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Served 165 children and their families in an after-school program where the children say the staff are like family. |
Consistently scored 4.3 (on a scale of 1 to 5) in creating a bond between the children and the staff in an after school program. |
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Provided job readiness training, resume basics and other job placement services to 95 young people. |
Placed 45% of our young adults in jobs when only 35% of them came to us reading at the 6th grade level. |
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Stabilized 125 youth and their families with 1,500 hours of case management and counseling focusing on educational advocacy. |
100% of our clients under 16 who were not in school returned to school. 85% of our clients 16 to 18 who were not in school enrolled in a job training program or returned to school. |
Understanding the Language of Accountability and Performance
Goals: A description of how people or places are different when your program is successful.
Activities: The work that goes on in your program every day.
Outcomes: Something measurable to demonstrate that your program is achieving its goals.
What I Do
Combining our expertise, I create tools so you can demonstrate that your program is achieving its goals. You are the expert about your program. I have research and evaluation expertise.
I listen and assess your situation. My solutions are custom designed for your unique program.
I am skilled in working in an environment with limited resources. I work in all settings from small programs to coalitions.
How Accountability and Performance Can Help You
Funding
- Satisfy a grant requirement.
- Persuade a donor to support your program.
- Obtain grant funding.
Collaboration
- Build on your program's strengths.
- Seek partners with complementary strengths.
- Create strategic partnerships.
Program Management
- Increase the size of your program.
- Replicate your program in another location.
- Correct problems while they are small.
Learning Organization
- Motivate staff to perform better.
- Identify activities critical to your success.
- Maintain focus on your programs goals.
Board Involvement
- Revise strategies to achieve goals.
- Develop new programs based on proven programs.
- Develop priorities based on effective activities.
Additional Benefits
- Communicate efforts to reach your programs goals.
- Describe problems and obstacles addressed along the way.
- Develop a snapshot of your programs successes.
What I Can Do to Help
I am an experienced evaluation research consultant. My talents include analyzing activities, assessing capabilities and simplifying procedures. I can:
- Analyze requirements set by your funders and set up a system to collect data.
- Assess decision-making needs and reporting requirements.
- Collaborate with you to design key indicators of success.
- Research survey instruments or create one specific to your situation.
- Interview administrators to assess their knowledge and skills.
- Teach administrators to compare expected and actual results.
- Train and supervise staff who enter data and create reports.
- Inventory paperwork to assess the information it contains for reporting.
- Analyze existing databases and data collection processes.
- Provide graphs and text so you can win grant awards, solicit individual gifts and compete successfully for government contracts.
Clients
- Education Based Latino Outreach
- SMYAL
- Children's Scholarship Fund Baltimore
- Child First Authority
About Me
I was born and raised in New York City, attending St. Brigid's school then JHS 93 on Forest Ave. in Ridgewood, Queens. I graduated from Stuyvesant HS. While working my way through college I earned a BA in Urban Studies / Economics from Barnard College and a Master of City Planning from UC, Berkeley.
From my parents who were active in our church I learned about giving to the community. I became a community activist in high school when I organized my block to protect new trees and when I worked with friends to have a rock concert in Madison Park.
In the Belair-Edison community of Baltimore where I have lived for seventeen years I am active on my block, in Herring Run Park and the community. I am a Master Gardener where I work in community gardens and other places to teach sustainable gardening practices that are kind to the environment. I teach jewelry classes at Spiral Dance.
Contact Me
Catherine Carey
catherine@practical-research.com
410-325-7045
3030 Chesterfield Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21213
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