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Community development programs are very important in reducing poverty and enhancing societal prosperity by improving quality of life, fostering economic empowerment, and promoting inclusivity. However, not all the programs have success as expected. This study examines ten evaluation studies of community development programs across various areas and tries to find common weaknesses. A qualitative analysis of evaluation studies identifies shortcomings in three domains i.e. program design and management, stakeholder engagement and participation, and external resource constraints. It is argued that these shortcomings are largely predictable and highlight the need for proactive strategies. The paper suggests that embedding risk management into the conception and implementation of community development programs can mitigate these challenges. A simplified framework adapted from project management practices is proposed, encompassing risk identification, measurement, assessment, evaluation, and control. By systematically integrating risk management, community programs can anticipate obstacles, strengthen accountability, and enhance their likelihood of success. Recommendations include applying risk management throughout program cycles and conducting post-implementation evaluations to inform future initiatives.

Pregnancy is the intrauterine growth and development of the fetus starting from conception and ending until the start of labor. Mothers' low knowledge about balanced nutrition during pregnancy, infants and toddlers causes incorrect feeding and affects nutritional status. This activity aims to increase mothers' knowledge about balanced nutrition for pregnant women, babies and toddlers and increase mothers' motivation. Achieving this goal is carried out through examining the nutritional status of pregnant women and providing nutritional education using lecture and question and answer methods. The implementation of this activity is planned in 3 stages, namely: preparation stage, implementation and evaluation stage. After counseling and inspection activities, monitoring or evaluation is carried out. After this service activity is carried out, it is hoped that mothers will have strong motivation to fulfill nutritional requirements for toddlers and improve mothers' attitudes and actions in providing balanced nutrition to toddlers. This activity can make a positive contribution in reducing nutritional problems in the Mangarobombang Community Health Center Working Area, Takalar Regency. After this service activity is carried out, it is hoped that mothers will have strong motivation to fulfill the nutrition of pregnant women and improve their attitudes and actions in consuming healthy and nutritionally balanced food. This activity can make a positive contribution in reducing nutritional problems.

The user interface is an important element in an application or website. The choice of font type, color and layout in the user interface can be attractive and make it easier for users to explore applications or websites. The aim of this service is to provide training for participants consisting of 12th grade high school students to know and understand the basics of designing e-commerce user interfaces. The application used in user interface design training is Figma. The methods of this training service are introduction, understanding, teaching, testing and evaluation. The results of the evaluation show that the participants can design e-commerce user interfaces well and attractively. Of the total participants, 90% of participants had scores above 70 and only 2 participants scored 65 and 61. So it can be concluded that the use of Figma in designing e-commerce user interfaces increases the knowledge and understanding of the training participants.

  The effectiveness and  efficiency of the production administration at  MSMEs MAMIN Pakis process needs to be supported by competent human resources.  The reason for the dedication is because the production administration system is not yet perfect. The aim is to provide practical knowledge of strategy and application of performance evaluation in a continuous improvement manner. Targets of a continuous structured work evaluation system and employee motivation in improving performance. The training process carried out, namely manual data collection, structured recording of integrated production application program input for each department, provides important insight and becomes the basis for progress so that the discipline of manual data input and programs becomes an error controller.  Activities processed from analysis of errors in inputting service release materials increase success and insight into production administration performance in a sustaainable manner.

Stunting in children under five years old is a serious global health problem, especially in Semarang City. Community service activities were carried out in Pedurungan Tengah Village. The aim of this study was to increase the understanding about stunting and its prevention. Discussion method was used to deliver the topics, as well as distributing leaflets as a source of additional information. The results of the activity showed good participation from 32 participants. Active discussions showed participants' interest in understanding the topic of stunting. This community service also highlights the importance of maternal knowledge regarding stunting, considering that the risk of stunting increases in mothers with low knowledge. The implementation of the activity ended with an evaluation that showed satisfactory results. It is hoped that this community service can help increase public knowledge and awareness about stunting, as well as contribute to efforts to prevent stunting in Semarang City.

Padelegan village is a village that has a variety of processed seafood. Padelegan village has several MSMEs managed by the des aitu community itself. MSME products produced are in the form of processed marine products. Such as anchovy krispi, crab crackers, rengginang lorjuk, and others. The problem experienced by MSMEs in Padelegan Village is that they do not have a PIRT permit which has an impact on product distribution. The solution to this problem is the existence of Pirt permits which will have an impact on product distribution because consumer confidence increases. Community service activities through the Independent Community Service grant program aim to assist MSME actors in applying for Pirt permits. The method of community service consists of several stages, namely preparation, discussion, implementation and assistance, monitoring and evaluation. The method used in this service is to provide assistance in the management of household industrial production certificate (PIRT). The results of this service activity are in the form of Pirt permits owned by partners

The implementation of Self-Help Housing Stimulant Assistance requires community involvement to achieve its goal of providing livable houses for the implementation of the Self-Help Housing Assistance Program (BSPS) for Low-Income Communities (MBR) in Negeri Antara Village. As an implementation of the legal basis that has been mentioned, the government through the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) is forwarded to the Directorate General of Housing together with the Directorate of Self-Help Houses to make it easier for the community, especially low-income people, to realize the improvement of uninhabitable houses both from facilities, infrastructure, and public utilities by designing a policy namely Self-Help Housing Stimulant Assistance (BSPS). The problem in this research is that there are still inaccurate beneficiaries and there are still beneficiaries who have stopped in carrying out house construction activities due to lack of self-help funds. The purpose of this research is to find out data related to the principles of accuracy and justice in terms of the Evaluation of the Self-Help Housing Stimulant Assistance Program (BSPS) in Negeri Antara Village, Pintu Rime Gayo District, Bener Meriah Regency, Aceh Province, which is known that the BSPS program is a program of the Ministry of Public Housing of the Republic of Indonesia in order to support poverty reduction and efforts to prosper the poor so that they can have a decent home in a healthy environment.

In the current digital era, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) need digital tools to facilitate their business processes. Binong Subdistrict, as one of the subdistricts that has many MSMEs, faces challenges in encouraging technology adoption among MSME owners. To overcome this problem, the authors introduce BukuWarung, a digital financial platform, as a practical solution to optimize financial recording. The process involves training and mentoring structured in four steps: outreach, training and mentoring, and evaluation. The results show that MSMEs now better understand the important role of financial management and have successfully adopted BukuWarung for their financial recording needs. In conclusion, socialization and training on the use of the Buku Warung application in Binong Village succeeded in increasing the understanding and skills of MSMEs in utilizing digital technology to support their business.