Milwaukee Brighter Futures Year End Report 2009

Milwaukee Brighter Futures is a state-funded prevention program managed by Community Advocates.  The performance of the 2009 crop of Brighter Futures programs is summed up in this Year End Report.  BF 2009 Year End Report  Milwaukee Brighter Futures programs reached 14,910 children, youth and families in 2009, providing critically needed prevention education and intervention services.  Each Brighter Futures project is profiled in detail: demographics, participation frequency, leveraging, outputs, and outcomes.

Especially helpful for people interested in program design and evaluation are projects’ self-reflections, the section in each profile which includes the project operator’s own assessment of implementation challenges and successes.  This practice of asking projects to honestly evaluate their own progress has given Brighter Futures management the critical information needed to improve prevention planning and service delivery.  This kind of sharing – of the good and the not so good – is what sets Brighter Futures apart and keeps it real.  Worth a quick read!

More information about Milwaukee Brighter Futures is available at www.milwaukeebrighterfutures.org.