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Evolution of a monitoring and evaluation system in disaster recovery: Learning from the Katrina Aid Today National Case Management Consortium
Author(s) -
Janis Amanda,
Stiefel Kelly M.,
Carbullido Celine C.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
new directions for evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1534-875X
pISSN - 1097-6736
DOI - 10.1002/ev.330
Subject(s) - hurricane katrina , disaster recovery , emergency management , disaster response , natural disaster , political science , environmental resource management , computer science , geography , environmental science , meteorology , law
Based on their personal experience and reflections, the authors describe and analyze the monitoring and evaluation system employed by Katrina Aid Today (KAT), a program created by a consortium of partner agencies to provide disaster recovery case management services throughout the United States. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated communities along the U.S. Gulf Coast and displaced scores of people on a scale previously unknown in the United States. The authors' reflections on the KAT model provide suggestions for future evaluations of disaster case management. The need for flexibility in disaster recovery, monitoring and evaluation program design, critical aspects for implementing and adapting an interagency monitoring and evaluation system, evolving interagency data collection, developing outcome measures, and emphasizing program evaluation in disaster recovery are discussed. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc., and the American Evaluation Association.