How do we know that what we are doing is making a difference? CFY strives to evaluate every project and program, as well as, having long term community change monitored and reported by an outside independent evaluator.  Project outcomes are the immediate results of a particular program or project.  Did the way a family communicates change as a result of a specific program?  Did the number of days a student attended school improve?  These are short-term program or project results.

CFY also measures longer term community change.  Did risk and protective factors (as measured by the Pennsylvania Youth Survey) change over time?  Did substance abuse and or incidents of delinquency reduce over time?  These are longer term community changes - evaluation outcomes - that are monitored and reported through an outside independent evaluator.