An Evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act Nonprofit Organization Program

Vol. I, An Analysis of Federal Program Implementation and Funding Procedures

Jackie Kimbrough, James B. Hyman

ResearchPublished 1978

First in a series of volumes resulting from a two-year study of the Emergency School Aid Act nonprofit organization (NPO) program, this report examines program history and analyzes the grant awards process for NPOs. Part I explores the political context in which the program developed and the relationship between federal level program implementation and local level operations. NPO success was limited by federal implementation procedures which promote school district dominance and which prevent NPOs from engaging in potentially effective activities and strategies. Part II describes the NPO funding process, analyzing the awards criteria and the relationship between NPO proposal scores and impact as measured by the evaluation. The report states that the proposal ratings process, which neither facilitates nor impedes the funding of effective NPOs, can be improved by dropping the Statistical Criteria and revising the Quality Criteria to include other predictive variables.

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Kimbrough, Jackie and James B. Hyman, An Evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act Nonprofit Organization Program: Vol. I, An Analysis of Federal Program Implementation and Funding Procedures. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1978. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2312z1.html.
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