The Mother and Child Literacy Program

Program Mission Statement:

(self-reported)

In order to break the vicious cycle of povery, we added a program to breing about systemic change

Score Summary

Overall Score:	Excellent
Practice Principles:	Excellent
Faith Related Elements:	Better
Outcome Measures:	Excellent
Change Process:	Excellent

Program Facts

• Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 2
• Program Participants Last Year: 25
• Meets about 0 time(s) with each participant per month
• Participants remain in the program for 20 months

Board Activities

Funding Overview

(self-reported)

	This Program	This Organization
Organization Budget: $923,000 Program Budget: $67,000
Foundation Grants	90%	20%
Government Grants/Contracts	0%	0%
Individual Gifts	10%	75%
Business/Corporate Gifts	0%	0%
Congregation/Denominational Gifts	0%	5%
Dues/Fees/Income	0%	0%
Other	0%	0%
	Average Program Funding From All Samaritan Programs	Average Organization Funding From All Samaritan Organizations
The next charts display the average funding sources for all programs currently in the Samaritan Guide for your comparison. Average Organization Budget: $3,820,907 Average Program Budget: $480,643
Foundation Grants	24%	18%
Government Grants/Contracts	3%	8%
Individual Gifts	36%	33%
Business/Corporate Gifts	9%	8%
Congregation/Denominational Gifts	9%	10%
Dues/Fees/Income	7%	9%
Other	10%	11%

It is important to maintain diverse income sources for your programs and for your oganization as a whole. Doing so provides long-term financial stability to your organizations and programs. It is also important to note that government funding often comes with stipulations and restrictions. More information is available in the Raising Resources Toolkit - pdf.

Score Details

Program Focus
Program Mission	Clarity and specificity of the program's mission statement.	Good
Target Population	Clarity and specificity of the programs target clientele.	Excellent
Eligibility Criteria	Clarity and specificity of the program's eligibility criteria.	Excellent
Program Requirements	Well defined requirements for client participation.	Better
Referrals From Other Organizations	Do other organizations recommend this program to their clientele.	Good
Referrals to Other Organizations	Does this program recommend other programs to their clients?	Good
Volunteer to Staff Ratio	Are volunteers effectively incorporated into the program?	Excellent
Past Participant Recruiting	Are past program participants recruited as volunteers?	Better
Evaluation and Practice Princples
Practice Principles	How supports and resources are provided to increase outcomes.	Excellent
Outcome Measurement	The ability to measure stated program outcomes.	Excellent
Change Process	Specific and measurable statement of the program's goals.	Excellent
Faith Related Elements	Integration of faith related elements.	Better
Measurement Frequency	Frequency of measuring client outcomes.	Excellent
Program Evaluation	Level of the budget allocated to measuring client outcomes.	Excellent
Institutional Stability
Organization Age	A measure of the organization's durability.	Excellent
Board Oversight	How involved in the program are the members of its board?	Excellent
Program Duration	Average duration of a clients participation with a program.	Excellent
Finances
Budget Diffusion	Diversity of the programs funding sources.	Good
Government Funding	Does this program accept little or no government funding?	Excellent

Program Score Details

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Outcomes & Measures:

(self-reported)

Scoring for this section is based on the organizations ability to provide at least three clear and specific outcomes with corresponding measures in which a relationship is shown between outcomes and measures.

Outcome 1: Self- Confidence

Measure Used:
I understand that many of our hoped for "outcomes" are difficult to measure quantitatively, but I just had to put this one down because it is a goal we really try to build in this program. Our moms, for example, now travel outside of the insulated neighborhood where they communicate in english and transact their business without fear or timidity. The increase in self-confidence is tangible if not measureable.

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Outcome 2: Literacy/Education

Measure Used:
Report Cards, Standardized Tests, Computer Tracking Program for Achievements, Number of Trips to the Library, Teacher Assessments, Skills Record on the Computer Literacy Tests, etc.

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Outcome 3: Strengthened Family

Measure Used:
Outtings as family have increased. We also plan trips (for example, to Raging Waters, the zoo, the opera) and note how often families are doing things together. We discuss the importance of meals together. Most have told us that they are trying to eat together with greater frequency. We have read the book "Fast Food Nation" together and had a nutritionist/doctor/nurse in to talk about healthy foods. There is a large increase (20%) in the numbers of families who come to the Center for couseling when problems with their children or in their marriages occur.

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Outcome 4: Opportunity

Measure Used:
Mothers and/or Fathers have sought, applied for and received jobs as a direct consequence of their relationship with the Center either because of referrals, recommendations or due to skills they have acquired here. Children and Mothers have gotten scholoarships (for example, camp, music performances, art classes, recreation programs, swimming schools, etc) as a direct consequence fo their participation in our programs.

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Outcome 5: Growth in Desire to Know God

Measure Used:
Most of the students and their mothers chose to participate in catechisis programs, most chose to receive the sacraments, all are going to some church more than prior to our relationship with them, amny are going to a church of their choosing ona regular basis, most of the mothers are doing bible study formally with us.

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Change Process:

(self-reported)

Scoring for this section is based on the organizations ability to provide clear, measurable, client-focused stages of change based on participant participation.

Program participants are able to obtain their food and clothing free of charge from the Center. They are also able to take one full a week off so that they can study english, computers, catechisis, keyboarding, reading and other curricular subjects. The ability to speak in the language of this Country, to transact business, to obtain better and more frequent employment, to enjoy reading and writing, to become conversant with computer technologies are all life-changing. Participants also demonstrate a distinct change in attitude; they no longer appear as oppressed, subservient, timid people. They are much more self-actualized and generally appear happier and more confident. Care just does that...it transforms.

Program Score - Historical Review

Note: Significant decreases in scores may be the result of incomplete data in a Samaritan Award application.

End Notes

Incomplete Applications

Significant decreases in certain scores may indicate failure to comprehensively complete certain sections of the Samaritan Award application. Please be sure to fill out every question in the Samaritan Award application.

Relative Scoring

Total program scores are partially computed against other programs from within the same pool of applications and so are not cumulative.

Additional Reference Material

More information on scoring and methodology may be found on the Samaritan Guide and Award website.

Acton Institute Relationship

The Samaritan Guide and Samaritan Award are projects run by the Acton Institute. Inclusion in the Guide does not signify endorsement by the Acton Institute. More information on why the Acton Institute runs this project is available online.