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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Funded by the Illinois Criminal Justice Authority Loyola researchers in collaboration with the City of Chicago Mayor's Office on Domestic Violence (MODV) studied the dynamics of shelter utilization and how it relates to the process of and readiness for change among women who are victims of domestic violence.
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The Chicago Girl's Coalition (CGC), which has a membership of approximately 60 organizations engaged in youth-led research on relational aggression in girls, particularly in communities of color. CURL reviewed existing research on this topic, presented it to the youth members of the coalition for their reaction, and provided research content for a web-based information clearinghouse on girl-on-girl aggression.
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The Center for Urban Research and Learning partnered with University of Michigan's Program for Youth and Community to provide participatory evaluation research workshops to youth in the community. The two-day workshop prepared young people to employ practical participatory tools for gathering information at the community level. Through the workshop, young people developed specific skills and practical tools for program evaluation, assessments of community needs and assets, policy issue analysis, and other studies.
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This was an evaluation of the Christian Community Health Centers’ Footprints Women in Prostitution Project. "Footprints" is a program that facilitates substance abuse and HIV prevention for women arrested for prostitution in Cook County. The program focuses on providing outreach and services to reduce the rate of infectious disease, drug use, especially injection drug use, relapse and recidivism.
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