Logic model

What does Logic model mean?

A logic model sets out, step by step, how a program is expected to create change: inputs (money, staff), activities (what the program does), outputs (what it directly produces, such as people trained), outcomes (changes for people, such as jobs found) and impact (long-term change, such as lower unemployment). Governments, donors and non-profits use it to plan programs and decide what to measure, and it is a close cousin of a theory of change. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Logic Model Development Guide is a widely used reference. Example: a job training program spends 2 million (input) to run courses (activity) for 1,000 people (output), and 600 of them find jobs within six months (outcome), a cost of about 3,333 per job found. Counting only outputs can make a weak program look busy.