In Project New Hope, 677 low-income adults were offered jobs, childcare, and healthcare, while others were offered none of these things. In the end, only 27% of those who were offered jobs stuck with it long enough to lift themselves out of poverty. Levels of depression did not decrease, nor did self-esteem increase. However, the classroom performance of male the participants' male children increased. This example demonstrates the importance of:

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Measuring multiple outcomes is important in evaluating the effectiveness of a program, as demonstrated by the fact that although the job offer had a low success rate, the program had a positive impact on classroom performance of male children. This suggests that the program had unintended but positive spillover effects, which would have been missed if only one outcome was measured. Theory-driven evaluation, process evaluation, efficiency analysis, and stakeholders' perceptions may also be important in evaluating a program, but they are not specifically highlighted in this example.

In Project New Hope, 677 Low-Income Adults Were Offered Jobs