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Show The interviewees volunteered for the interviews after they were not able to attend either volunteer focus group. These interviews followed semi-formal and informal protocol, allowing for question and answers from evaluator to Family Mentor as well as open discussion. There was one survey distributed to all Family Mentors that contacted the evaluator as a result of the initial invitation to the focus groups. Twelve were collected in all from an estimated 25 active Family Mentors. The survey collected both quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative section collected feedback from Family Mentors measured on a Likert Scale, while the qualitative section consisted of a set of open-ended questions. The target number of observations by the evaluator of the Family Mentoring Training conducted by IRC was two or three sessions. IRC was not able to comply due to a lack of training sessions that took place during the evaluation period. As a result, the evaluator was able to attend one training only. However, one session was deemed sufficient by IRC that the evaluator was able to gain the insight needed into how the Family Mentors are trained prior to entering the program. The analysis tools employed include the SWOTI: developed by Iver K. Davies. The SWOTI allows the evaluator, a particular unit of analysis to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). Strengths and weaknesses are always internal to the unit of analysis while opportunities and threats are always external to it. 11 |
