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Services
• Research & Evaluation
• Technical Assistance & Training
• Data Management & Performance Measure Systems
• Philanthropic Services
 
Project Profiles
• Research & Evaluation
• Technical Assistance & Training
• Data Management & Performance Measure Systems
• Philanthropic Services


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Research & Evaluation

  • Multi-level evaluations
  • Policy implementation & impact studies
  • Collaborative process and planning evaluations
  • Logic Model development & theory-driven evaluations
  • Assessment of grantmaking (see philanthropic services below)
  • Multicultural evaluation design
  • Participatory evaluation design
  • Organizational and population-based needs assessments
  • Survey design and statistical analysis (paper and web-based administration)
  • Telephone and in-person interviews with program administrators & staff
  • Site visit observation and focus groups
  • Data collection among hard-to-reach populations (e.g., farmworkers, day laborers, non-English speakers, low-income parents, out of school youth)
  • Classroom observation/school data collection & analysis
  • Ethnographic research & case study analysis
  • Multi- and cross-site analysis
  • Management Information System (MIS) design & analysis
Sample Projects

Technical Assistance & Training

  • Interactive training workshops on:
    evaluation methods, program performance enhancement, co-enrollment, and many other topics on site
  • Internet-based training and tutorials
  • Targeted technical assistance and diagnostic work (on-site and by phone in the areas of workforce development, education, ethnic diversity and youth development)
  • Community needs assessments, inventories of services, and gap analyses
  • Capacity building for organizations and staff
  • Technical Assistance Guides for practitioners and policymakers based on best practices research
  • Strategic planning for organizations
  • Consultation regarding program design, evaluation systems development, MOU development, and other issues.
  • Meeting facilitation and convening of stakeholders

Sample Projects

Data Management & Performance Measure Systems

  • Extract program and administrative data in multiple formats
  • Merge multiple files in broad array of formats into single public-use file
  • Manage large-scale public databases
  • Develop customized software to capture data necessary for program evaluation and analysis
  • Conduct data quality checks and data cleaning to provide usable files
  • Develop customized tabulations and reports, summarize data across multiple categories to meet clients' needs
  • Identify critical measures of program performance and outcomes
  • Develop appropriate measures/benchmarks to assess program performance
  • Create standardized record and reporting formats for capturing program data
Sample Projects

Philanthropic Services

  • Evaluation of foundation grantmaking strategies
  • Support in designing funding strategies and special initiatives
  • Cluster/Initiative evaluations
  • Grantmaking technical assistance & training on issues of diversity
  • Development of conceptual frameworks and program logic models
  • Developing grantee self-assessment tools & systems
  • Evaluator database design
  • Developing evaluation systems for knowledge management
  • Evaluation needs assessments
  • Planning/facilitation of foundation meetings and grantee convenings
  • Evaluation of funder collaborative processes & impact
Sample Projects








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