Support to Build the Supply of Evidence-Based Programs
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is committed to supporting culturally relevant programs developed by people of color that show emerging evidence of effectiveness and are prepared to move toward more rigorous evaluation.
Building on our previous work, this project provides technical assistance to strengthen the evaluation capacity of the foundation’s Building Evidence to Advance Equity grantees. Using the Permanency Innovations Initiative (PII) framework, we center grantee voices while collaboratively engaging in the following activities—
- Creating individualized plans to build evaluation capacity
- Using tools and activities to establish logic models and research questions
- Assisting in developing plans for measuring fidelity and future evaluation
- Highlighting grantee accomplishments and evaluation readiness in program profiles
Staff
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Allison Meisch, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Allison Meisch is a developmental psychologist with 20 years of experience in quantitative and qualitative methods, program evaluation, applied research...
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April Khadijah Inniss, M.D., M.Sc.
Senior Research Associate
April Khadijah Inniss is a pediatrician with more than 10 years of experience as a mixed-methods researcher in racial equity and child and family health and...
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Mikaila Singleton, M.P.H.
Research Associate
Mikaila Singleton has a background in social science research and experience working on topics related to mental health, maternal and child health, and early...
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Amanda Thomson, M.P.P.
Research Associate
Amanda Thomson has nearly 10 years of experience in social science research, program evaluation, and technical assistance. She is trained in public policy...