Evaluation Report: Washington Campus Compact Learn and Serve America 2006-2009 Sub-Grant Program

This program evaluation report describes three types of projects that were funded by Learn and Serve American and whose sub-grants were administered by Washington Campus Compact: Promising Practices programs,  Congressional District Action Teams, and Capacity Building; in all, they totaled twenty-two projects in colleges and universities in Washington and Idaho. Over the course of the grants, measures such as progress reports and developmental self-assessments from the sub-grantees, participation in the LASSIE survey, surveys of all program managers,
and interviews with selected program managers were collected, and this report consolidates and summarizes the data from those sources to develop conclusions and recommendations regarding the LSA sub-grant program. Major themes that arose during examination of these data sources, including the flexibility of the funding opportunity in light of campus program maturity, with match of funds to growth needs; reporting and administrative management time; relationships among service-learning professionals and administration; and regional networking. Each of these themes seemed to represent strengths and challenges for campuses.