Evaluation of Father Flanagan's Girls and Boys Town Short-term Residental Treatment Program for Girls

Supplemental funding is requested for the evaluation of the Girls and Boys Town short-term residential program for girls to enhance the research design and methodology. The original proposal outlined a retrospective (post test only) survey design for both the comparison and control girls. This modification will necessitate the administration of a second survey, for which money was not previously budgeted. In addition to the survey design, change DSG will need additional funding to cover unexpected costs associated with replacing the New Orleans site with the Atlanta site, as a result of Hurricane Katrina. This change will require the evaluation team to travel to Atlanta to forge agreements with local officials regarding the parameter of the research and the collection of data for the comparison group, as was previously done in New Orleans.
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