The Center for Community Engaged Evaluation (CCEE) is situated within the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Office of Community Health and Research and specializes in culturally responsive evaluation of large and small community health programs, workforce development programs, and behavioral and policy interventions. The Center includes expertise in areas such as food systems, family wellness, indigenous evaluation, and implementation science. We have a strong record of participating in successful regional and national projects funded by CDC, NIH, HHS, HRSA, and PCORI, as well as many large and small private funders. Our interdisciplinary team provides process/implementation evaluation, formative evaluation, outcome evaluation, policy analysis, and proposal development.
The Center for Community Engaged Evaluation works with clients to:
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- Make space for community voices and measure alignment of services and activities with community needs and priorities
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- Center evaluation within cultural context
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- Articulate the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of interventions and develop tools such as logic models and theories of change
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- Develop high quality evaluation plans tailored to the needs of funders, program staff, and participants
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- Build evaluation capacity within organizations and communities
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- Implement and manage performance measurement for grants
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- Apply evidenced based methods for data collection and analysis
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- Synthesize findings into high quality reports and data visualizations tailored to client and community audiences
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- Develop and implement dissemination plans
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- Develop scientific publications and presentations
Vision
Advancing health equity through community engaged evaluations
Mission
The mission of the Center for Community Engaged Evaluation is to partner with organizations seeking to reduce health disparities in communities by designing and implementing high-quality evaluations of their programs and policies.
Our evaluations engage communities and clients through culturally responsive approaches to collecting, analyzing, and sharing lessons learned.
Values
Equity: Commit to processes that equip and empower all voices in our communities.
Humility: Approach every project with the acknowledgement that community members and leaders know their communities best
Integrity: Establish processes that allow us to authentically communicate the voices of community members to our clients.
Respect: Embrace each voice and recognize the value of every client, team member, community member, and community leader.
Collaboration: Partner with clients and other equity-focused research and evaluation organizations to continue to learn and grow and produce our best work.