4 Evaluation

An evaluation of this project was launched during the summer of 2019. Graduates of all four cohorts were invited to be interviewed and asked to reflect on their own growth in leadership and current involvement in their communities. Conclusions from these interviews were:

• The IFLTI trained participants to recognize and develop their own leadership skills and expertise as parents of CYSHCN
• Participants gained the confidence and skills to develop community and system-level partnership
• IFLTI encouraged continuing connectedness among cohorts
• While family training positively impacts the system of care for CYSHCN, more research is needed to measure impact over time

Staff used these findings, in addition to data from pre- and post- self-assessments completed by participants, to submit a poster to the Association of Maternal Child Health Programs (AMCHP) conference in 2020. See appendix to view the poster findings.