About the Evaluation
Mid-Term Performance Evaluation
The Project: LINC conducted the mid-term performance evaluation of the Positive Pathways Activity in Jamaica.
The Positive Pathways Activity aimed to prevent community violence by means of a collaborative, problem-solving, positive youth development (PYD) approach. This approach is evidence based and focuses on building resilience in youth, parents, caregivers, and communities in target areas.
The Activity employed various tools and strategies, including social and behavioral science, sport-for development, and positive deviance, with a view to creating an impact on individuals, communities, and systems.
Positive Pathways worked in 12 hotspot or “opportunity” communities where crime and violence are the highest across four parishes in Jamaica: Kingston/St. Andrew, St. James, St. Catherine, and Clarendon.
Purpose: The purpose of the performance evaluation was threefold:
- To assess how the Positive Pathways activity’s interventions for parents and families of youth participants have increased youth resilience to crime and violence;
- To assess the ways in which the Positive Pathways activity has reduced the risk of crime and violence for the target youth participants, and;
- To examine the extent to which private sector engagement has contributed to addressing the risk and resiliency levels of the targeted youth, their families, and their communities.
The evaluation was completed in April 2024 in partnership with The Cloudburst Group.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column]
Evaluation Questions
- What challenges or unexpected conditions were experienced by Positive Pathways during the first half of activity implementation?
- How have the interventions that target parents and families improved youth resilience to crime and violence?
- How have the identified pathway programs reduced the risk of participating in crime and violence for youth participants?
- To what extent has the Positive Pathways activity integrated civil society, government, and private sector partners to address the risk and resilience factors faced by targeted youth, families, and communities?
Methodology: Mixed-Methods Evaluation
The Positive Pathways Activity evaluation concluded with several key findings and recommendations for the Activity. You can read more about the findings and recommendations in the one-pager found in the link below.
Reports
About the Final Evaluation
This activity is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
