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Making the Case for Domestic Violence Prevention Through the Lens of Cost-Benefit

A Manual for Domestic Violence Prevention Practitioners
(and the State and Local Policy-Makers They Present to)


THEORY OF CHANGE (SOLUTION) 

Theory of Change applies theory to describe what a program does to prevent or reduce this problem.  

Theory of Change (Solution) Chart

 A   right facing arrow

Intervention or Prevention Method

B     right facing arrow

Intermediate Goal of this Method

C

Ultimate Goal/Outcome of this Method

Example:

Reaching a range of community members through several educational methods that facilitate a change in beliefs about relationship/intimate partner violence and show how to apply the knowledge learned as a result of participation in these educational activities.

 

There is:

1)    increased awareness of relationship/intimate partner violence,

2)    change in beliefs about relationship/intimate partner violence; and,

3)    increased action to stop this relationship/intimate partner violence.

There is a decrease in relationship/intimate partner violence in the community and a growing intolerance for relationship/intimate partner violence there.

Your Theory of Change: