Our Capabilities
Open Doors of Opportunity
Equity is an important component for long-term change for propagating efficiency, growth, poverty reduction, and social cohesion and is critical for the individuals and communities.
Our Capabilities & Services
Disparity Assessments
Identifying and Assessing Structural Inequities
We focus on identifying policies that foster structural inequities in various aspects of life including health, education, employment opportunities, rates of incarceration, composition of social networks, and the quality of social relations as informed by the conception of structural inequities developed by the National Institute of Health (NIH).
Consultation
Provide consultation with government and community stakeholders to identify structural sources perpetuating inequitable development.
Survey
Identify the scope of critical needs and community assets by surveying community residents.
Empowerment Plans
Community Empowerment Strategies
Community Education is an important component of the process of empowering neighborhoods to exercise their agency. Our process for developing Sustaining Empowerment Plans focuses on cultivating partnerships, identification of need, and assessment of community assets among community organization as based on the Corporation for National and Community.
Technical Assistance
Provide technical assistance in analyzing data to develop comprehensive community development plans.
Workshops
Host workshops that explain the potential benefits of equitable development plans.
Monitor
Assist in monitoring plan implementation.
Outcome Evaluation
The Four types of evaluation strategies, as informed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), that we use depends on the type of programs implemented could include:
Formative Evaluation
Ensures that a program or program activity is feasible, appropriate, and acceptable before it is fully implemented.
Process/Implementation
Determines whether program activities have been implemented as intended.
Outcome/ Effectiveness
Evaluation measures program effects in the target population by assessing the progress in the outcomes or outcome objectives.
Impact Evaluation
Assesses program effectiveness in achieving its ultimate goal.
Assess
Short-term and systemic long-term plan outcomes.
Assist
Plan refinement.