Formative Evaluation of Safe Horizon Family Court Program, New York City, New York, 2011-2021

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RAND and Safe Horizon worked together to conduct a clarificative evaluation to identify the core components and processes of the Family Courts Program, which include development of a program logic model and an evaluability assessment (EA) of the program. An implementation guide was also created that provides the necessary information to understand the program operations and provide program staff, the research field and other jurisdictions interested in replication the necessary tools to support program implementation as intended. Specifically, the aims of the project are to: Identify the core components, understand and improve program processes, and overcome barriers to effective service delivery;Assess the readiness of the Family Courts program to participate in an evaluation of program impact. To address the research aims listed above, the researchers conducted a comprehensive literature review to explore research and evaluations on family court services to survivors of domestic violence; developed a logic model; collected data from a variety of sources, including site visits, stakeholder interviews, document review, administrative data; analyzed current program data and qualitative data to understand how the program operates in the real-world setting.This study only includes the quantitative program data that was collected for analysis during this evaluation.