1.02.8 Logic Model Template and How to Guide - 2026-02-12 - GRANTS ONLY - FINAL.docx

Logic Model How-To Guide This How-To Guide is designed to help CT grant applicants and grantees develop and refine logic models and theories of change. 18 FAM 301.4-2 requires every program to create a logic model to articulate how and why the program is expected to contribute to achieving the stated CT program outcomes.

The logic model documents expected linkages between program inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes, and sets the foundation against which progress can be monitored and evaluated. It is a visual representation that maps and shows the sequence of related events connecting planned goals and objectives with desired outcomes.

This visual “map” depicts the logical relationships between the need for the program, the resources (inputs), and activities that will address those needs, what will be produced or delivered or who will be trained from these activities (outputs), and the changes/achievements deriving from these outputs (outcomes).

The logic model has several components, which are described below:

I. Logic Model: Components/Examples

Inputs What are the resources you need to carry out the program?

· Equipment

· Facilities

Activities What activities will be conducted to meet the needs or address the problem?

An action or process undertaken over a specific period by an organization. Activities convert inputs (resources) to products or services to achieve outputs and outcomes.

· Trainings

· Meetings

· Provision of equipment

Outputs What will be produced or delivered or who will participate in activities?

· Trainings completed

· Curricula completed

· Equipment delivered

CT Outcomes What changes do we expect the program to achieve?

Objectives

The objectives are written into the program’s NOFO, and applicants should incorporate these into their proposal and, if applicant wins the award, into a SOW. Please also copy and paste these into your logic model.

This will already be included in the NOFO, likely pulling from the National Security Strategy, Agency Strategic Plan 2026-2030, National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM)-2, Executive Orders, and/or other relevant, high-level strategies.

Goals

The goals should be written into the program’s NOFO, and applicants should incorporate these into their proposal and, if applicant wins the award, into a SOW. Please also copy and paste these into your logic model.

This will already be included in the NOFO, likely pulling from the National Security Strategy, Agency Strategic Plan 2026-2030, National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM)-2, Executive Orders, and/or other relevant, high-level strategies.

Assumptions What factors need to occur, or which recipients or grantees need to be involved, for the program to be successful?

· Staff will have the necessary skills and knowledge to deliver the program effectively.

· Recipient country organizations will collaborate and support the program.

· Relevant policies and regulations will remain stable throughout the program duration.

U.S Department of State Bureau of Counterterrorism February 2026

II. Logic Model: Template Use the template below to fill in each column to develop the logic model for your program.

Inputs

Activities

Outputs

CT Outcomes

Which resources will you need to carry out the program?

Which activities will be conducted to meet the needs or address the problem?

What will be produced or delivered or who will participate in activities?

[Add from the NOFO into proposal and, if applicant wins the award, into a SOW]

What are the changes we expect the program to achieve?

[Add from the NOFO into proposal and, if applicant wins the award, into a SOW]

[Add from the NOFO into proposal and, if applicant wins the award, into a SOW]

Assumptions: Which factors need to occur, or which recipients or grantees need to be involved, for the program to be successful?

Theory of Change: Why do we think the particular changes described in our logic model are expected to occur?

III. Logic Model: Example The following is an illustrative example of a logic model intended to provide additional guidance to applicants in preparing their proposals’ logic model. Applicants should therefore view this as a reference tool rather than as a substitute to use in place of developing their own logic model.

Inputs

Activities

Outputs

CT Outcomes

Staff Equipment Facilities Implementers Training and technical assistance activities are provided.

Needs assessment conducted.

Resident Legal Advisors, Intermittent Legal Advisors provide mentoring to recipient country officials.

Events on prosecutions across recipient country organizations are coordinated.

Priority recipient country officials complete training courses.

A curriculum is developed based on a needs assessment.

Priority recipient country officials complete mentorship.

Prosecutions (CT Standard Outcome) - Outcome 1: Adopt U.S.-approved legal standards and practices enabling the prosecution of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and other terrorist actors that threaten the U.S. homeland, persons, and facilities.

Prosecutions (CT Standard Outcome) – Outcome 2: Protect U.S. citizens and interests by strengthening the prosecution of FTOs and other terrorist actors, consistent with U.S.-approved legal standards and practices.

This will already be included in the NOFO, likely pulling from the National Security Strategy, Agency Strategic Plan 2026-2030, National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM)-2, Executive Orders, and/or other relevant, high-level strategies.

This will already be included in the NOFO, likely pulling from the National Security Strategy, Agency Strategic Plan 2026-2030, National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM)-2, Executive Orders, and/or other relevant, high-level strategies.

Assumptions:

The threat of terrorism affecting the recipient country and the surrounding region will remain at or near levels experienced at the start of the program.

CT, DoS, and the U.S. government will continue to prioritize CT prosecutions programming.

Recipient country’s political will in support of the program will remain strong.

Theory of Change:

If recipient country officials’ abilities to investigate and prosecute terrorist crimes are improved under a strengthened prosecutions-based legislative framework, then successful conviction of terrorist suspects will increase.