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PLEASE NOTE: When you click 'Reply' to any message it will be sent to all RAMESES List members. If you only want to reply to the sender please remove [log in to unmask] from the 'To:' section of your email. Hello- I'm going to propose a realist approach for the evaluation of a child welfare intervention (peer parent mentoring services). The catch is the funder (the US federal government) is asking for the standard (quasi) experimental design with a focus on outcomes-indicators-measures. This is the case even though the funding is only for three years and the emphasis is on outcomes that are typically at least a couple of years out! I haven't written a proposal for RE before and I'm hoping someone will be willing to share language they've used to argue for the value of the approach in a context where the funder is unfamiliar with (if not perhaps skeptical of) alternatives to "standard" evaluation practice, at least in the U.S. Or if not to explicitly argue for, to present RE in a way that makes clear its value to efforts to identify program impacts, as well as program theory. Any and all advice and encouragement is welcome and appreciated! -Anna Rockhill Sr. Research Associate Portland State University USA To UNSUBSCRIBE please see: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/subscribers/faq.html#join