The Women’s Foundation of California

The Women’s Foundation of California Foundation launched the Women’s Policy Institute (WPI), an innovative training program that works to increase the number of community-based women leaders who are actively involved in shaping and implementing policies affecting the health and well-being of women and girls in California.

Through a combination of retrospective pre-tests and interviews, Korwin Consulting is working with the Foundation to evaluate whether and how WPI participants and their respective organizations experience changes in leadership, advocacy and public policy capacity and practices as a result of participation in WPI.

Contra Costa Safe Schools Coalition

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The Contra Costa Safe Schools Coalition (CCSSC) is a collaborative of youth-serving organizations committed to enhancing the mental and physical health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning/queer (LGBTQ) and all youth in Contra Costa County. Through education, advocacy and support, CCSSC members help to create safer school environments for all.

Through observation, development of process and outcome evaluation tools, and an online data collection system, Korwin Consulting works closely with coalition members to evaluate the impact of this collective effort.

Youth Offering Unique Tangible Health (Y.O.U.T.H. Training Project)

The Y.O.U.T.H. Training Project uses an innovative, interactive youth developed and delivered curriculum providing child welfare staff with the instruction and tools needed to assist transition aged foster youth in making a successful transition to independence and achieving self-sufficiency.

Korwin Consulting partners with the Project through administration of retrospective pre-tests, online follow-up surveys, focus groups, interviews and journals to evaluate both youth leadership as well as improved social worker outcomes.

Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence

Next Door Solutions is a Santa Clara-based comprehensive domestic violence agency. Next Door offers a full range of programs and services to help break the cycle of violence, from services giving immediate relief to families in need to proactive services that help women and families move their lives in healthy directions.

Through a combination of key informant interviews, focus groups, and data analysis, Korwin Consulting’s retrospective evaluation of HomeSafe, Next Door’s transitional housing program, provides HomeSafe with the information needed to evaluate and where necessary, modify their program to better meet the needs of participating women and children.