Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa

Summary

Kaitlyn worked on creating a program evaluation process for two separate projects with Variety - the Children’s Charity — Variety’s Mobility and Compassion Fund programs. Variety’s Mobility program provides specialized bikes to children with disabilities and to underprivileged children who may not be able to afford one. The Compassion Fund program supports children and their families who are financially struggling while their child is hospitalized. For both projects, Kaitlyn developed a way to evaluate these programs and leverage gathered feedback data to give sponsors updates, show donors the importance of these programs and garner more financial support.

Overview

• Collaborated with Variety’s staff to identify what kind of data they wanted to capture

• Researched and presented different survey tool options to staff that would meet Variety’s program evaluation needs

• Drafted questionnaires and email templates for each program

• Created a sustainable program evaluation procedure with written processes for each program

• Utilized these processes to evaluate programs through family feedback and impact stories

• Trained staff on program evaluation processes and procedures

Impact

In 2019-2020, 75 children received specialized mobility equipment, 349 children received Variety bikes, and 171 children and their families received financial assistance from the compassion fund in Iowa. These numbers are expected to grow in the following years.

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