Program Evaluation

The First 5 Sacramento Commission uses a multifaceted and comprehensive approach in the evaluation of its programs and services. All components of the evaluation have been designed to best demonstrate the impacts of First 5 Sacramento Commission’s funding. The Commission uses collected data to inform short-term decision making while findings from the evaluation are used to formulate long-term funding strategies.

Commission Contact: Carmen Garcia-Gomez, (916) 876-5869

Funded Partners

Evaluation of Commission Programs

Applied Survey Research (ASR) a nonprofit social research firm that uses Results Based Accountability (RBA) framework to identify relevant evidence-based outcomes and strategies towards collective wisdom.
Contact Person: Lisa Colvig, Vice President of Evaluation, (408) 247-8319

Evaluation Committee

The Committee meets every other month to develop policy recommendations to the Commission evaluation issues and oversees the evaluation design.

Evaluation Results

Findings in the community, areas of interest, and other useful resources:

Crisis Nursery Special Study, 2024: This report takes a closer look at the program’s characteristics of participants receiving services in FY 2023-24; reports on input from Crisis Nursery staff and input from Crisis Nursery participants.
Executive Summary FY22-23 and Evaluation Report FY22-23: First 5 Sacramento invested more than $19 million in FY 2022-23. This report highlights the services and evaluation outcomes of our funded programs throughout 7 result areas.
Reduction of African American Child Deaths (RAACD), FY 2022-23. This report includes First 5 Sacramento's strategies on perinatal services, safe sleep and home visiting, results, countywide trends and conclusions. Executive Summary.
Systems Optimization and Sustainability Report, 2023. This report highlights First 5 Sacramento's Historical Systems Optimization Efforts since inception.