Results List
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GLEN: Evaluation of the Building Sustainable Change Programme
Source: PA Consulting Group
The Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN) in Ireland achieved significant progress under an ambitious five-year programme to achieve equality for lesbian, gay and bisexual people, according to an evaluation by the PA Consulting Group. Through the programme, which was funded by Atlantic, GLEN played…
Resource type: Research Report
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Evaluation of a Programme to Help Parents of Teenagers
Source: Institute for Child Care Research, Queen’s University Belfast
Parenting teens can be tricky and confusing. One of the few rigorously-evaluated programmes to help parents tackle those challenges has demonstrated convincing evidence of its effectiveness, researchers reported. The programme — Odyssey, Parenting Your Teen — is a potential model for more countries than Northern Ireland, where…
Resource type: Research Report
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Student Outcomes in Health Pathways: High School and Early Postsecondary Findings from an Evaluation of Oakland Health Pathways
Source: SRI Education
This brief presents findings from the Oakland Health Pathways Project (OHPP), a joint initiative of Oakland Unified School District, Alameda Health System, and Alameda County Health Care Services Agency. The initiative is designed to improve educational and long-term employment outcomes for youth of color in…
Resource type: Research Report
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Investing in Effective Approaches to Civic Engagement: An Evaluation Research Project with the Civic Participation Action Fund
Source: Margaret Post and Marti Frank
Commissioned by the Civic Participation Action Fund (CPAF), this research investigated how 501(c)(4) organizations build and sustain capacity through issue and candidate campaigns. Case studies of three grassroots organizations explain how capacities were built, the extent to which campaigns supported their development, and the conditions…
Resource type: Research Report
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Economic Evaluation of Palliative Care in Ireland
Source: Aoife Brick, Charles Normand, Sinéad O’Hara, Samantha Smith, Trinity College Dublin
This report examines the cost of providing palliative care in Ireland for individuals facing life-threatening illnesses, outcomes for patients and families resulting from that care, and the patterns and variations among the measures studied. Focusing their examination on three regional areas, researchers found: Wide variations in…
Resource type: Evaluation
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The Campaign for Better Care: Summary Evaluation Findings
Source: Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies
This evaluation of the Campaign for Better Care — an Atlantic-funded effort to include the voices and perspectives of vulnerable populations in health care so that it reflected their needs — found that although the foundation provided needed organizational support, resources are still limited in carrying…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Center for Evaluation Innovation, fiscal sponsor Innovation Network
$1,350,000
Resource type: Grantee
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North Star Planning and Evaluation Consultants, Inc.
$155,000
Resource type: Grantee
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Utilization-Focused Evaluation
$626,000
Resource type: Grantee
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Charities Evaluation Services
$569,946
Resource type: Grantee
