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It can do the same for you.
SETS demonstrates real-time program oversight and specific student success. This makes funders take notice because it gives them a specific understanding about your program and shows they can trust you to spend their grants wisely.
In fact, during the 2008 recession, the director of the local county Department of Human Services said SETS was the deciding factor in their giving an afterschool program a four-year contract.
SETS has received a comprehensive update yet it’s still the practical, down-to-earth tool small and mid-size nonprofits love.
Youth development outcomes assessment ensures more funding
In Joanne Fritz’s post “How Nonprofits Benefit From Measuring Outcomes” at thebalancesmallbusiness Fritz states:
Demand keeps growing for nonprofits to provide proof that what they are doing accomplishes something. All stakeholders should have ample access to information about the organizations to which they donate their resources or from which they seek services.
Data is everywhere. That’s why charitable nonprofits need to clearly explain their results and their social impact.
This demand for data has grown steadily over the years, so it’s no longer a question of “if” you should evaluate, it’s a question of “how” you should evaluate. SETS makes sense to youth development teachers because it asks questions they feel are relevant. How are students learning? How is their focus, their persistence, their ability to understand directions? SETS is practical, so teachers enjoy using it.
SETS also shows funders that your program is unique in how it addresses students’ individual needs. So, not only will you have great stories to share … you’ll have the data to back them up!
Give SETS a try. You may well come to see SETS as a life preserver for your youth development program.
