This community guide details a framework to inform state and local agencies on how to generate sustainable and replicable estimates of youth homelessness. The guide provides information on how to approach linking administrative data across systems to more rigorously estimate the prevalence of youth who have experienced homelessness.
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Evidence-Based Decision Making Evidence Portfolio Guidance
This document accompanies the evidence portfolio tool and provides guidance in completing portfolios for each program/practice.
Evidence-Based Decision Making Evidence Portfolio Tool
Fill out this tool once for each program/practice. Revise the tool at least annually, building on the work you had the year before.
Evidence-Based Decision Making Systems Map
Results and recommendations for all evidence portfolios in the inventory are synthesized in the systems map. Agency leadership apply a systems lens during decision making to achieve a balanced view and identity trade-offs between and dependencies among programs/practices.
What is Rigor and Why is it Important?
The term “rigor” is widely used in research and evaluation; however, the term is rarely and inconsistently defined. Moreover, the term “rigor” can be polarizing or misunderstood. Some may see rigor as a “gold standard,” whereas others may view rigor as a construct that limits creativity. Rigor is one of the Colorado Evaluation and Action […]
Fostering Opportunities Program Manual: Middle and High School Version
Fostering Opportunities is an innovative student engagement program for middle school and high school students who have experienced foster care. The goal of the program is to help youth who have experienced foster care be successful in school and ultimately earn a high school credential. This program manual was last updated in June 2024.