Local Program Evaluator Directory

This Directory solicits information about the qualifications, areas of expertise and availability of individuals who would like to be considered as local program evaluators. If a CTCP-funded agency contracts with a local program evaluator identified in this database, the data provided by the local program evaluator will be electronically linked to the Tobacco Control Plan of the CTCP-funded agency. The local program evaluator's directory profile will be automatically updated to identify each CTCP-funded project that the local program evaluator works with.

Individuals who submit information into this Directory agree that all information submitted will be shared through the Directory. CTCP requires its local contractors to direct a minimum of 10 percent of their local program funds towards evaluation and to designate at least one qualified evaluator as the lead. Tobacco Control Plans submitted to CTCP must include a description of the evaluation design, data collection methods and instruments, sampling, data analysis plan and how the findings will be disseminated. Local program evaluators generally work in a collaborative relationship with local projects to prepare the Plan, conduct the evaluation, prepare progress reports and evaluation reports. For more information about CDPH/CTCP's local program evaluation efforts, please see Tang H, Cowling DW, Koumjian, Roeseler A, Lloyd J and Rogers T. Building local program evaluation capacity toward a comprehensive evaluation (2002) in Responding to Sponsors and Stakeholders in Complex Evaluation Environments. Rakesh Mohan, David J. Bernstein, and Maria D. Whitset (eds.) New Directions for Evaluation, no. 95. Jossey-Bass..