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Lunch at the Library: Program Evaluation and Outcomes Data

This program evaluation provides output and outcome data for the Lunch at the Library program, including the number of meals served, programming offered, and impact on families. The data can be used to demonstrate the program's breadth and reach, help others establish similar programs, and show the program's value and impact.

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Lunch at the Library: Program Evaluation and Outcomes Data

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  1. LU California Library Association & California Summer Meal Coalition

  2. Program Evaluation • Output Data • Participation survey for library staff: number of meals served, programming offered, etc. • Help to show the program’s breadth and reach • Data that can be used to help others establish programs • Outcomes Data • Surveys for Families • Demonstrate the program’s value and impact Lunch at the Library

  3. Program Outcomes • Families know they can get help and essential resources at the library. • Families feel healthy, happy, and safe. • Public library summer meal programs achieve their potential when they connect families with library resources and help them feel healthy, happy, and safe, in addition to providing meals. Lunch at the Library

  4. Results: Output Data • 2016: public libraries provided over 203,000 meals and over 60,000 snacks at 139 sites. • 2013: public libraries provided over 21,000 meals at 17 sites. • 2016 and 2015: 19% of families surveyed reported that they don’t get lunch anywhere else but the library during the summer. Lunch at the Library

  5. Results: Outcomes Data 1 (2016) • Families know they can get help and essential resources at the library: • 90% know they can find books and things to borrow. • 75% know they can find access to computers • 71% know they can take part in summer reading • 66% know they can find people to help them. • 65% know they can find information 5,121 people in 73 libraries completed surveys in 2016. Lunch at the Library

  6. Results: Outcomes Data 2 (2016) • Families feel healthy, happy, and safe: • 79% feel happy • 60% report they feel good about themselves • 60% feel safe 5,121 people in 73 libraries completed surveys in 2016. Lunch at the Library

  7. The Importance of Outcome-Based Programs • We encourage all libraries to plan their summer meal programs with outcomes in mind • Easier than it might sound • Greater impact than programs designed with no outcomes in mind • Improve future programs • Demonstrate the impact of your work • Contribute to statewide data • Set your own outcomes! Lunch at the Library

  8. Achieving Program Outcomes • Outcome evaluation is most effective when it is part of a systematic planning process: • Review program outcomes with colleagues. • Design your program with the outcomes in mind. • If you want to connect families with library resources and ensure they feel healthy, happy, and safe, offer programs that are intentionally designed to achieve those outcomes. • Collect and report your data. • Use data to improve your program and demonstrate its impact. Lunch at the Library

  9. Resources • Brief surveys for all ages – children, teens, and adults. • Survey Monkey link for entering data captured on print forms. • Personalized report of your library’s data. • Statewide data of the value and impact of California’s public library summer meal programs. • lunchatthelibrary.org Lunch at the Library

  10. CONTACT Natalie Cole Library Programs Consultant, California State Library natalie.cole@library.ca.gov Lunch at the Library is funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. It is a project of the California Library Association and California Summer Meal Coalition, supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. The Summer Food Service Program is a program of the United States Department of Agriculture, administered in California by the California Department of Education. Lunch at the Library

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