Examples of Our Projects 

We have assisted numerous public agencies with evaluation, reports, training, and technical assistance in finding solutions to difficult problems.  The professionals associated with the Center have played keys roles in over 1000 projects that mattered a lot to the people who look to public agencies for help. Here are some examples: 

Refugee Assistance. Providing training and advice to improve oversight of programs serving refugees throughout the world for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland

Citizen Engagement. Facilitating over 100 community meetings across the United States and using Internet based polling of more than 20,000 citizens to learn about their concerns regarding the cost, quality, and availability of health care and, based on that,  preparing recommendations to the President and the Congress

Inner City Children. Evaluating a substance abuse prevention model for children attending inner-city public schools on behalf of the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Conflict of Interest. Providing advice to the General Inspetor of Albania on how to avoid\\conflicts of interest for civil servants in Albania

College Mathematics.  Evaluating a 3-year National Science Foundation grant for a consortium of colleges and universities headed by the University of Pennsylvania to develop and disseminate innovative undergraduate mathematics curricula 

Beneficiary Satisfaction Surveys. Conducting annual, scientifically representative surveys of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid beneficiaries to determine their level of satisfaction with how services were provided to them

Bioterrorism. Assessing the readiness of state and local governments to respond to bioterrorism threats

Long Term Care Services. Using surveys of hospital discharge planners and large electronic administrative data bases to determine if citizens needing home health and nursing home services had access to them

Child Welfare. Performing service delivery assessments to improve delivery of child support enforcement, adoption assistance, and foster care services 

Disaster Response. Evaluating federal, state, and local government responses to hurricane and earthquake disasters in order to enhance future readiness to respond to natural disasters

Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit. Advising the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on key issus that arose in starting the new Medicare Part D prescription drug program and the Medicare Advantage program

Youth Access to Tobacco. Developing a “Model Law” for States to use in preventing youth access to tobacco and of subsequent Federal regulations to ensure effective reduction in access

Transplant Organs.  Identifying and analyzing critical issued in the Federal regulations on equitable allocation of human organs for transplantation

Regulatory Burden. Evaluating government-wide agency compliance Federal laws requiring regulations to minimize burdens on small businesses 

K-12 Curriculum/Teaching Innovation. Evaluating grants to public school systems for enhancing education through technology and for improving the teaching of mathematics

Nursing Educational Programs. Evaluating university nursing programs using multi-method data collection strategies.