Chronic Care Collaborative


Sponsor

Integrated Health Partners

Project staff

Chris Coryn, Principal Investigator
Stephanie Evergreen, Project Manager
Jan Kevin Fields
Carl Westine

Description

The Evaluation Center is assessing the effectiveness of Integrated Health Partners’ collaborative efforts aimed at improving the health outcomes of persons with chronic health conditions using a one-group pretest-posttest design with multiple posttests (i.e., longitudinal, repeated measures).

Evaluation of Literacy Center of West Michigan Literacy Programs


Sponsor

Literacy Center of West Michigan

Project staff

Stephanie Evergreen, Principal Investigator
Lindsay Noakes, Project Manager

Description

This evaluation examines both the Family Literacy Program and the Iglesias de Esperanzas program. The broad objectives for the evaluation are to (1) ascertain the effect of the programs on the students in participating families, (2) determine the improvement of English as a second language and parenting skills for the parents in participating families, (3) ascertain the degree of change in at-home parent/child literacy and language activities, and (4) provide information on the successes and challenges of programs to the Literacy Center of West Michigan.

Operation Frontline


Operation Frontline, a nutrition education program that connects families with food by teaching them how to prepare healthy, tasty meals on a limited budget, was implemented at multiple sites across large geographic areas over a period of 15 years.

The Evaluation Center was in the beginning stages of conducting a process evaluation to measure the level of program implementation and developed a monitoring plan for Share Our Strength, the project funder.  The evaluation team selected for evaluating this project combined utilization-focused and consumer-oriented evaluation models and approaches.  Data was gathered through interviews, observations, and surveys.

Diversity Awareness and Leadership Training Program


Sponsor

W. K. Kellogg Foundation & Diversity Awareness and Leadership Training

Project Staff

Stephanie Evergreen, Principal Investigator
Lindsay Noakes

Description

Purpose of this project is to evaluate the effects of the program on its youth participants by using evaluative activities, create a sustainable evaluation design to help the DALT staff to conduct internal monitoring and evaluation which will help the program serve its youth participants better and improve its effectiveness.

Muskegon County Jail Assessment Process


Sponsor

Muskegon County

Project staff

Stephanie Evergreen

Description

This evaluation served two primary purposes: to provide frequent formative feedback to improve the implementation of the jail assessment process and to provide an account of the process’ impact on jailing and recidivism rates for persons with mental health or substance abuse problems.  Information was gathered through focus groups with the booking staff, screening staff, assessment staff, and other key stakeholders.  The focus groups took place when the program was implemented, at six months after implementation, and one year after implementation.  The impact of the Muskegon County Jail assessment process was assessed regarding jailing rates in general, jailing rates for persons with mental health or substance abuse problems, and recidivism rates to determine if the program was effective and should be implemented on a larger scale.
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