The First 5 Sacramento Commission uses a multifaceted and comprehensive approach in the evaluation of its programs and services. All components of the evaluation have been designed to best demonstrate the impacts of First 5 Sacramento Commission’s funding. The Commission uses collected data to inform short-term decision making while findings from the evaluation are used to formulate long-term funding strategies.
Commission Contact: Carmen Garcia-Gomez, (916) 876-5869
Funded Partners
Evaluation of Commission Programs
Applied Survey Research (ASR) a nonprofit social research firm that uses Results Based Accountability (RBA) framework to identify relevant evidence-based outcomes and strategies towards collective wisdom.
Contact Person: Lisa Colvig, Vice President of Evaluation, (408) 247-8319
Evaluation Committee
The Committee meets every other month to develop policy recommendations to the Commission evaluation issues and oversees the evaluation design.
Evaluation Results
Findings in the community, areas of interest, and other useful resources:
- Reduction of African American Child Deaths (RAACD), FY 2022-23. This report includes First 5 Sacramento's strategies on perinatal services, safe sleep and home visiting, results, countywide trends and conclusions. Executive Summary.
- Systems Optimization and Sustainability Report, 2023. This report highlights First 5 Sacramento's Historical Systems Optimization Efforts since inception.
- Executive Summary, Evaluation Report: First 5 Sacramento invested more than $18.8 million in FY 2021-22. This report highlights the services and evaluation outcomes of our funded programs throughout 7 result areas.
- The Reduction of African American Child Deaths Evaluation Report, FY 2021-22 includes First 5 Sacramento's strategies on perinatal services, safe sleep and home visiting, results, countywide trends and conclusions. An Executive Summary is also available.
