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Public reporting burden for tbis collection of information is limited to average l hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Quality of Life (QOL) decision-makers need complete and accurate information that will help them determine if funded QOL programs are actually contributing to positive perceptions of Navy life, and which of them have the greatest impact. The objective of this project was to design and implement a QOL assessment system and methodology that could be applied to the entire spectrum of QOL programs in the Navy. Such a system required measures that were specific enough to capture the variability of the various programs, but had sufficient consistency across programs to facilitate comparisons. Additionally, the QOL Program Contributions project captured program-specific data that was expected to help link Navy QOL programs with highly desirable military outcomes (i.e., impact on personal readiness and retention intent). The conceptual considerations involved in this project centered on creating a common metric that could be used to evaluate these seemingly dissimilar QOL programs. In addition to the program evaluation measures, items designed to measure the impact of QOL programs on highly desirable military outcomes (i.e., personal readiness and retention intent) were developed and evaluated. An additional consideration was whether the program rating could be directly related to the outcome measure or whether the program's impact on QOL served as a mediator variable as previous research has indicated when used in domain research. SUBJECT TERMSProgram Evaluation, Cluster Evaluation, Quality of Life, Readiness, Retention . The objective of this study was to design an assessment system and methodology that could be applied to the entire spectrum of Navy Quality of Life programs in order to evaluate their impact on desired military outcomes.The authors wish to thank the funding sponsor. RADM Annette Brown (PERS-6), and Project Officers, CDR Arthur Cotton and CDR Phillip Gonda (PERS-OON) for their assistance in this project. A number of subject matter experts at the base-, regional-, claimant-, and headquarters-level provided invaluable assistance in developing the program evaluation measures and collecting survey data.Murray W. Rowe Director SUMMARY IntroductionQuality of life (QOL) is a complex concept that represents a significant investment by the Navy. Decision-makers need complete and accurate information that will help them determine if funded QOL programs are actually contributing to positive perceptions of Navy life, and which of them has the greatest impact. This project was designed to supplement the Navy's QOL Domain Survey with specific data on how well individual QOL programs meet the needs of Navy personnel. Used in conjunction with regular assessments of QOL, this was expected to provide valuable and timely information for pro...

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