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The Evaluation Center works to end health disparities among sexual and gender minorities. We believe that evaluation and quality management are essential in this work. Our team has decades of experience working in sexual health alongside those most impacted by HIV. Our Systems-Informed Empowerment Evaluation model is outcome-driven, using data to uncover opportunities for you to become more efficient, effective, and impactful. Using this model, our training team provides an array of technical assistance (TA), capacity building assistance (CBA), and coaching services to community-engaged agencies. The Evaluation Center is a project of the Evaluation, Data Integration, and Technical Assistance (EDIT) Program at Northwestern University.
Technical Assistance
The EDIT Team is the quality management technical assistance provider for the Chicago HIV Services Portfolio and multiple other projects funded by the city. If you are a Chicago Department of Public Health funded delegate agency seeking quality management/quality improvement or evaluation technical assistance, please contact us.
Capabilities
development & Design
Needs Assessments
Literature Reviews
Logic Models
Intervention Development
Process EQM Plan
Implementation EQM Plan
Outcome EQM Plan
Intervention Manual
implementation
Project Management
Community Engagement
Recruitment & Retention
Interview Guides
Staff Training
Cultural Responsiveness
Dissemination
monitoring & evaluation
Key Performance Indicators
Information Management
Fidelity Assessments
Data Sourcing & Collection
Research Protocols
Qualitative & Quantitative Analysis
Gap Analysis
EDIT Community Award for Research and Evaluation Services (CARES)
In 2017, EDIT faculty and staff developed the idea for EDIT CARES (Community Award for Research and Evaluation Services) as a way to further strengthen our connection to the Chicago community. Traditionally, most of EDIT’s work with community agencies is funded through entities like the Chicago Department of Public Health, primarily centered on HIV prevention and care. We recognized that this limits the types of organizations and programs that we are able to provide services to, thereby restricting our impact on the community.
Read More +Moving forward, our aim is to extend our services to other organizations serving sexual and gender minority individuals. The result of our reflection is EDIT CARES. Starting in Spring 2018, EDIT will release an annual request for proposals (RFP) to community organizations in Chicago to fund EDIT staff time to provide pro-bono evaluation, data integration, and other technical assistance services.
Awardees
2018 - Chicago House Appreticeship Program (CHAP) 2020 - Black and Pink 2021 - Sexpectations
Donate to EDIT Cares
Due to limited funding, we are currently only able to provide support to one program per year. However, we hope to significantly scale this project moving forward. To do so, we need your help! Your support of this project will enable us to provide robust services to more community agencies for years to come. You can donate to EDIT CARES here, by entering your donation into the box aligned with the EDIT CARES designation.
If you represent a community agency seeking to apply for or learn more about EDIT CARES, please email edward.monroy@northwestern.edu. We will notify you as soon as the RFP is released and can answer any questions you have.
