Assignment: Scenario Evaluation Plan

• Create an evaluation plan for your chosen scenario in Appendix B that analyzes the program for process and outcome evaluations.

• Describe the types of evaluations you would include in your evaluation plan and how each would serve to analyze various processes or intended outcomes in 700 to 800 words.

• Explain the measurement tools you would use and why.

• Format your paper according to APA guidelines.

Continental Senior Center
Organization Mission
Continental Senior Center, a City of Westminster agency, involves older adults in their community and in the senior center as leaders, teachers, and learners. It provides a balanced, diverse, and coordinated program and promotes the senior center as a model for the aging and aged. Continental Senior Center promotes successful aging. The organization's tagline, "In the Heart of Things," not only refers to its downtown location, but also emphasizes that the senior center is actively involved in community activities, especially those geared toward seniors. It provides information and referral services for those seeking help with taxes, health, housing, and other concerns; as well as case management services 3 days per week; and computerized information assistance to help seniors and family members access available area services. 
Brief Community Description

The community of Westminster is a historically rich community founded nearly 200 years ago. Approximately 60% of the population of Westminster is over the age of 60 and have lived in Westminster all of their lives. Of these senior residents, approximately 50% have a poverty-level income. Within the past 5 years, the community of Westminster has begun to expand with the building of new homes attracting younger families, all following the technology firms that have recently located to the community. 

Funding Opportunity

The Wesley Foundation supports multi-issue community organizing groups that work in low-income neighborhoods that are accountable to neighborhood residents, and through which people are empowered to have a major voice in shaping decisions that affect their lives.
The foundation supports organizations that

• Organize by enlisting and nurturing participation of a large number of neighborhood residents, organizations, and institutions.
• Recruit and formally develop local leadership.
• Enable local citizens, including youth, families, and seniors, to develop an agenda, to devise strategies, and to carry out action effectively to address issues.
• Demonstrate innovative strategies or create new local institutions that strengthen local community capacity.
Show evidence of significant local fundraising