The Relationship between Program Implementation and Evaluation on the TCE/HIV Projects

Abstract

As we began to review articles for this special issue, we realized that we knew very little about the interaction between program implementation and program evaluation on the Federal Targeted Capacity Expansion Program for Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV/AIDS Services grants. Although it seemed obvious to us that the relationship between program directors and evaluators is important for the collaborative success of the Targeted Capacity Expansion Program for Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV/AIDS Services grant-funded projects, we felt that further information was needed to help identify the strengths and limitations of the various structural arrangements that guide these relationships. This article presents the results of a survey of Targeted Capacity Expansion Program for Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV/AIDS Services program directors and evaluators that explored the working relationship between the directors and evaluators in the implementation of Targeted Capacity Expansion Program for Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV/AIDS Services grant-funded projects.

KEYWORDS:

• Substance abuse
• program evaluation
• program implementation
• grant-funded projects

Notes

The authors wish to thank the staff at Asociacion de Puertorreiquenos en Marcha, Inc. for their hard work on behalf of the clients they serve.

This project was carried out with funding from a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) grant from the Targeted Capacity Expansion Program for Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV/AIDS Services (TCE/HIV). The views and opinions contained in the publication do not necessarily reflect those of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and should not be construed as such.