Immigrant Resettlement Program Evaluation Proposal- You are evaluating New World Neighbors program, which has been funded for 5 years and must be evaluated for effectiveness

The Murphy Consultant Company, an independent wealthy donor, had in 2013 donated $10 million to a nonprofit organization to implement resettlement help to new immigrant and refugee families arriving in the United States. Applicants had to have arrived in the United States not more than five years prior to applying, in order to benefit from the program. New World Neighbors, a not for profit organization with several years of resettlement experience was awarded the grant. Services provided under the grant included, housing, childcare, Job training, language skills and transportation. The agency has reached the end of the grant funding period, and requires an evaluation of its program to present to the funders. In the five years since the grant was awarded, the agency claims to have served more than 300 families. You have been asked to evaluate the program. Draw up an evaluation proposal on how you will conduct the evaluation. In your proposal note the following: Introduction 1 paragraph What does the literature say about immigrant resettlement programs and their effectiveness? Cite 2 articles that evaluated similar programs and discuss what they evaluated to show the effectiveness of the program. Discuss the research design used. You are not looking at what they found, instead, you are interested in HOW they did it for the evaluation. 1-2 paragraphs on each of the articles and the research design used. Methodology: Provide a description of the proposed techniques/methodology/tools to be used to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the New World Neighbors program. What is YOUR research question and hypothesis? 2 sentences What Research Design will you use? Offer a brief description of the design and answer why this fits. (qualitative or quantitative or mixed methods, experimental or quasi-experimental or pre-experimental, single group or more than one group, etc) 2 paragraphs How will you collect the data and what data will you look for? Why? Discuss what you would do- what kind of data will you collect to answer the question and how will you collect it. 1 paragraph How will you determine the effectiveness or non-effectiveness? Why? What would your data need to show for you to say it is effective, and what would the data need to show for you to say it is ineffective. 1 paragraph What issues of efficiency will you look for and why? Identify the variable and why 2 sentences What issues of sustainability will you look for? Identify the variable and why 2 sentences Conclusion 1 paragraph