Family Assistance Projects

Making Connections Denver (MC-D) was one of ten Making Connections local affiliate sites that provided place-based, comprehensive services for families. The Family and Economic Success (FES) cohort of MC-D focused on strategies, such as supports and resources for job seekers in target neighborhoods, which helped families achieve economic success. Through a contract with the Piton Foundation, PPI provided strategic evaluation and technical assistance services to help MC-D develop an FES evaluation system that facilitated ongoing data collection and program improvement. PPI provided evaluation capacity building services and developed individual evaluation plans for each FES partner organization, as well as an overall FES evaluation plan across programs.

The Compassion Capital Fund Demonstration Project, funded by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, provided funding and other support to selected intermediary organizations that offered a variety of capacity-building services to faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs). The impact evaluation used an experimental evaluation design (i.e., random assignment) to assess the impact of receiving capacity-building services, including intensive technical assistance and/or financial assistance, on the organizational capacity of FBCO recipients. Under subcontract to Abt Associates, PPI assisted with random assignment preparation and implementation activities.

The City and County of Denver solicited an evaluation to determine whether contracted TANF services to assist participants in overcoming barriers contributed towards meeting the TANF program work requirements. The TANF Program Evaluation of program effectiveness and cost efficiency included implementation and outcome studies to assess program processes, define overall program goals, and measure related program outcomes. Under subcontract to Public Knowledge, LLC, PPI led the development of the evaluation design and data collection tools, conducted implementation site visits and stakeholder interviews, and led the assessment of implementation and outcome data.