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TreeMac12 t1_j5tsrkx wrote

Reply to comment by themightychris in How a Philadelphia antiviolence grant improperly funneled $76,000 to city police staffers by PhillyAccount

>If the other 30 are all doing good work

Are they? What is the metric and mechanism for oversight?

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themightychris t1_j5u79d2 wrote

that's a reasonable question that someone serious about knowing would have to put a little effort into researching and learning. I assure you there are likely many and understanding any gaps is likely a whole job

just assuming there is none and calling for everything to be dismantled though like OP is lazy and irresponsible

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PhillyPanda t1_j5vf38w wrote

What is there to learn? Kenney hasnt released any evaluations of existing anti-violence initiatives.

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themightychris t1_j5vp57k wrote

You have to appreciate that conducting good evaluations is a huge job, it's expensive and takes a lot of work. Also, self-evaluations aren't worth much so it is most appropriate for them to be done externally

An external one is underway; https://www.phillytrib.com/news/local_news/review-to-determine-effectiveness-of-anti-violence-money-in-philadelphia/article_c9a821d8-7c88-11ec-af77-a798dce3557e.html

Equal Measure is a very reputable program evaluator

The Controller's office has released an analysis: https://controller.phila.gov/philadelphia-audits/fy23-anti-violence-budget/#/

These were very easy to find, so I'm inclined to believe those throwing eggs here just want to throw eggs, not actually evaluate anything

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PhillyPanda t1_j5vt2te wrote

Part of Rhynharts critique is that they haven’t released any evaluations of programs.

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themightychris t1_j5vvv4a wrote

who is making that critique? program evaluation is whole other practice from auditing, they would need new funding for expanded staff, and there's already orgs that do program evaluation and it doesn't take the privileged financials access the elected controller gets

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TreeMac12 t1_j5u8onp wrote

>I assure you there are likely many

I assure you there are probably not many.

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