Table 1.

Evaluation activities, methods, and timeline.

Method	Timeline	Participants	Procedure	Analysis	CIPPa outcome
Project status conference calls	Years 1, 2, and 3	Program coordinators at all pilot sites	Collected monthly in a 1-hour meeting via teleconferencing technology	Content analysis of meeting minutes	Process evaluation
Individual veteran participant survey: baseline, exit, 3 months postexit	Years 1, 2, and 3	Veteran participants at all pilot sites	Collected on a rolling basis, distributed by pilot sites in paper-based or online format	Descriptive statistics: RMANOVAb, paired t-tests/ Wilcoxon signed-rank tests	Product evaluation
Quarterly program surveys	Years 1, 2, and 3	Program coordinators at all pilot sites	Collected every 3 months; administered online	Descriptive statistics	Process evaluation
Participant observation	Years 1, 2, and 3	Participants, staff, and stakeholders	Conducted yearly at annual site visits in person	Content analysis of field notes	Process evaluation
Implementation interviews	Years 1, 2, and 3	Year 1: Pilot site staff and community stakeholders; year 2: pilot site staff; year 3: pilot site staff and community stakeholders	Collected yearly in a 1-hour semistructured interview	Noticing, collecting, and thinking (NCT) analysis	Process evaluation
Veteran voice interviews	Years 1, 2, and 3	Veteran participants at all pilot sites	Conducted yearly in 30-minute semistructured interviews in person and via telephone	NCT analysis	Product evaluation

^aCIPP: context, inputs, process, product.

^bRMANOVA: repeated-measures analysis of variance.