Wendy Wolfersteig, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Evaluation and Partner Contracts

 Evaluation Mission:

 The SIRC Office of Evaluation and Partner Contracts performs evaluations in collaboration with local, community, state and national agency partners. The goal is to assist agencies/programs in assessing the effectiveness of their goals, strategies and outcomes. The applied research and evaluation projects are focused in the fields of effective research-based strategies related to health and health disparities, substance abuse prevention, and educational programs.

 Evaluation Aim:

To provide needed services from limited consultations to longer-term evaluation design and implementation in the following areas:

•    Proposal development and/or writing

•    Needs assessments and problem identification

•    Planning for goals, strategies and outcomes

•    Design and execution of an evaluation plan

•    Design of measurement instruments

•    Report writing on primary or secondary data.

 Examples of partner contracts with state and local agencies and community based providers:

 •    AHCCCS, Health Literacy Component

•    City of Phoenix, Hope VI Community and Support Services Project

•    Cross & Joftus, LLC, for the Ellis Center for Educational Excellence and WestEd Districts Moving Up initiative in the Creighton School District

•    Gila River Indian Community, Health Care Life Center

•    St. Luke’s Health Initiatives, Arizona Health Survey

•    TERROS Behavioral Health Services, Inc.