Social Impact’s Quarterly Report

(SI) during the period of October-December 2017. The report describes the status of all tasking received under the DRG-LER task order, which includes impact evaluations, performance evaluations, and assessments. The report highlights several key activities conducted during this quarter, including the submission of the endline draft evaluation report for the Ghana Strengthening Accountability Mechanisms (G-SAM) evaluation, the production of a two-page brief for a dissemination event, and the presentation of endline findings at USAID on November 30th. The report also mentions the support provided to the Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC) Citizen Security – Community, Family, and Youth Resilience (CFYR) activity, which includes the development of school sampling protocols and school databases to track progress, as well as the collection of school-based data in Guyana. The report also discusses the Eastern and Southern Caribbean Citizen Security – Juvenile Justice evaluation, which aims to enhance approaches to the management of youth in conflict with the law across several Caribbean countries. The report highlights the dissemination of findings from the baseline implementation study report in St. Kitts and Nevis, as well as the support provided to the ESC Mission in preparing for their meeting with St. Kitts and Nevis Cabinet Ministers in December. In addition, the report mentions the Elections and Political Processes (EPP) Fund performance evaluation, which aims to assess the EPP fund criteria for awarding funds and identify and analyze the types of results EPP fund programs have attained. The report highlights the final approval of the evaluation report and the coordination with the DRG Center on posting the final report to the DEC. The report also mentions the following tasking received under the DRG-LER task order: * Ghana Strengthening Accountability Mechanisms (G-SAM) evaluation * Eastern and Southern Caribbean Citizen Security – Community, Family, and Youth Resilience (CFYR) evaluation * Eastern and Southern Caribbean Citizen Security – Juvenile Justice evaluation * Elections and Political Processes (EPP) Fund performance evaluation * Zambia Post-Election Assessment * Ghana Post-Election Assessment The report concludes by highlighting the progress made during this quarter and the challenges faced by the team, including delays in data collection and low response rates. The report also mentions the plans for the next quarter, including the completion of school outreach and school-based data collection in St. Kitts and Nevis, as well as the continuation of administrative data collection in St. Lucia and Guyana.