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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Justice Squared

"Fiscal management support for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to the Well-being and Equity in the World Institute in support of the Foundation's and the Institute's Just Leaders for a Just Health System initiative."

RELAC / ORPRN

RELAC and ORPRN Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism Project

"Fiscal management support for the RELAC project to review ORPRN's past and current diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism efforts."

Suburban Cook County

RELAC — Racial Equity Learning and Action Community

"Fiscal management services for the Suburban Cook County COVID-19 Health Equity Initiative, which aims to mobilize partners and collaborators to advance health equity and address social determinants of health as they relate to COVID-19 health disparities among populations at higher risk and who are underserved."

US Dept. of Education / Abraham Wandersman Services

California Safe and Secure Schools (CSSS)

"After US Department of Education grants under the NCSSLE were completed, the DOE funded a consortium to research whether grant sites were more successful at interrupting the school-to-prison pipeline. FLC sub-contracted with AIR to provide fiscal management of the WAS portion of the CSSS project."

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation / WAS

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation — Medical Providers

"Abraham Wandersman Services submitted a proposal to RWJF to work with a team of 10 medical providers to implement new research findings supporting improved patient outcomes. WAS sub-contracted with FLC to provide fiscal management to the grant."

RAND / US Air Force / WAS

RAND — US Air Force Domestic Violence Prevention

"Sub-contracted with WAS for this 18-month project to work with the US Air Force to support the implementation of research-based findings for the prevention of domestic violence. WAS sub-contracted with FLC to provide fiscal management to the grant."

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

RWJF Pioneering Ideas — Natural Language Processing

"This Pioneering Ideas proposal aimed to identify organizational and project characteristics that distinguish organizations that do and do not successfully obtain philanthropic funding using Natural Language Processing (NLP). FLC provided fiscal management for total grant funds of $200,513 over an 18-month period."

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

RWJF — Small Communities Forging Hyperlocal Data Collaboratives

"Evaluating the Small Communities Forging Hyperlocal Data Collaboratives in building capacity of New Jersey communities under 50,000 residents. FLC provided fiscal management for total grant funds of $85,459 over a 24-month period."

Cornell University / NYS Dept. of Health

Comprehensive Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (CAPP)

"The Assets Coming Together for Youth Center on Excellence (COE) at Cornell University's Bronfenbrenner Center was funded by NYS DOH to provide training, technical assistance, and evaluation to 58 community-based organizations under the federal CAPP program. COE sub-contracted with FLC to design and manage the evaluation using the GTO framework."

Healthy Teen Network / CDC

Promoting Science-Based Approaches — Getting to Outcomes

"FLC contracted with Healthy Teen Network to serve as consultant and evaluator on Years 4 and 5 of this CDC-funded project. The goal was to use GTO to help build the capacity of nine Teen Pregnancy Prevention state organizations and three regional Adolescent Reproductive Health Training Centers."

NYS Office of Children and Family Services

Getting To Outcomes (GTO)

"FLC contracted with the NYS Office of Child and Family Services and Office of Temporary and Disability Assurance to partner with Abe Wandersman (University of South Carolina) for training and technical assistance on GTO. GTO is a strategic planning and implementation framework integrating planning, implementation, and evaluation into one system."

NYS Office of Children and Family Services

Getting To Outcomes with Results Oriented Contracts, Phase II

"FLC contracted to partner with Abe Wandersman on developing tools and training for nine county Departments of Social Services in NYS, supported by OCFS funding. This contract employed GTO to build county capacity to plan, implement, and evaluate contracts and services."

NYS Office of Children and Family Services / SUNY Albany

Getting To Outcomes with Results Oriented Contracts, Phase III

"FLC contracted with OCFS and sub-contracted with Abe Wandersman to further develop training materials from the Phase II pilot, train, and provide technical assistance to eight county Departments of Social Services in NYS while working with SUNY Albany PDP to build their capacity to provide GTO training in the future."

South Carolina Campaign for Teen Pregnancy Prevention

Getting to Outcomes Contracts (GTOC)

"The South Carolina Campaign for Teen Pregnancy Prevention received a CDC grant and sub-contracted with Abe Wandersman to provide GTOC training. Dr. Wandersman sub-contracted with FLC to design the training and training tools, develop a structured GTO contract, write an example of a completed contract, and develop a rating scale for reviewers."

RMC Research Corporation / US Dept. of Education

Evaluation Consultant — US Dept. of Education Monitoring and Accountability Systems

"RMC Research Corporation contracted with ten evaluation and early literacy specialists from around the country to evaluate monitoring and accountability systems being used by different states to ensure the quality of programming under federal legislation for Even Start programs."

NCSSLE / American Institute for Research

Evaluation Consultant — National Center on Safe and Supportive School Environments (NCSSLE)

"The NCSSLE, a division of the American Institute for Research, was funded by the US DOE as a national center for excellence. NCSSLE contracted with FLC for the final 3 years of its first funding cycle."

NCSSLE / US Dept. of Education

Consultant — Continuous Quality Improvement Project (NCSSLE)

"NCSSLE was funded for a new cycle by DOE/OESE and contracted with Abe Wandersman to work with the Center on developing a systematic system for NCSSLE to conduct Continuous Quality Improvement of their activities."

NYS Coalition Against Domestic Violence / CDC

New York State DELTA Project

"FLC contracted with the NYS Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NYSCADV) to utilize the GTO framework and empowerment evaluation strategies to provide capacity building and evaluation services for a CDC-funded intimate partner violence prevention project. NYSCADV was one of 14 state domestic violence coalitions funded under the DELTA initiative."

Greenbook Project

New Hampshire Greenbook Project

"FLC consulted with the Director of the Greenbook project on the design of the evaluation. The project aimed to enhance court services and handling of domestic violence cases to prevent victims from being re-victimized by losing their children to foster care."

Private Foundation

Alternatives to Incarceration — Tompkins County

"FLC was awarded a small grant from a private foundation to determine whether the Tompkins County Felony Drug Court and/or the Community Justice Center/Day Reporting Program were serving as alternatives to incarceration, and if so, how many jail days the programs had prevented."

Sixth Judicial Dept. / National Institute of Justice

Ithaca Drug Treatment Court

"FLC was invited to submit a proposal to the Sixth Judicial Department of the State of New York to evaluate the Ithaca Drug Treatment Court, one of the first drug treatment courts in a rural district funded by the National Institute of Justice. FLC entered into an eighteen-month contract to conduct a mixed-methods, participatory evaluation."

Tompkins County Board of Representatives

Advisory Board on Indigent Representation I

"FLC contracted with the Tompkins County Board of Representatives to evaluate the county's Assigned Counsel Plan and conduct a comparative study of public defense systems in eight other counties in New York. Based on FLC's findings, the Board voted to change the Assigned Counsel Plan in substantial ways."

Tompkins County Board of Representatives

Advisory Board on Indigent Representation II

"After the Tompkins County Board of Representatives voted to implement an enhanced Assigned Counsel Program as recommended by FLC, it contracted with FLC to plan and assist with implementing the new program, and to design a computerized data management system for the new office."

Tompkins County Assigned Counsel Program

Assigned Counsel Data Management System Update

"The Tompkins County Assigned Counsel Program contracted with FLC to evaluate their data management system and to make recommendations on the changes needed to convert to a relational software program."

Tompkins County Assigned Counsel Program

Assigned Counsel Program Proposal

"The Tompkins County Assigned Counsel Program contracted with FLC to help write a proposal to the US Department of Justice for a grant to computerize the program's voucher billing system, increase technical and legal resources available to panel attorneys, and conduct a survey to identify training needs."

Legal Services of Central New York / PULP

Heat Benefits (Youngs v. Perales)

"On behalf of approximately 4,600 people, Legal Services of Central New York and the Public Utilities Law Project filed a civil suit alleging that the Onondaga County DSS had failed to implement State mandated fuel-for-heat programs for five years. FLC contracted to provide statistical expertise to determine reliable and valid damage amounts. The multi-million dollar case settled successfully."

NYS Dept. of Social Services / Cornell University

The Family Resolutions Project

"The NYS DSS contracted with the Family Empowerment Program at Cornell University to train and provide technical assistance for a demonstration project in public child welfare agencies in eight counties implementing family group conferencing and strength-based approaches. Cornell contracted with FLC to conduct the formative and summative evaluations in all eight counties and the cross-site evaluation."

Center for Policy Studies / State Justice Institute

Divorce and Mediation — National Study

"FLC sub-contracted with the Center for Policy Studies, Denver, Colorado, to design the questionnaire and study protocols for a national study of the 'Equity of Mediated Divorce Agreements.' The study was conducted under a grant from the State Justice Institute."

Fund for Research in Dispute Resolution

Divorce Mediation — New York & Georgia Replication Study

"FLC was the recipient of a grant from the Fund for Research in Dispute Resolution to replicate Dr. Ray's New York study of mediation outcomes in Georgia. The study determined the generalizability of findings in a different social and legal context, and the impact of new child support guidelines on outcomes from different dispute resolution mechanisms."

ACCORD / NYS Unified Court System

Family Court Mediation Project — Broome County

"ACCORD was awarded a grant by the NYS Unified Court System to conduct a three-year demonstration project testing mediation of child custody, support, and visitation petitions in Broome County Family Court. FLC contracted to conduct process and outcome evaluations of the project; the report was published by the NYS Unified Court System."

Cornell Law School / National Science Foundation

Settlement of Federal Civil Suits

"FLC contracted with a visiting professor at Cornell Law School to provide technical research services for a qualitative study of techniques Federal Judges use to encourage settlement of civil cases prior to trial. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the study determined whether administrative pressures to settle interfere with equal access to the courts."

NYS Dept. of Social Services / SUNY Albany

Child Support Standards Act

"The Federal Family Support Act of 1988 required each state to establish child support guidelines and evaluate their implementation. NYS DSS hired FLC and sub-contracted with CHSR at SUNY Albany to design, conduct, and manage the first mandated study. This was the first study to gain access to court records in divorce proceedings in NYS. The report was selected by US HHS as one of three exemplary child support guidelines evaluations nationwide."

NYS Office of Child Support Enforcement

New York City Child Support Case Disposition Study

"The NYC Child Support Enforcement Unit estimated that 40–45% of original child support petitions filed in 1995 failed to achieve a support order. NYS OCSE contracted with FLC to conduct an exploratory study of dispositional outcomes of original child support petitions filed by NYC CSEU in Manhattan Family Court."

NYS Dept. of Social Services / SUNY Albany

New York City Paternity Establishment Demonstration Project (NYCPEDP)

"A three-year federally funded research and program improvement project operated by NYS OCSE testing the effectiveness of hospital-based education on paternity issues to increase the rate of paternity establishment for children born to unmarried parents. FLC was hired by NYS DSS and entered a sub-contract with SUNY Albany to evaluate Years Two and Three of the project."

NYS Dept. of Social Services / Federal OCSE

New York City Paternity Establishment Demonstration Project Revisited

"Six months after completion of the NYCPEDP final report, the Federal OCSE funded a small project to develop an executive summary and edit the final report for publication. NYS DSS contracted with FLC to provide the required services, and for the Principal Evaluator to serve as a guest speaker at several national and regional conferences on Child Support and Paternity Issues."

NYS Dept. of Social Services / SUNY Albany

Exploratory Study of the Statewide System for Processing Paternity Acknowledgment Forms

"In anticipation of coming federal performance standards for establishing child support orders, NYS DSS hired FLC and sub-contracted with SUNY Albany to evaluate the current in-hospital acknowledgment registration system and identify areas requiring improvement. The final report was published by the NYS OCSE."

Family Life Development Center, Cornell University

Community Lifelines Project

"A five-year federally funded project of the Family Life Development Center at Cornell University aimed at reducing child abuse by fostering community change in two communities in Chemung County. A key component was a Parent Advocacy program for elementary schools. As the project entered its fourth year, Cornell contracted with FLC to conduct a qualitative evaluation."

CPSTI / Family Life Development Center, Cornell University

Child Protective Services Training Institute (CPSTI)

"CPSTI, a component of the Family Life Development Center at Cornell University, contracted with FLC to serve as a substitute evaluator for six months. FLC analyzed data collected from training sessions provided under the contract, wrote quarterly and annual reports to NYS DSS, and provided other direct evaluation services."

NYS Task Force on Permanency Planning / NY Community Trust

Kinship Foster Care Study I

"The NYS Task Force on Permanency Planning for Foster Children received funding for the first study of the effects of recent court cases (Miller v. Youakim; Eugene F. v. Gross) and of the AIDS and crack crises on services for children placed in foster care with relatives. FLC contracted for technical services on the research design, data collection, data analysis, and editorial assistance with the final report, The Double Edged Dilemma."

NYS Task Force on Permanency Planning / Buffalo Service League

Kinship Foster Care Study II — Erie County

"The Task Force on Permanency Planning received funding from the Buffalo Service League and contracted with FLC to conduct a follow-up study of kinship foster care in Erie County — the county in New York with the second largest foster care population — to determine if there are systematic differences between services these children receive compared to those in New York City."

US Dept. of Health and Human Services / Statewide Youth Advocacy

Kinship Foster Care Study III — Paths to Permanency

"FLC collaborated with Statewide Youth Advocacy on a successful proposal to the US DHHS for a three-year demonstration project (Paths to Permanency for Kinship Families) to increase the adoption of children placed in kinship foster care. FLC entered a sub-contract to conduct a comparative study of permanency planning, services, and outcomes across private agencies in NYC, the NYC public system, and Erie County."

Citizens Concerned for Children / The Foundation for Humanism

Evaluation of the Tompkins County Child Abuse Response System

"Concerned over a dramatic two-year rise in child abuse cases going to Family Court, Citizens Concerned for Children requested FLC to assist in developing a Community Advisory Committee. FLC received a planning grant from The Foundation for Humanism to facilitate a participatory process and conduct a study involving records in 17 county departments and agencies. The study was published by CCC."

National Adoption Center / Children Awaiting Parents

National Adoption Project

"The National Adoption Center and Children Awaiting Parents collaborated on a successful proposal to US DHHS for a two-year project to place pictures of special-needs children waiting for adoption on-line and provide support to interested families. NAC contracted with FLC to write the evaluation sections of the proposal and provide fully participatory evaluation services. The report was used by Congress in support of the Safe Families and Adoptions Act of 1998."

NYS Adoption Action Network

Adoption Action Network — Agency Survey

"The NYS Adoption Action Network conducted a survey of public and voluntary adoption agencies to collect data on training, barriers to adoption, and agency policies. The Network contracted with FLC to analyze the data and assist in writing a report designed to identify the Network's legislative agenda."

Children Awaiting Parents / US DHHS

Minority Adoption Program I

"Children Awaiting Parents (CAP) contracted with FLC to evaluate their 17-month demonstration project to increase recruitment of minority families for adoption of minority children, funded by US DHHS Administration for Children and Families. FLC also assisted in the preparation of a proposal for a one-year extension."

Children Awaiting Parents / US DHHS

Minority Adoption Program II

"Following the successful extension proposal written by FLC for CAP, CAP contracted with FLC to evaluate the extended project. The extension project included the evaluation of cultural sensitivity training for adoption workers in the Monroe County, New York, area."

NYS Citizens' Coalition for Children

Networking For Adoptions

"FLC collaborated with NYS Citizens' Coalition for Children on a successful proposal for a federally funded three-year project to increase the competency and participation of NYS adoptive and foster parent groups to increase adoptive placements and reduce potential disruptions. NYS CCC entered into a contract with FLC to conduct a participatory formative and outcome evaluation of the three-year project."

TST BOCES / NYS Education Dept.

Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES Even Start Family Literacy Partnership Program (TST ES)

"TST ES was one of seven Even Start programs in NYS selected to participate in a four-year longitudinal evaluation. FLC sub-contracted to conduct the annual evaluations for the final three years, and to conduct a local evaluation addressing local questions. TST ES was awarded another four-year grant and again contracted with FLC to conduct the annual evaluations."

Salamanca City Schools / Seneca Nation of Indians

Salamanca City Schools and Seneca Nation of Indians Family Literacy Even Start (SES)

"As SES was entering the fourth and final year of the Longitudinal Evaluation, its evaluator resigned. SES turned to FLC to conduct the final year of its Longitudinal Evaluation and to collect data for a proposal for new funding under the Native American set-aside. The new proposal was successful, and SES contracted with FLC to conduct annual evaluations for each of the four years of the new grant."

NYS Dept. of Education

NYS Longitudinal Even Start Evaluation (ES-LE)

"In Spring 2001, NYS Education Department issued a call for editors to prepare individual longitudinal evaluation reports for publication. FLC was selected to serve on the editorial team. When one program lost its evaluator, FLC was also hired to write that program's description so its longitudinal report could be included in the publication."

Cattaraugus/Allegany BOCES / Alfred University

Cattaraugus/Allegany BOCES Even Start Family Literacy Consortium (AES)

"AES received funding for a special project with Alfred University, Department of School Psychology, teaming graduate students with Parent Educators for consultation regarding families experiencing mental health and behavioral issues. FLC entered into a contract to conduct a participatory and qualitative evaluation for the four years of the grant, and to collaborate with AU faculty on papers for publication and presentations."

Schuyler County / Schuyler Head Start

Schuyler County Even Start Family Literacy Partnership (OES)

"OES was awarded a four-year grant to begin a new Even Start program in the county in partnership with the Schuyler Head Start program. OES entered into a contract with FLC to conduct the annual evaluations for each of the four years."

Cornell University College of Human Ecology / NIH

Parents AIDS Education Project

"FLC entered into a contract with the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University to develop an evaluation protocol for their five-county Parents AIDS Education Pilot Project, and to test the protocol by evaluating the Pilot Projects. This project was funded by the National Institute of Health."

Statewide Youth Advocacy, Inc.

Youth Education Policy Analysis

"Statewide Youth Advocacy contracted with FLC to analyze state youth education policies as they relate to the transition from school to employment, write a chapter for their publication on the NYS Budget as it affects children, and to oversee editing and publication of The New York State Children's Budget Book, published in early winter 1992."

Cornell Information Technologies / Apple Computer, Inc.

Cornell Computer Technologies Training Project

"The Learning Technologies Program of Cornell Information Technologies contracted with FLC to evaluate their two-and-one-half day Train The Trainer Workshop co-sponsored with Apple Computer, Inc. This workshop was designed to train university and college computer support staff to give workshops for faculty who want to incorporate technology into their instructional activities."

Statewide Youth Advocacy / NY Community Trust Foundation

Opportunities in Advocacy

"Statewide Youth Advocacy received a grant from NY Community Trust Foundation to provide internship opportunities to minority upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, with the goal of interesting minority students in careers in public policy advocacy. SYA contracted with FLC to conduct a participatory evaluation of the program."

CaRDI, Cornell University

Rural Services Studies

"The Community and Rural Development Institute (CaRDI) at Cornell University contracted with FLC to analyze data from three case studies of innovative, cost-effective social services programs and write a report based on the findings for publication by the Institute."

Family Life Development Center, Cornell University

Rural Services Training Project

"Cornell University's Family Life Development Center was awarded a contract to provide training to Human Services workers and Commissioners of DSS District Offices in rural counties in NYS. FLDC contracted with FLC to analyze data from training sessions and to write the Final Report for the two-year contract period."

Statewide Youth Advocacy, Inc.

Assistance to Not-For-Profit Board of Directors

"Statewide Youth Advocacy contracted with FLC to conduct a national search for a new executive director and to Chair the Board's Search Committee."

NYS IOLA Fund

New York State Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts Fund (IOLA)

"In March 1992, the IOLA Fund published a Request For Proposals for evaluators to assist with the evaluation of grantee programs. FLC submitted a successful proposal."