Over the course of three years CURL, in conjunction with Loyola’s School of Social Work, and with the financial support of The Michael Reese Health Trust, conducted an evaluation of the Illinois Department of Human Services’ (IDHS) Open Door Demonstration Project as part of the Smart Paths Initiative.
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The Center for Urban Research and Learning at Loyola University Chicago partnered with the Social Justice and Social Change Research Centre University of Western Sydney to launch Residents’ Voices, a project designed to develop new ways to research and understand affordable housing issues in Chicago, Sydney, and Adelaide.
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The objectives of Roseland Christian Health Ministries was to create 70 new jobs for low income residents of Cook County, Illinois while serving the heath care needs of seniors living on the south side of Chicago and its adjacent south suburbs through the development of a Home Health Agency to complement RCHM's existing Christian Community Health Center. CURL helped evaluate the project.
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CURL conducted an evaluation of the Midwest Harm Reduction Institute of Heartland Alliance’s (MWHRI) harm reduction (HR) training and technical assistance program. This program was provided to two organizations located in Chicago that provide housing and related services to people who are homeless.
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Loyola University Chicago’s Center for Urban Research and Learning conducted an evaluation of Girl Leadership U (GLU), a series of six sessions hosted by Young Women’s Action Team (YWAT) in which emerging young women leaders develop skills that can be utilized in efforts to take action and create social change.
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The goal of this project was to create a comprehensive evaluation of Erie Neighborhood House's Tutoring to Educate for Aims & Motivation (TEAM) program and assess its effects on several aspects of youth’s lives’- academic and non-academic. In collaboration with the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and the University of Illinois at Chicago, several evaluations took place to assess the effectiveness of TEAM, including a longitudinal evaluation of youth’s self-concept, self-esteem, and sense of connectedness.
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