CLIENTS AND PROJECTS: Research and Evaluation   

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Alliance for GLBTQ Youth.  Provider of fiscal services, technical assistance and management support for service partnership funded by The Children’s Trust.

City of Miami Gardens.  Evaluator of community coalition data for reducing child murder and youth violence in Miami Gardens and Opa-Locka.

Dade Miami Criminal Justice Council.  Evaluator for 22 youth crime prevention programs and one gang prevention program funded by the Council in Miami-Dade County.

Miami-Dade Juvenile Services Department.  Provider of research consulting and fiscal services for federally funded National Demonstration Project.

Miami-Dade Youth Crime Task Force.  Evaluator for multi-site (9) youth crime prevention programs funded by the Task Force in Miami-Dade County.

New Beginnings International.  Evaluator of a 21st Century Community Learning Center after school program funded by the Florida Department of Education.  

New Horizons Community Mental Health Center.  Evaluator of agency’s First Responders Service Partnership for improving outcomes for children in three targeted communities.

Recapturing the Vision.  Evaluation of federally funded 5 year marriage and relationship program implemented at various sites in Miami-Dade County.

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Former Clients:  Research and Evaluation

Abt Associates (Cambridge Massachusetts).  Conduct focus groups and administer surveys in Broward County schools as part of national evaluation of Youth Crime Watch.  Annie E. Casey Foundation.  Process evaluation and documentation of Making Connections community planning phase, East Little Havana community.  Broward County Department of Human Resources.  Manager training and technical assistance for developing program outcomes and measures.  Carmen Morris & Associates.  Airline passenger satisfaction survey. Concerned African Women.  Process and outcome evaluation for youth crime prevention program.  CSR, Inc., Washington , D.C.   (1) Participant in 3 year cross-site evaluation of OSAP funded youth prevention programs and (2) national media drug prevention initiative.  Extensive site visits in 7 states.  Dade Community Foundation.  Focus group based study of service barriers for African-Americans and Hispanics with HIV disease.  Fannie Mae Partnership Office, South Florida .  Survey-based needs assessment for community housing initiative.  Guardian ad Litem / Voices for Children Foundation. Evaluation of pilot program for children aging out of the foster care system. Evaluation of services for children and volunteers.  Human Services Coalition.  Design of outcome evaluation for local Kid Count program.  Legal Services of Greater Miami .  Statistical analysis of service provision timeliness in food stamp offices.  Little Haiti Housing Association.  Evaluation of multi-site Intel Computer Clubhouse mentoring program and evaluation of National Science Foundation funded technology initiative for youth.  Miami Bayside Foundation.  Research based case study of the minority business experience at Bayside Marketplace.  Miami-Dade Community Action Agency.    (1) Evaluation, ethnographic research, and staff training for a 5 year national child development program model; (2) evaluation of multi-year job training/self sufficiency program.  Miami-Dade Community Relations Board.  Countywide survey of inter-group relations (modeled after the national NCCJ survey).  Miami-Dade College – Medical Center Campus.  Evaluation of Overtown Neighborhood Partnerships, a community development initiative.  Minority Health Professions Foundation, Atlanta , GA.   Evaluation of HIV/AIDS community education programs in Florida , Georgia , and the U. S. Virgin Islands.  Parent Resource Center .  Evaluation of demonstration program for families at high-risk for abuse.   Hands on Miami.  Evaluation of youth volunteer program. Informed Families.  Evaluation of alcohol prevention programs targeting youth. Jewish Community Services.  Evaluation of mentoring program for girls. Miami-Dade Domestic Violence Oversight Board.  Develop design and evaluate domestic violence shelter services.  Sonshine Communications / Miami-Dade Expressway Authority.  Study of resident’s perceptions and opinions about local roadways. Florida Dept of Health.  Evaluation of statewide HIV/AIDS media education initiative.  The Miami Coalition for a Safe and Drug-Free Community.  Study of community and family interactions in Liberty City .  The Ounce of Prevention Fund of Florida .  Evaluation of Ounce funded teen pregnancy prevention program.  The Village South.  Evaluation of a 3 year federal demonstration grant for street outreach to women drug addicts.  Urban League of Greater Miami .  (1) Evaluation of youth violence prevention national demonstration program; (2) Evaluation of early childhood intervention initiative.   Switchboard of Miami.  Evaluation of school-based bullying prevention program.  Switchboard of Miami/Alliance for GLBTQ Youth. Web-based needs assessment to guide planning for services network application to The Children’s Trust.  Take Stock in Children.  Evaluation of stay-in-school incentive program for at-risk students.  Unidad.  Evaluation of nutrition education and obesity prevention program for children in targeted Miami Beach elementary schools.