Evaluation & Research

The Center for Human Services Research staff:

• Design evaluations and research studies utilizing qualitative and quantitative methods
• Conduct evaluation studies using primary and secondary data
• Analyze data and provide useful feedback to service providers and policy makers

Designing Evaluations and Research Studies
CHSR uses multiple research methods that are most appropriate for the research purpose and populations being studied. CHSR staff have experience with sampling design, conducting extensive literature reviews, constructing surveys and interview instruments, developing focus group questions, and assessing the reliability and validity of existing data. We are familiar with standardized measurement tools and can assist recommending them as needed.

Conducting Evaluations and Research Studies
CHSR staff are well versed in the art of content analysis; participant observation; different means of survey administration, including telephone, mail, and on-line surveys; telephone and in-person interviews with and without computer assisted personal interview systems (CAPI); leading focus groups; extracting data from case files and agency databases; and conducting document reviews.

Analyzing Data and Providing Feedback
CHSR staff have extensive experience in the analysis of qualitative and quantitative data. Staff are skilled at managing and analyzing large and small data sets using the most appropriate statistical methods and programs. Findings are presented to offer usable feedback to a wide range of stakeholders including sponsors, agencies, service providers, families, and the general public. We have mapping graphics and capacities to visually display data in a variety of ways consistent with partner needs. CHSR produces evaluation briefs, policy papers, and technical reports for our clients; we actively present at conferences across the country, and we publish in peer-reviewed journals.

Evaluation & Research Projects

Children & Family Services

• Evaluation of CPS/DV Collocation
• Evaluation of New York State Family Resource Centers
• Evaluation of the New York State Collocation Demonstration Project
• Family Assessment Response Evaluation
• Healthy Families New York Evaluation
• Integrated County Planning Evaluation
• Police Domestic Violence Follow-Up Home Visiting Program
• Understanding Barriers to Obtaining Food Stamps

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Children's Mental Health Services

• Albany County, New York System of Care Evaluation
• Assessing & Addressing the Need for Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists in New York State
• Capital Region Child & Adolescent Mobile Crisis Team Evaluation
• Coordinated Children's Service Initiative (CCSI) Evaluation
• Orange County, New York System of Care Evaluation

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Education & Early Childhood Development Programs

• Albany Promise Evaluation
• Chemung County School Readiness Project
• Evaluation of the SEED Program
• Magnet School Assistance Program Evaluation
• New York State Child Care Workforce Development Evaluation
• New York State: Ready to Learn Evaluation
• Preventive Contracts Consistent With County Outcomes
• Safe Schools/Healthy Students Evaluation
• A Study of Legally Exempt Child Care in Albany County

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Health Behavior & Services

• Assessment of Health Services for Veterans in Rural Upstate New York
• Evaluation of People Advancing through Treatment and Housing (PATH)
• Menu Labeling Evaluation
• OPWDD Direct Care Employee Trust Survey
• Upstate New York Emergency Department Study

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Youth Development & Juvenile Justice

• Evaluation of New York's AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Initiative
• Evaluation of the Sanctuary Model
• Front End Juvenile Justice Reform Initiative
• Northeast Parent & Child Society Mentoring for Change Program Evaluation
• Understanding Parent Engagement to Enhance Mentoring Outcomes
  

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