Chronic disease prevention programs administered by the Division of Health Promotion & Disease Prevention (HPDP) are often funded by federal grants or state funds that require evaluation of programmatic activities. These evaluations may be process or outcome oriented, and typically last the entire length of the program funding cycle. HPDP uses a mix of internal and external evaluation resources and is seeking to contract with an external evaluation partner (or partners) to provide evaluation services on an as-needed basis. To serve as a dedicated evaluation resource for the State, the evaluation partner will need to be able to provide a full scope of evaluation services for a wide range of public health programs. HPDP programs utilize the CDC Evaluation Framework, thus; the evaluation partner will be expected to be involved in stakeholder engagement, clarifying the program definition, developing and refining the evaluation design, data collection and analysis, preparing of recommendations, and working with programs to utilize evaluation findings via performance improvement planning with staff. The evaluation contractor often develops a comprehensive evaluation plan to guide evaluation activities for all evaluation projects undertaken and will provide an evaluation report based on findings. The scope and content of the evaluation(s) will be determined in conjunction with program partners, based on programmatic needs and funding requirements. Most HPDP evaluations utilize qualitative and quantitative methods and combine process and outcome evaluation questions. The organization that is awarded this contract will be responsible for providing evaluation services to all HPDP programs that need assistance. The State does not know how many evaluation projects will be undertaken during the duration of the contract; as such, the awardee must have the capacity to simultaneously manage multiple evaluations projects, as necessary. Evaluation services are intended to determine programmatic reach and impact, and to guide quality improvement activities. In doing so, evaluation services will demonstrate impact related to program/intervention outcomes; and inform program improvement, replicability, and decision-making. Specific desired outcomes include: • The Division meets its chronic disease objective(s) of improving the health of Vermonters as it relates to Healthy Vermonter 2030 and the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) • Determine if there are any negative/unintended results from programmatic activities that need to be addressed, corrected, or improved, and identify/recommend remediation approaches when appropriate • Resources are appropriately allocated, or planned for reallocation
