New Evaluation Approaches

Sound Families

In 2000, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched a $40 million, eight-year commitment to address family homelessness in the Puget Sound area in Washington State with the goal of creating 1,500 new housing units, provided with services that increase family stability. Sound Families was launched as a public-private partnership, with involvement from different levels of government, nonprofit groups, and regional housing authorities. The foundation made evaluation a priority from the beginning, and its approaches toward evaluation are detailed in this case study.

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