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Enhance LSC’s ability to assess the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the programs that LSC funds; Provide grantees with better tools to assess their own performance, manage their operations, and increase private financial support.

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J A M E S S A N D M A N , L E G A L S E R V I C E S C O R P O R A T I O N D R . S A N J E E V K H A G R A M , I N N O V A T I O N S F O R S C A L I N G I M P A C T

D A V I D B O N B R I G H T , K E Y S T O N E A C C O U N T A B I L I T Y

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I. Project Goals

II. Project Overview

III. Preliminary Survey Findings

IV. Next Steps

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The goals of the project are to: • Enhance LSC’s ability to assess the quality, efficiency, and

effectiveness of the programs that LSC funds; and • Provide grantees with better tools to assess their own

performance, manage their operations, and increase private financial support.

Funding provided by the Public Welfare Foundation (PWF)

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Project Overview

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Needs Challenges Practices

Advisory Group

In-depth Interviews

Large N Survey

Landscape Review

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Discussion and feedback from NLADA

Draft report based on comprehensive analysis of survey Feedback from community Finalize report

Presenter
Presentation Notes
Needs timeline
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Assemble toolkit Update LSC Reporting System

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Preliminary Survey Findings

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2 3: Neithersatisfied norunsatisfied

4 5: Verysatisfied

1: Very unsatisfied

3: Neither satisfied norunsatisfied

5: Very satisfied

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0% 50% 100%

Client outcomes +4 months

Client well-being

Monetary or non-monetarybenefits beyond client

Win/Loss ratios

Monetary value of client benefits

Direct non-monetary benefits

Client satisfaction

% collected (for utility,please see next slide)

% Do no collect but wouldbe useful

% Do not collect but wouldnot be useful

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Client well-being

Win/Loss ratios

Client outcomes +4 months

Client satisfaction

Monetary or non-monetary benefits beyondclient

Direct non-monetary benefits

Monetary value of client benefits

5: Very useful4: Useful

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0% 50% 100%

Client well-being

Monetary or non-monetarybenefits beyond client

Clients responses to services

Monetary value of client benefits

Direct non-monetary benefits

Client satisfaction

% Collected (forutility, please seenext slide)

% Do not collect butwould be useful

% Do not collect butwould not be useful

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Client well-being

Client satisfaction

Clients responses to services

Monetary or non-monetary benefits beyondclient

Direct non-monetary benefits

Monetary value of client benefits

5: Very useful4: Useful

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Rank order of top five data types 1. Economic and monetary benefits 2. Other outcomes data 3. Client surveys including satisfaction surveys 4. CSR data 5. Number of clients served

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Top five not collected in rank order 1. Long-term/follow up data 2. Client satisfaction surveys 3. Economic and monetary benefits 4. GIS Mapping 5. Community impact

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Identifying most useful data

Usefulness of data

Data systems and technology

Possible mis-use of data

Technical resources and tools

Staff expertise

Staff buy-in

Cost-effectiveness to collect from clients

Administrative burdens and costs

5: Very significant4: Significant

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Referrals

Other services narrative

Web analytics

Pro Se assistance

Community legal education

Other grantee activity reports

CSR case closing codes

Problem codes

Number of person served

5: Veryuseful

4: useful

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LSC responses to Competitive GrantApplications

Grantee inputs to CSR/CSM visit reports

Competitive grant applications

LSC inputs to CSR/CSM visit reports

Data for GAR (minus CSR data)

Grantee inputs to PQV report

LSC inputs to PQV report

CSR data

5: Veryhelpful

4: Helpful

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Efficacy of data for external stakeholders

Efficacy of data for LSC

Usefulness

Compliance audit burden

Hard to measure

Cost

Sensitivity to context

“One size fits all” approach

Administrative burdens

5: Verysignificant

4: Significant

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LSC data reporting systems efficient

LSC responds usefully to GARs

LSC data reporting not burdensome

Understand how LSC uses my data

LSC program visits yield useful feedback

5: Stronglyagree

4: Agree

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The survey indicates that too few grantees report that they are benefitting from interactions with LSC around major touch points like GARs and PQVs. • Only 15% of respondents agree or strongly agree that

LSC uses data from the GAR to provide useful feedback about program operations.

• 44% of respondents understand how LSC uses the data they submit to the organization.

• 50% of respondents agree that feedback from Program Quality Visits provides useful data.

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Next Steps

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Toolkit to support LSC grantees

Improvements in LSC reporting system

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• Continue engaging with stakeholders

• Publish detailed analysis of all work to date • Recommend selected and high value-add

reporting measures

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J A M E S S A N D M A N , L E G A L S E R V I C E S C O R P O R A T I O N D R . S A N J E E V K H A G R A M , I N N O V A T I O N S F O R S C A L I N G I M P A C T

D A V I D B O N B R I G H T , K E Y S T O N E A C C O U N T A B I L I T Y