Summative Evaluation of the Community Action Program for Children: 2004-2009

Management Response and Action Plan

	Evaluation Recommendations	Management Response(eg. agree; disagree; agree with conditions)	Management Action Plan	Deliverables	Expected Completion Date (For Each Deliverable)	Responsibility (Position)	Accountability	Resources
1	Continue monitoring threats to child health: It is recommended that CAPC continue monitoring threats to child health so as to inform implementation and enable the program to adapt and respond to emerging health priorities.	Agree	Assess these public health priorities to improve delivery and implementation of program activities and services.	Conduct specific analyses and annual reviews of data gathered from on-going program monitoring and performance measurement tools (and additional surveillance data) to determine the contribution of CAPC on public health priority issue areas	Spring 2011	Manager, Evaluation and Corporate Reporting Unit, Division of Childhood and Adolescence, Centre for Health Promotion	Director General, Centre for Health Promotion	N / A (Part of annual performance measurement contracting)
2	Continue data collection to support planning, performance reporting and evaluation: It is recommended that the CAPC continue to collect on-going performance measurement data through the revised Integrated National Evaluation Tool (INET).	Agree	Continue to collect and report on the INET for the renewal period (up to March 2012).	Assess and revise the INET to incorporate emerging public health priorities	Winter 2009	Manager, Evaluation and Corporate Reporting Unit, Division of Childhood and Adolescence, Centre for Health Promotion	Director General, Centre for Health Promotion	100K / Annual (Part of annual performance measurement contracting)
				Projects to report on fiscal 2009-10 activities	Spring 2010
				Manage receipt and verification of project data Aggregate national data and national reporting	Summer 2010
				Aggregate national data and national reporting	Winter 2010
3	Undertake further study to identify the most effective delivery models within the overall program design: It is recommended that core program objectives are reviewed to inform the identification of a program typology of interventions and services. This would enhance the identification of best practices and the development a national outcome evaluation strategy.	Agree	Review and identify core program objectives and a typology of interventions and services to develop a national outcome evaluation strategy for CAPC.	Review and establish core program objectives to allow for: Typology to inform best practices	Spring 2011	Manager, Evaluation and Corporate Reporting Unit, Division of Childhood and Adolescence, Centre for Health Promotion	Director General, Centre for Health Promotion	TBD (Contingent on long-term decisions on community investments in maternal and child health)
				Accept delivery of a contracted third party comprehensive recommendations report on CAPC evaluation	Spring 2010
				Assess CAPC foundational outcome documentation: Logic model review Review of regional outcome evaluation strategies / reports Evaluation of best practices	Spring 2011
				Establish annual national/ regional evaluation planning for CAPC	Spring 2011
				Establish a CAPC evaluation strategy	Spring 2012
4	Consider evaluation findings in decisions regarding future PHAC investments in child health: It is recommended that all results of this Summative evaluation, including key findings, conclusions, and limitations of the analysis be considered in the context of long-term decisions on future PHAC investments in child health.	Agree	Assess key findings, limitations and recommendations to integrate into any learning to inform long-term decisions on community investments in child health within PHAC.	Provide detailed briefing(s) and analysis to PHAC Senior Management to inform long-term programmatic decisions	Spring 2010	Manager, Evaluation and Corporate Reporting Unit, Division of Childhood and Adolescence, Centre for Health Promotion	Director General, Centre for Health Promotion	TBD (Contingent on long-term decisions on community investments in maternal and child health)
5	Consider findings on the economic benefits of early intervention and adequacy of current CAPC funding levels in decisions regarding future PHAC investments in child health: It is recommended that consideration be given to the economic benefits of early intervention as well as a review the economic realities of current CAPC funding levels to inform future PHAC investments in children's health.	Agree	Assess key findings from economic analysis to be integrated into any learning to inform long-term decisions on community investments in child health within PHAC.	Provide detailed briefing(s) and analysis to PHAC Senior Management to inform long-term programmatic decisions	Spring 2010	Manager, Evaluation and Corporate Reporting Unit, Division of Childhood and Adolescence, Centre for Health Promotion	Director General, Centre for Health Promotion	TBD (Contingent on long-term decisions on community investments in maternal and child health)
6	Position evaluation to meet the mandate of the 2009 Treasury Board Policy on Evaluation: It is recommended that any future evaluation of CAPC be positioned to meet the mandate of the 2009 Treasury Board Policy on Evaluation.	Agree	Align CAPC evaluation into a broader PHAC evaluation strategy to respond the new Treasury Board mandate	Create a Centre for Health Promotion (CHP) Evaluation and Planning Work Group including National and Regional representation	Winter 2009	Manager, Evaluation and Corporate Reporting Unit, Division of Childhood and Adolescence, Centre for Health Promotion	Director General, Centre for Health Promotion	N/A
6		Agree		Provide DCA input to CHP evaluation priorities and work plan inclusive of any future requirements to demonstrate CAPC accountability	Annual		Director General, Centre for Health Promotion	TBD (Contingent on long-term planning for evaluation)

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