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Reimagining Impact: An Evaluation of the Avanath\/CORCDC Partnership<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n By<\/span>Brad Christerson<\/a><\/strong>\n \n March 2, 2020<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Introduction<\/h2>\n

This study examines the social impact of community service organizations that are affiliated with church groups in Southern California. In our work with many such faith-based groups, we have found that, while they all share a commitment to improving the lives of the people they serve, most do not collect data to measure the effectiveness of their programming.<\/p>\n

This is problematic for the following reasons:<\/p>\n

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  1. Funders increasingly demand evidence-based programming.<\/li>\n
  2. There are no recognized standard measures for the community impact of faith-based
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  3. Smaller faith-based service groups, particularly those in low-income neighborhoods, have difficulty creating the organizational structures and capacity to receive resources from funders.<\/li>\n
  4. Funds typically go to large faith-based service groups that have name recognition and more organizational capacity, neglecting the important work done by smaller faith-based groups, especially in communities that are under-resourced.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Another key problem is that those faith-based groups that do collect evaluation and impact data tend to focus their data analysis primarily on inputs and outputs rather than outcomes (Lupton 2015). Examples of input and output measurements are:<\/p>\n