Our projects are the heart of our center. They come from partnerships with a variety of health and human service agencies. Below are a sample of our current projects.
| Project | Abstract |
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| 127171 - Michigan Medicine OHEI Evaluation |
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127171 - Michigan Medicine OHEI EvaluationNo abstract found |
| Climate Resilient Flint: Building Community-Driven Climate Resilience through Hyperlocal Science-to-Civics Learning in Flint, MI |
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Climate Resilient Flint: Building Community-Driven Climate Resilience through Hyperlocal Science-to-Civics Learning in Flint, MIPEG has been invited to write the evaluation component of the proposal being submitted to NOAA by Kettering University. If Kettering is funded, PEG would serve as a subcontractor for evaluation services on the award. |
| Evaluation of the Michigan Double Up Food Bucks Program |
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Evaluation of the Michigan Double Up Food Bucks ProgramThe University of Michigan School of Social Work Program Evaluation Group (PEG) will conduct a process and impact evaluation of Michigan’s Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) program operated by the Fair Food Network (FFN). The evaluation will answer five primary evaluation questions: 1. To what extent does program participation lead to greater fruit and vegetable consumption among SNAP shoppers? 2. What is the economic benefit of Double Up Food Bucks to farmers? 3. How do DUFB participants compare to the population of SNAP users in Michigan? 4. What are the processes, challenges, and factors contributing to successful program implementation? 5. What are the core program metrics, as defined by the Nutrition Incentive Hub? A rigorous design will be used to explore the causal l ink between the program and the expected outcomes. The evaluation will make use of FFN’s existing implementation and core program outcome indicators as well as FFN’s current data collection methodology. In collaboration with FFN, PEG evaluators will plan and collect new information from grocers, farmers, and program participants to answer the key evaluation questions. The evaluation findings will integrate and synthesize quantitative and qualitative data across sources, and outline recommendations for improvement. |
| Evaluation of the Michigan Double Up Food Bucks Program - Supplement |
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Evaluation of the Michigan Double Up Food Bucks Program - SupplementThe University of Michigan School of Social Work Program Evaluation Group (PEG) will expand the scope of the Double Up Food Bucks participant survey as part of its evaluation of Michigan’s Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) program operated by the Fair Food Network (FFN). This expansion in scope is needed in order to accommodate the new sites added to the program in 2021 and the anticipated new sites in 2022 under the GUS-CRR grant awarded to the Fair Food Network. |
| Human Services Grant Program Evaluation |
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Human Services Grant Program EvaluationIn response to RFP #8299 Human Services Grant Program Evaluation for Washtenaw County Community and Economic Development, the University of Michigan School of Social Work (UM-SSW) Program Evaluation Group (PEG) will develop an evaluation framework for new Human Services Partnership grantees. This evaluation framework will encompass: (1) development of metrics, evaluation, and system impacts and (2) equity review of Human Services Partnership (HSP) grantees. Our framework will identify evaluation metrics and equity review processes across the three funding programs: existing safety net program grants, annual one-year mini grants, and high impact grants. Our proposal outlines capacity-building activities designed to provide technical assistance and training on a variety of evaluation procedures. |
| MiCHWA PEG Funding |
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MiCHWA PEG FundingFunds transferred to PEG via Edie Kieffer's MiCHWA Discretionary account for PEG to complete evaluation work on sponsored project. |
| Program Evaluator for Title II Contracts |
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Program Evaluator for Title II ContractsAltarum will guide Title II grantees through the process of developing their evaluation plans, with full plans ready for submission to MDHHS within 14 days of their grant start date. Documenting and operationally defining the program and evaluation goals, specific activities, and their timing and hypothesized outcomes are of paramount importance. The well-crafted evaluations will yield data relevant and necessary to document accomplishments, identify areas for improvement, and enhance sustainability and scalability moving forward. If possible, given Covid-19 realities, Altarum’s Project Manager (PM), Rachelle May-Gentile, Evaluation Lead, Dr. Christine Stanik; and Juvenile Justice Subject Matter Expert, Lisa Greco will meet with each grantee in person at the time of their start dates. If in-person visits are not advisable, they will host video meetings using Microsoft Teams or Zoom to interact face-to-face with grantee staff. Dr. Stanik is currently hosting remote discussions for a similar project with six grantees, and the protocol has been highly successful. During initial meetings, Dr. Stanik and Ms. Greco will facilitate information gathering discussions with grantee staff to acclimate to the grantee programs, including program background and context, goals and objectives, target audience, key activities, and desired short-, medium-, and long-term outcomes. They will walk grantee staff through each component of the evaluation plan, designing and assist grantees as they begin to develop their plans. Altarum will document these planning meetings and provide detailed notes to the grantees capturing all decision points and action items. Through these meetings, the Altarum Team will develop the following specific evaluation plan components: Logic Model, Evaluation Goals and Objectives, Evaluation Research Questions, Evaluation Design, Process and Outcome Performance Measures, Data Collection Sources, Tools, and Methods, Data Reporting, Data Analysis, and Evaluation Report and Other Products. |
University of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 South University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106