FOCUS: HOW WE MEASURE OUR IMPACT IN THE FAMILIES PROGRAM

Impact On Individuals

Parents have better awareness of child’s development needs & the importance of their parental role

Parents have increased knowledge, skills and/or ability to provide more nurturing care

Significant changes in family life (parents & children) as a result of aquired skills, knoledge, capacity

A1: Parents have a better perception of their role and its value/ importance

B1: Parents have improved knowledge of how to implement early childhood development and parenting strategies

Impact On Organizations

Community organizations that work with partners are better able to support individuals and families

C1: Parents and children experience positive changes in family life

D1: improved state inter-service collaboration

A2: Parents show intention/commitment to make changes as a result of participation

A3: Parents know how to access support networks/resources

B2: Parents better manage their own emotions

C2: Children have access to quality pre-primary education

D2: increased collaboration with community actors

B3: Parents have developed specific life skills enabling them to provide household stability for their children

C3: Child’s health development and well being evolve appropriately

D3: More appropriate referral of families to and from state services

A4: Parents have better awareness of their own parenting ability

B4: Parents have access to social and economic support network

C4: Parents experience wider changes in personal circumstances

A5: Parents have awareness of child’s development needs

B5: Parents are actively demonstrating new parenting behaviours using their learnings from the program

Table above: Impact objectives of the Families programme with three clusters for individual impact (awareness, skills and behaviour, transformational change); and one cluster for organizations. The same approach applies to the Refugee Start-Ups programme as well.