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This arficle describes the use of developmental evaluafion as applied to countering violent extremism (CVE) programs. It discusses the applicafion of this method to an evaluafion of the Boston CVE Pilot Program, with specific attenfion given to two CVE inifiafives that were awarded pilot grants and volunteered to be evaluated. Developmental evaluafion is an inherently iterafive engagement that requires a confinuous exchange between the parfies designing the inifiafive and the parfies evaluafing it (the evaluafion, in short, is not merely a post hoc engagement). We present the results of the evaluafions using qualitafive and quanfitafive data. The conclusion points to lessons learned in the applicafion of a developmental evaluafion framework: an assessment of the viability, ufility, and benefits of ufilizing such an approach to assess the impact of CVE programs (versus a tradifional evaluafion rubric). It also discusses the limitafions that an outside organizafion engaged in this evaluafive work might face.