Annual Report: Progress Towards Goals

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Evaluation Questions

how hasHow has the alignment of training, technical assistance, and financing programs into a system worked in benefiting entrepreneurs? What has worked well? What has not worked well?:

What have been the results of regional cooperation? Describe the jurisdictions crossed and the institutions necessary to reach sufficient scale, resources, and expertise to enable individual communities to play their full role. Provide two different cases:

What impact did the regional approach have on the various State level agencies, such as Education, Commerce, Economic Development, Agriculture and/or others? What local government impact was there through a regional approach?:

What tools and resources were developed? Provide examples of community uses of these tools and resources and explain how being culturally sensitive played a role in the utilization and successes of the communities and entrepreneurs.:

What was the impact of the networks formed through this project on entrepreneurs, practitioners, community leaders, and policymakers?:

What are the top ten lessons learned from participating as an Entrepreneurship Development System for Rural America? What are the top twenty lessons learned from working as a regional/statewide collaborative:

Describe five intended consequences of this project and describe unintended consequences of the project.:

In addition, if not already addressed, please consider the following

Summarize your progress toward achieving the stated goals of your project.:

Does your experience to date suggest that original expectations for achieving these outcomes were realistic? If not, why not? How will you deal with unrealistic expectations? If you have modifiedd your intended outcomes, indicate the changes.:

Have there been any unanticipated outcomes? What are they?:

Describe activities undertaken this year and lessons you have learned from this year's experiences.:

If some intended activities were not undertaken, please note them and explain why they were not pursued.:

What problems have arisen and how are they being addressed?:

Describe any new activities or modifications and why they were added.:

Share other pertinent observations/accomplishments.:

Describe factors or circumstances (positive and/or negative) within your environment affecting progress toward achieving goals either generally or as they relate to specific activities.:

If your project is collaborating with other organizations or institutions,describe how these relationships are helping or hindering your progress toward addressing needs.:

Future Plans

List the project and evaluation activities you intend to pursue during the next project year for each intended outcome and note whether and how they involve modifications. (This list is what you will report on next year.):

What will be done this coming year to increase the likelihood that the project will be self-sustaining by the end of the grant period?:

What indications are there that this project can (or cannot) be adopted elsewhere?:

Dissemination

What information or evaluation findings from your project have been made available to the field and how?:

What plans do you have, if any, at this time for disseminating the information about your project during the next year and at the conclusion of Foundation funding?:

Other

Please list issues that you would like to discuss with your Foundation program director.:

Grantees may attach appendices that may help to clarify information contained in the body of the report (via email). Be selective! Do not include copies of every newspaper article, brochure, or detailed statistical report having to do with this project. I:

Email evaluation reports generated during the past year as appropriate if they are not contained within your project report:

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