Assessing Operation Purple: A program evaluation of a summer camp for military youth

Author(s): Chandra, Anita; Lara-Cinisomo, Sandraluz; Burns, Rachel M.; Griffin, Beth Ann;
Date Issued: 2012
Publisher(s): Rand Corporation
Description: An evaluation of Operation Purple, a free summer camp program for military children who experience parental deployment, that examines curriculum implementation and participant outcomes related to communicating feelings about deployment-related stress, understanding military culture and service, and environmental knowledge and practice, based on camp director reports and visitor logs and on a comparison of pre- and posttest parent and child surveys from participants and matched nonparticipants
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Funder(s): National Military Family Association (U.S.)
Source: (TR-1243-NMFA). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation. Retrieved August 20, 2012, from http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/technical_reports/2012/RAND_TR1243.pdf
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness

Child Care & Early Education Providers/Organizations > Sponsorship > Military Child Care

Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Programs > Out-Of-School Time
Country: United States
ISBN: 978-0-8330-7651-9 : Paperback
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