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Our Work

Our staff have provided high-quality and reliable service to community groups, nonprofits, tribal nations, and government agencies at all levels, from city and counties to states and national entities, working across human serving sectors to improve community safety and personal wellbeing for youth, young adults, and families.  
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SAMPLE PROJECTS (Detailed past performance summaries and references available upon request)
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Working with Temple University Hospital we are evaluating the hospital's novel Trauma Victim Advocates Program over a three-year period, with funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for VIctims of Crime. We collaborated with hospital leadership to co-write the successful grant application to fund and evaluate this important and innovative program for victims of violent crime.

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Center on Children and the Law

For the ABA Center on Chldren and the Law, acted as lead technical consultant directing the  design, collecition and analysis of survey and dependency court-related case data from three study sites in the California Quality of Legal Representation Study. This project was funded by the Walter S. Johnson Foundation and was designed to assess how the quality of legal representation was impacted by changes in the  way California funds counties to provide legal counsel for parents and children in dependency cases.

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Collaborated with the Tucson , Arizona Police Department over ten years, to evaluate the Tucson Weed and Seed crime prevention and community development program in five predoiminately immigrant and Latina/o/x neighborhoods. Evaluation results showed the project resulted in:

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  • Greater trust between community members and police;

  • More prosocial activities thet promote positive youth development;

  • Reduced property and violent crime  and,

  • Increased social capital among neighborhood residents to manage and lead their own community development initiatives in partnership with the city and business sector.

Worked in partnership with West Kensington Ministry to develop  and evaluate Building Bridges, an evidence-based and secular youth

mentoring program for youth ages 10 to 16 at risk for delinquency and school disengagement in North Philadelphia.  The program was designed to:

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  • Promote positive youth development by engaging youth to reach their full potential academically and socially.

  • Build resiliency by equipping youth to recover from setbacks, adversity, and challenges.

  • Strengthen self-advocacy skills by developing problem-solving skills, confidence, and perseverance to succeed.

  • Foster healthy relationships with caring adults through the mentor/mentee relationship.

  • Provide a structured, safe, and supportive environment for mentors and youth.

  • Enhance family relationships and wellbeing by improving family-child communications and relationships.

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