Research and Evaluation
ISED research and evaluation projects are carefully designed to identify critical program processes, measure program outcomes and impacts, and develop recommendations for tracking and improving program performance and informing public policy discussions.
Consider some of our current and recent projects:
- Office of Refugee Resettlement Individual Development Account Program Evaluation
- Office of Refugee Resettlement Preferred Communities Program Evaluation
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation funded longitudinal evaluation of Michigan’s statewide individual development account program
- Office of Community Services Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) three-year outcomes evaluation
- Process and outcome evaluation of U.S. Department of Justice funded project in Georgia, which provides case management and financial assistance to ex-offenders
- Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation analysis of the development status and early intervention service needs of children under the age of three
- Five-year evaluation of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) funded Chicago System of Care for Youth in Transition
- Evaluation assistance to the United Way Thrive project of United Way of Greater Houston
- Assessment of Colorado Refugee Services Program, funded by The Colorado Trust
