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'''Program process monitoring''' is an assessment of the process of a program or intervention. Process monitoring falls under the overall evaluation of a program. Program evaluation involves answering questions about a social program in a systematic way. Examples of social programs include school feeding programs, job training in a community and out-patient services of a community health care facility. Questions about a social program can be asked by program sponsors, developers, policymakers and even taxpayers who want to determine whether or not a particular program is effective.<ref name="O'Sullivan">O’Sullivan, R. G. (2004). Practicing Evaluation: A Collaborative Approach. London: Sage Publications</ref> More specifically, purposes of social programs include identifying a programs’ strengths and weaknesses, assessing the impact of a program, justifying the need for additional resources and responding to attacks on a program, among others.<ref name="O'Sullivan" />