University System of Georgia’s
African-American Male Initiative (AAMI®) Start Up Grant Evaluative Report
Please complete this mandatory AAMI program evaluation form and ensure that the narrative report does
not exceed the cited word limits. Including a cover letter and the one-page budget document, the total report
should not exceed 10 pages. Reports should be typed using a 12-point font and submitted via e-mail.
Name of Institution: _______________________________________________________________________________
AAMI Project Name: ______________________________________________________________________________
Year Founded / Years in Existence: __________________________________________________________________
AAMI Project Director’s Name/Title: _________________________________________________________________
AAMI Project Address: ____________________________________________________________________________
City/State Zip Code: _______________________________________________________________________________
AAMI Grant Amount Awarded: ____________________ Institutional Amount Matched: ____________________
Total Number of Young Men in AAMI Program Cohorts: _______________________________________________
Pre-Freshmen: ___
College Freshmen: ___
College Sophomores: ___
College Juniors: ____
College Seniors: ____
Certification by Institutional President:
I certify to the best of my knowledge the information in this Evaluative Report is accurate.
Typed or Printed Name of Institution’s President
Signature of Institution’s President
Date
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USG’S AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE INITIATIVE
START-UP GRANT EVALUATION AND NARRATIVE REPORT
Please check and complete as applicable.
The absolute deadline for submission of all final reports will be no later than July 31, 2014. If the
work of the project/program is conducted during the summer of 2013, a final report must be
submitted no later than October 31, 2013.
 Final Report / Date Submitted:
____________________
 Interim Report / Date Submitted: ____________________
PROGRESS ON MAJOR GRANT OBJECTIVES, ACTIVITIES, AND TIMELINE
1. Please list the major objectives of the project as outlined in your proposal. Describe the progress you have
made toward achieving these objectives within your proposed timeline. Note where activities have differed
from what was originally anticipated. Indicate the current impact of the funding. (Limit 300 words)
2. Which of the following interventions and support programs did your grant-funded project address at your
institution? (Check all that apply)
_____ Expanding the number of African-American males enrolled at your institution
_____ Increasing African-American males’ graduation rates at your institution
_____ Targeted summer bridge program
_____ Campus learning-community program
_____ Programs that enhance African-American males’ successful orientation to the college experience
and their subsequent retention
_____ Communications-driven initiatives, aimed at African-American males, their parents and other
influencers, which encourage college attendance by the target cohort of students
_____ Other: Please provide a one-sentence synopsis to describe the main goal of the project
3. List the specific events and dates that your program activities where conducted. Note where activities have
differed from what was originally anticipated (For Example: Summer Bridge Program on June 24- June 28, 2013).
(Limit 300 words)
4. Explain how the activities listed above helped you meet the proposed goals and objectives stated in the
funding proposal (For example: Goal: To establish a Summer Bridge Program by working with external partners. Result:
Smith Public School System worked collaboratively with our program to identify 50-males who became participants of the
Summer Bridge Program). (Limit 300 words)
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EVALUATION
5. In your proposal, you provided a plan for how you intended to evaluate the grant project. Please provide an
update with regard to the status of the evaluation. (Limit 300 words)
6. List the barometer movements (measurable outcomes) that were achieved as a result of the program (For
example: Compare the grade point averages, retention rate, and Student Affairs engagements of the Summer Bridge Program
participants to their African-American Male counterparts who did not participate in the AAMI program and any other student
cohort if desired) (Limit 300 words)
7. All institutions are required to provide the following data for their African-American male students. Please
specify the period or term.
Most Recent Institutional Data
Overall institutional enrollment
Number of African-American males enrolled at the institution
Percentage of the student enrollment which African-American
males comprise at the institution
Number of African-American males enrolled in AAMI
Retention Rate of African-American males at the institution
Retention Rate of African-American males in the program
Graduation Rate of African-American males at the institution
Number of degrees conferred to African-American males at the
institution
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Reporting Period
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8. Specify the evaluation and measurement strategies used to assess the effectiveness of the
project/program.(For example: Graduation/Retention data from the institution’s Department of Institutional Research,
Registrar, and Student Affairs, focus groups, survey, etc.) (Limit 300 words)
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COMMUNICATION
9. Please provide an update on the status of any project communication along with media coverage and
products developed during this period (if applicable). Please submit no more than three (3)
marketing/communication samples, preferably an AAMI program-related brochure, news release,
media article, or any combination of the three. (Limit 300 words)
10. How are your program's successes being shared with other USG Institutions? (Limit 300 words)
MAJOR CHANGES
11. Please describe any major changes or experiences that have had, or will have, an impact on the work
supported by the grant. Describe changes occurring within your organization and/or outside your
organization. How have you responded, or how do you plan to respond to these changes?
(For example: At your institution, in the community, in your local school district, with your partnering entities, etc.).
(Limit 300 words)
LEARNING
12. What lessons have you learned so far that will help you in your continued efforts to achieve your intended
goals? Describe any changes you have made or plan to make in light of what you have learned? (Limit 300
words)
SUSTAINABILITY
13. How do you plan to sustain the momentum of your project into the future (programmatically and
financially). (Limit 300 words)
14. List recommendations on how and at what cost the programs might be expanded/replicated
to have additional impact on the institution's and the System's AAMI goals. (Limit 300 words)
FINANCIAL REPORT
15. Using the ATTACHED BUDGET TEMPLATE (only), please account SPECIFICALLY for the use of
these grant funds and indicate how these funds have been spent according to the categories submitted in the
original proposal budget. Insert lines as needed to list budgeted staff members by their full title, percentage
of time on the project, and wage. Itemize all travel expenditures in a separate budget narrative.
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