Area Agency on Again, Caring Circles

• Elderly Services / Comprehensive process and outcome evaluation of  the Caring Circles program that measures changes for older adult clients who are or have been socially isolated. Data is collected regarding the benefits of using Member and volunteer-based programs to reduce social isolation among older adults. Evidence is gathered to assess the effects of increased companionship to all parties involved while increasing access to nutritious food and household supplies.

Arizona Department of Health Services

• Bureau of Women’s & Children’s Health: Process and outcome evaluation of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program. The project includes the monitoring of the delivery of all teen pregnancy prevention curricula through web-based fidelity checklist.  Responsible for data analysis of pre/post-survey data from students participating in abstinence and comprehensive sexual education programs. 

Arizona Governor's Office for Youth, Faith and Family

• Comprehensive process and outcome multi-year evaluation of statewide programs funded through the Arizona Parents Commission on Drug Education and Prevention grant program. 

Arizona Governor’s Office for Children, Youth and Families

• Comprehensive Process and Outcome Evaluation of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program. Conducting multi-year evaluation of statewide programs funded through the Arizona Governor’s Office for Children, Youth and Families. 

• Comprehensive Process and Outcome Evaluation of Implementation of Character Counts! Framework in Schools and Non-School Facilities. Three-year process and outcome evaluation of state-funded multi-site character education initiative in both school (public and charter) and non-school settings in the state of Arizona.

• Comprehensive Process and Outcome Evaluation of Youth Drug Prevention Program. Evaluation study focusing on impact of research based programs on risk and protective factors for youth at-risk for substance abuse in school sites throughout the state of Arizona, including both public and charter schools. 

• Process Evaluation of Character Education Program. The Character Education Commission and the Division of Character Education are seeking to implement the CHARACTER COUNTS! Framework in domestic violence shelters. The purpose of this evaluation is to provide an evaluation of the process for implementing the program in domestic violence shelters. 

Arizona Youth Partnership

• Process and outcome evaluation of Strengthening Families program and Drug Free Communities Coalitions.

• Turn 180 Project

  Wellington conducted a multi-year process evaluation of performance measures and data management. Project Turn 180 (Opioid Affected Youth Initiative) provided prevention services and trauma informed intervention services to opioid affected youth ages 12-17 in Mohave County. High Risk Opioid affected youth involved in the juvenile justice system were provided with education services and case management both pre and post release, in collaboration with juvenile justice and mental health services, to ensure successful re-entry and reduce recidivism and substance use. 

• Project IMPACT

  Wellington conducted a multi-year process evaluation of program performance measures. The program strengthened the prevention capacity and infrastructure across the tri-city Mohave County, Arizona communities to identify and address underage drinking, illegal marijuana and illicit opioid use/abuse in both the community and school settings.

• The Young Adult Development Authority of Havasu (YADAH) Coalition

  YADAH was one of four coalitions to receive a one-year Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) from the Governor’s Office for Children, Youth and Families (GOYCF). Provided technical assistance to YADAH in the implementation of the first two steps of the five-step Strategic Prevention Framework in the Lake Havasu City area located in Mohave County. Provided process evaluation and developed the SPF SIG Evaluation Annual Report.

Casa Grande Alliance

• Process and outcome evaluation of Strengthening Families program through the Parent Commission, Governor’s Office of Youth, Family and Children.

Chandler Coalition on Youth Substance Abuse (CCYSA)

• Provided technical assistance and evaluation services for the development of this Drug Free Communities-funded coalition in Chandler.

Cocopah Indian Tribe, Native Connections

• Wellington conducted the process and outcome evaluation of this federal funded multi-year program. The Cocopah Native Connections program worked to prevent suicide and substance misuse, reduce the impact of trauma, and promote mental health wellness among Cocopah youth ages 9 to 24 years.

CODAC Behavioral Health Services

• Process and outcome evaluation of Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities programs funded through the Governor’s Office for Children, Youth and Families.

Copper Basin Coalition (CBC)

• Provided technical assistance and evaluation services for this Drug Free Coalition-funded coalition located in Gila County. 

I.C.A.N.

• Process and Outcome Evaluation of after school youth alcohol and drug prevention programs. The evaluation focuses on changes in youth behavior, attitudes, and knowledge regarding alcohol and other drugs as well as the core measures required by the funder. 

Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Family

• Five year process and outcome evaluation of the evidence-based SBIRT practice used to identify, reduce, and prevent problematic use, abuse, and dependence on alcohol and illicit drugs, funded through SAMSHA and in collaboration with Health Choice Integrated Care (formerly the Northern Area Regional Behavioral Health Authority - NARBHA).

Northern Area Regional Behavioral Health Authority (NARBHA)

• Process and outcome evaluation for the 10 northern Arizona recipients of the Substance Abuse Block Grant. Also provided specialized group facilitation for substance abuse prevention coalitions with the goal of developing comprehensive one-year and three-year strategic plans. Training topics delivered included Coalition Membership Development, Collaborative Leadership, Strategic Planning, Environmental Prevention Strategies, Logic Models, and conducting community needs assessments.

Parker Area Alliance for Community Empowerment (PAACE)

• Process and Outcome Evaluation of after school youth alcohol and drug prevention programs. The evaluation focuses on changes in youth behavior, attitudes, and knowledge regarding alcohol and other drugs as well as the core measures required by the funder. 

• Provided technical assistance to PAACE in the implementation of the first two steps of the five-step Strategic Prevention Framework for the State Incentive Grant from the Governor’s Office for Children, Youth and Families and SAMSHA in the Parker area of La Paz County, Arizona. Provided process evaluation and developed the SPF SIG Evaluation Annual Report. 

• Process and outcome evaluation of the P.A.A.C.E. Drug Free Communities Coalition grant program.

Pinal-Gila Behavioral Health Association (PGBHA)

• Provided group and individual technical assistance to nine providers of prevention services funded by PGBHA. The focus of the evaluation advisement services was on facilitating the design and implementation of internal evaluation by representatives of the provider agencies. In particular, the emphasis was on the designing program logic models and evaluation plans, identification and/or design of instruments to support the evaluation plans, design and utilization of databases for capturing data, calculation of results, reporting and interpreting findings.