Topic for Capstone Project:
Changing or enhancing U.S. Military Veterans Mental Health Services (any topic, but an idea is Support programs for homeless veterans).
Please do not use any AI, please follow proper APA and English grammar.
Use the template attached
Using appropriate APA style and format for the following components of your paper, complete the following:
Project Question
Explain why the project question is important for the organization/community.
Describe a theory that helps explain the project question.
Program Evaluation
Explain why the selected program evaluation (formative, process, or outcome) is appropriate.
Explain why the data selected are appropriate to answer the project question.
Are you using qualitative data? If so, why?
Are you using quantitative data? If so, why?
Discuss how cultural responsiveness and equity would be considered in the program evaluation.
Program Evaluation Application
Discuss how the findings of the program evaluation could be used.
Future Planning
Using the Human Services Reflection Journal: Applied Research and Your Capstone Project Activity media, complete the following:
Discuss personal plans for a capstone project.
Do you have a potential site you could work with? If so, have you made contact to discuss the possibility?
If you do not have a site, is there a community problem that you could focus on to propose a new program to develop (formative program evaluation)?
How does your potential capstone project align with your career goals?
Note: After writing your response, print a PDF and submit it with the rest of your assessment.
Additional Requirements
Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Convey purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences. Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
Length: 5–7 typed, double-spaced pages. In addition, include your printed PDF from the Human Services Reflection Journal: Applied Research and Your Capstone Project Activity media.
References: Use scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
Format: Use current APA style and format for references, in-text citations, and headings, as appropriate. Visit the Evidence and APA section of the Writing Center for help with APA as needed.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
ePortfolio
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Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and grading criteria:
Competency 2: Explain the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration to resolve human services issues.
Discuss how cultural responsiveness and equity would be considered in the program evaluation.
Competency 4: Explain how scholar practitioners engage in data-driven decision making to answer organizational questions and inform leadership decisions.
Explain why the project question is important for the organization/community.
Describe a theory that helps explain the project question.
Explain why the selected program evaluation (formative, process, or outcome) is appropriate.
Explain why the data selected is appropriate to answer the project question.
Discuss how the findings of the program evaluation could be used.
Discuss personal plans for a capstone project.
Competency 6: Address assignment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
Convey purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.