LOGIC MODEL/ PROGRAM
THEORY
Context/
Background
/Need
Assumptions
INPUTS
OUTPUTS
Short-term
OUTCOMES
Medium-term
OUTCOMES
Long-term
IMPACTS
(Needs:  What set of
needs or issues
does the program
address?)
 What are the
program's
assumptions?

What are the ideas
about how and why
the program will do
what it does?
 Contributions and
investments.
For  e.g., Staff,
Volunteers,
Time, Money,
Materials,
Research,
Knowledge,
Equipment,
Partners,
Curricula
 Processes, services,
events.
For e.g., : Workshops,
Trainings,
Lectures,
Demonstrations,
Development of
Products,
Counseling,
Dissemination
 E.g., Changes in:
Awareness,
Knowledge,
Skills,
Expectations,
Aspirations,
Opinions,
Motivations
 E.g., Changes in:
Action,
Behavior,
Practices,
Policies,
Decision-making
 E.g., Changes in:
Social conditions,
Economic
conditions,
Civic environments,
Laws,
Policies,

  • What is/are the need(s) for the program? What issue, needs,and challenges does the
    program seek to address? (See Context/Background/Need)

  • What underlying assumptions does the program hold about how and why it does
    what it does ?(See Assumptions)

  • What is it about the program (features) that makes changes or differences happen
    (for participants, for communities, for others? (See “Assumptions”)

  • What resources does the program invest or use? (See “Inputs”)

  • What activities, events, actions, etc. does the program employ or implement?  What
    “happens” in the program?  (See “Outputs”)

  • What are the short-term (relatively immediate) changes (in participants) that the
    program makes happen? (See “Short-term Outcomes”)

  • What are the medium-term outcomes?

  • What are the longer-term changes?  (See “Impacts”)



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