Assignment 5.1

The need to evaluate in human services

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The need to evaluate in human services

Introduction

Some human services organizations have been developed to address human needs. The human services professionals are advised to come up with goals and plans that can help solve human needs. The challenge has been time and costs involved in coming up with new programs and the increasing number of potential needs to be addressed. The human services professionals have a huge task to develop achievable goals and plans. Evaluation should be done to determine both the extent of the problem and the success of the program in implementing it. This paper will examine a case study of the evaluation of a program designed to help juvenile offenders. This work will also look into the purpose of evaluating the program and assess the importance of that evaluation.

The case study selected is the co-location of health care services for homeless veterans. What motivated the development of the program is the need to have veterans access timely health care services by co-locating clinics in one house and ensuring there is adequate availability of services needed. After evaluating the program, it is evident that it did meet the needs of clients and stakeholders in many ways. The programs served many homeless veterans and help improve their access to health care and social services. The program nevertheless faced some challenges. Some plans and goals of the program were not fully implemented. An example is that management systems to assist veterans with acute diseases were unable to be implemented. It is suggested that each problem which may arise at the course of implementation of the program be dealt with and solved so that the program can be successful.

The program designed to assist the juvenile offenders must capture all aspects of the case study program above. According to (Weiss,1998) evaluation report should outline the nature of the program and give necessary details.

Conclusion

Human services professionals are supposed to evaluate to know if the programs are supposed to be existence and also suggest areas to be expanded and improved. In the case study selected, human services’ professionals were able to pass information concerning results and outcomes of the program. The program was able to realize most of its goals and plans despite the few challenges encountered. They were also able to recommend similar programs in other communities and ensured the target population’s needs are being achieved in the most efficient way.

References

Healthcare for the Homeless Information Resource Center. (2004). Health Care for the

Homeless Grantee Profiles. Delmar, NY: PRAINC/HRSA.

Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Weiss, C. H. (1998). Evaluation: Methods for studying programs and policies (2nd ed.). Upper