CAMEO HOUSE EVALUATION

Cameo House’s first obligation is to ensure the safety of the women and children living there, so there is an expectation that all residents staying clean and sober and not bring any alcohol or substances into the house – women are asked to submit to drug testing as a condition of program participation. [...] So Cameo House is less appealing because it’s more of a commitment.” – Cameo House Staff Cameo House’s program exit data suggest that, indeed, many of the women who arrive at Cameo House may struggle with the structure of the program. [...] Women who are successful in the program attribute the resistance among some of the other women in the program to persistent addiction issues, immaturity, and overall lack of readiness to change. [...] Finally, Cameo House clearly has a positive and powerful impact on the lives of the women and children who live there, but currently does not have a systematic way to measure all of the ways that the program is making a difference. [...] Adopting new evaluation tools and practices could help the program to measure and broadcast the transformative impact of the program and to generate more community and funder support.