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Building Agency Capacity for Program Evaluation Annual Forum

October 8, 2014
The Consultation Center at Yale University's blog

The Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation and The Consultation Center at Yale University hosted the 3rd Annual Building Agency Capacity for Program Evaluation Forum to kick-off the 4th year of this initiative. The Foundation would like to thank the team from The Consultation Center at Yale University including Jacob Tebes PhD, Cindy Crusto PhD, Amy Griffin MA, Dana Prince PhD, and Sue Florio. 

Representatives from twenty-one non-profit organizations from across Philadelphia participated in the Forum and will be provided continue consultation from The Consultation Center. The organizations represented at the Forum  included:

2014-2017 Cohort
o   Center for Families and Relationships
o   Lutheran Settlement House
o   Nationality Services Center
o   Northeast Community Mental Health Center
o   Public Interest Law Center
o   Resources for Human Development
2013-2016 Cohort
o   COMHAR
o   Pennsylvania Horticulture Society
o   Turning Points for Children
o   Food Access Collaborative- Mayor’s Office of Community Opportunity and Empowerment
o   JEVS
Learning Collaborative
o   11th Street Family Health Services of Drexel University
o   Children’s Crisis Treatment Center
o   Mercer Street Friends – West Ward Alliance
o   Northern Children’s Services
o   Broad Street Ministry
o   St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
o   Health Federation of Philadelphia
o   Mental Health Association of Southeastern PA
o   Pathway to Housing PA
o   Project H.O.M.E.

If you would like to learn more about the Building Agency Capacity for Program Evaluation Initiative DOWNLOAD THE MOST RECENT REPORT HERE. 

Joe Pyle, President of the Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation thanks everyone for sharing stories and lessons learned.