EVALCORP gives your organization a means of measuring what matters. Our suite of services is designed to facilitate the evaluation and improvement of programs so you can determine what initiatives are making a positive impact in your community. We also help you document and demonstrate the impact you’ve already made, which helps to secure new funding or justify continued funding.
We proudly partner with organizations operating within a diversity of sectors, including:
- Mental health
- Behavioral health
- Criminal justice
- Education, including early childhood education, K–12, and post-secondary
- Public health
- Substance use disorder prevention & treatment
- Museums
We are passionate about providing you with the knowledge necessary to affect meaningful change in our ever-evolving society and promote equity across all demographics, communities, and peoples.
Our Pillar Services
EVALCORP offers three pillar services, which can be leveraged in conjunction with one another or provided as a standalone form of support for your organization’s goals.
At EVALCORP, everything we do is about you, your organization, and the community you serve. With that in mind, we adapt our services to align with the needs and scope of your organization. Our core services include the following:
Program Evaluation
Program evaluation is one of our most sought-after services. Organizations turn to this service to determine whether their programs are effective, meeting their intended goals, and impacting the right community members.
By utilizing our program evaluation services, it is possible to definitively measure the efficacy of your program. You can identify what aspects of your initiative are meeting your goals and pinpoint areas for growth or improvement to better serve your clients. Ultimately, this enables you to make every program more viable, productive, and sustainable.
When providing program evaluation services, our first objective is to clearly define the goals of your unique initiative. This is one of the most crucial parts of the process. After all, no two clients are the same, and your initiatives and goals will be vastly different than anyone else’s.
That is why we put such an emphasis on customization. We take the time up front to understand your organizational culture, administrative layers, community context, and timeframes and resources — this way, we can adapt our approach to your specific needs and ensure quality services.
Once we understand your initiatives and goals, we begin gathering and analyzing performance data to measure and document the impact you are already making with the people and communities you serve.
After that, we will generate an accessible and actionable report that outlines our findings, observations, and recommendations. Your leadership team can put this information to use and decide whether the program should be expanded, revamped, or left as-is. This report also demonstrates the good you are already doing in your community, assisting you in your efforts to acquire new funding or maintain existing grants.
Needs Assessment
A needs assessment is the process of discovering the needs of the community and identifying gaps in your existing resources that need to be filled in order to fully meet those needs.
To this end, during a needs assessment, EVALCORP will examine the needs of populations of interest to find out what services or efforts would improve their quality of life, health, and access to opportunities.
For instance, by partnering with us to conduct a needs assessment, mental health services providers can determine the most prevalent concerns among their client populations. They can then use our findings to create and implement new programs to address specific mental health challenges.
EVALCORP’s needs assessment services deliver the most value when utilized during program planning and creation. You can use our needs assessment reports when communicating with stakeholders and requesting funding. Our thorough, easy-to-digest reports clearly demonstrate why funding is necessary and how it can be used to make an impact in your community.
Prior to setting a budget or defining the scope of a program, you can partner with EVALCORP to conduct a needs assessment in your targeted service area. You can then tailor every aspect of the program based on the measurable needs of your community’s population, rather than attempting to augment the program later.
Our needs assessment services help organizations in a multitude of sectors optimize their services and maximize the reach of various community-centric initiatives. EVALCORP’s needs assessments also ensure that historically underserved demographics receive equitable access to much-needed resources.
Strategic Planning
EVALCORP offers strategic planning services for nonprofits and government agencies, tailoring our approach to meet your unique and ever-changing needs.
As part of these services, we partner with you to develop a strategic plan for your organization. This involves gathering input from your stakeholders, identifying their top priorities, and assisting with the development of both short and long-term organizational goals.
After identifying the goals most important to your organization, we will work with you to develop a cohesive strategy for achieving these objectives.
As always, our services and input are guided by extensive data gathering and information analysis. We use relevant, timely data to provide actionable findings and inform decision-making processes. This data is especially helpful when requesting additional funding or asking for grant renewals. When you present decision-makers with a cohesive strategy that shows how funding will be allocated and outlines the impact they can expect it to have, they will feel much more confident about giving your organization the resources it needs.
By making data the heart of all we do, EVALCORP is able to deliver optimal value for your organization and the people it serves.
Why Leverage Our Strategic Planning Consultants?
EVALCORP is trusted by government agencies and nonprofit organizations across the nation. Clients consistently choose EVALCORP when they need to measure program efficacy and improve their ability to bring quantifiable value to the communities they serve.
When you decide to partner with EVALCORP, you will benefit from our:
Nationwide Team
EVALCORP is an award-winning, woman-owned business with team members nationwide. We fully embrace the remote work ecosystem and can serve your organization no matter where it happens to be located.
That said, our expansive employee network enables us to connect you with team members in close geographical proximity to your community.
By maintaining a nationwide team, we can better serve your organization and understand the unique traits of your community. You’ll always have the support you need, thanks to streamlined communication and seamless service.
From coast to coast, we have team members ready and able to help you put your data to use. Our objective is to ensure that your organization can count on the resources and expertise of an industry-leading partner in order to meet your objectives.
Exceptional Service
From the outset of your partnership with EVALCORP, you will realize that we are unlike any other needs assessment, program evaluation, or strategic planning partner you have worked with previously.
We take the time to listen to your needs, challenges, pain points, and goals. We then systematically determine how our services can help your organization better understand its programs and community.
At EVALCORP, we ensure that the process is centered around your organization and the people you serve. We will maintain clear, open lines of communication and establish a point of contact so you can connect with us anytime.
Our team wants to become a trusted resource that you can turn to whenever you need data-driven answers to specific organizational problems. We are proud to have developed long-term partnerships with many of our clients who seek our services year after year.
We also take an equity-centric approach to problem-solving — we break through historical roadblocks and shift away from biases by focusing on what counts: data. This approach ensures that the needs of your entire audience are heard and accounted for and that no one gets left behind.
EVALCORP: Your Partner for Community Change
Making a meaningful mark on a community is no small task, and we continue to be awed by the amazing accomplishments of our clients.
Achieving your organizational goals and improving the lives of those you serve takes resolve, commitment, passion, and a strategic approach.
Fortunately, you can start measuring what matters and improving the efficacy of your programs by partnering with EVALCORP. We use a people-centered, data-informed approach to guide decision-making and provide quantifiable information about your programs and how well they serve your community. Our findings can then inform stakeholders and help you acquire more funding so you can maximize your impact.
Ready to learn more about how EVALCORP can help fuel evidenced-based change in your community? If so, we invite you to contact our team and schedule a complimentary consultation.
We partner with our clients to prevent and resolve complex social issues through inclusive and diverse perspectives, innovative thinking, useful data, and unmatched client service. Together, we can get more done, promote program equity, expand your influence, reach the underserved, and start changing the world, one community at a time.