“Program planners must always remember that they can’t analyze data they wish they had collected,” Discuss the impact this statement has on the field of human services, to individual human services organizations and to program planners.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Field of human services—impact of electronic advances, field must be willing to change the way they do things, more accountability and transparency, requires more accurate reporting, requires specially trained staff to design and implement electronic data collection and reporting.
Individual human services organizations—all above, in addition will require changes in intake, monitoring and evaluation practices, staff will need extra training and lead time to use electronic systems.
Program planners—all above, specialized program and information system designs to capture and report on extra data. If data collection, reporting and evaluation is not added in at the beginning of a project, it will be impossible to complete funding requirements. Capture more in as flexible a system as possible and hire people who are computer savvy.
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