PhillyPanda t1_j5vf38w wrote on January 25, 2023 at 8:58 PM

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

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

themightychris t1_j5vp57k wrote on January 25, 2023 at 9:59 PM

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

PhillyPanda t1_j5vt2te wrote on January 25, 2023 at 10:24 PM

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

themightychris t1_j5vvv4a wrote on January 25, 2023 at 10:42 PM

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