Why Evaluate CHIPS?
1. Grant Program Requirements
Project Closeout Requirements
"assess the successes, challenges, surprises, and other significant experiences"
"what you learned - what worked, what did not work so well, what you might do differently"
"TIIAP is a national demonstration program"
"try to put yourself in the position of a colleague...who would like to embark on a similar project"
Final Report
Project Outcomes
- Progress toward achieving outcomes and goals
- Additional outcomes
Project Accomplishments
- Significant accomplishment or achievement
- Impacts on the community
- Ways end users may have changed the way they work or carry out other activities
- Unanticipated problems that resulted from the project
- Number of individuals who directly or indirectly benefitted from TIIAP-related equipment or resources
Project Expansion
- Additional persons served by the project
Spin-off Activities
- Additional activities generated by the project
Partnerships
- Their success
- Factors that helped or hindered them
- The ways the relationships may have changed because of the project
Lessons Learned
- What would be of interest to others attempting similar projects
Impact of the Grant
- How did the grand affect your ability to implement the planned activity?
Future Plans
- What are you going to do next?
2. The Proposal
"CHIPS will be a success when the following goals are met"
- All 100 computers are in place and in use
- Effective mentoring program is established and users are satisfied
- Employers are aware of the program, employment opportunities
- Two employment opportunities per six months
- County Walk lab is equipped and staffed
- CHIPS participants have access to County Walk
- Relationships established between CHIPS and vocational rehabilitiation programs
- Assistive technologies applied aggressively
- Vibrant on-line community is established
3. External Interest
The Stockholm Award
4. Internal Interest
Was the effort a success? Did it make a difference?
What can be improved for the future?
