Sample Logic Model With Definitions

Sample Logic Model with Definitions

Situation:

This is a description of a challenge, issue, or an opportunity the program’s resources and activities will be addressing. The situation will be used as a basis to explain activity

direction and the overall goal seeking to be achieved by the program. The situation may be determined from a number of sources such as stakeholder inputs, current events,

and national needs, etc.

Outputs

Outcomes -- Impact

Inputs

Activities

Participants

Short

Medium

Long

These are resources that

These are the research,

Participants, clients,

This occurs when there is

This occurs when there is

These are long-term

contribute to the

extension, educational,

organizations, agencies,

a change in knowledge,

a change in behaviors,

benefits (often called

program’s activities.

and integrated efforts to

decision-makers, and/or

awareness, skills,

decision-making and

impacts) such as

There are human

address the situation and

customers reached by the

attitudes, opinions and

actions. These changes

changes in social,

resources (i.e. faculty,

to yield all stated

activities.

intent.

demonstrate how the

economic, civic, and

staff, student researchers,

outcomes (i.e. research,

knowledge gained or

environmental

NPLs, etc.) and financial

workshops, graduate

increased has been used

conditions. It is

resources (i.e. federal,

classes taught).

and exercised beyond the

important to identify any

state and logcal

Highlighting those

control of laboratories,

changes in conditions

government, private

activities that were

workshops, and

because these changes

funding, etc.).

instrumental in the

classrooms.

demonstrate how the

achievement of the

activities have changed

program’s goals is critical

the situation. Changes

to the full evaluation of

in conditions may not be

the program, because it

immediately evident but

provides an answer to the

within 10-20 years, or

situation and explains the

more, following

outcomes.

implementation of all

activities evidence of

changes may become

more apparent. There

may be no direct causal

relationship from the

activities and these

changes, but the

activities must be

believed to have made a

contribution to these

changes.

Assumptions

External Factors

These are beliefs about the program, people involved and how the

These are aspects external to the program that influence the way the program operates,

program is perceived to work. Assumptions include ideas about the

and are influenced by the program. Dynamic systems interactions included the cultural

program or situation; the way the program will operate; what the

milieu, biophysical environment, economic structure, housing patterns, demographic make-

program expects to achieve; how the participants learn and behave, their

up, family circumstances, values, political environment, background and experiences of

motivations, etc.; the resources and staff; the external environment; the

participants, media, policies and priorities, etc. Elements that affect the program over

knowledge base; and the internal environment

which there is little control

Rev. 7/09