Technical Assistance & Resources

CRS offers a wide array of technical assistance services related to research and evaluation including:

• Benchmark development
• Best practices program development
• Community-based participatory research projects
• Conceptual mapping
• Database development
• Evaluation coaching
• Focus group, interview, observation data collection
• Grant proposal development
• Literature reviews
• Logic model development
• Needs assessments and environmental scans
• Organizational assessments
• Program evaluation
• Qualitative and quantitative data analysis
• Social marketing research
• Strategic planning
• Survey design
• Technical needs assessment

Resource Links:

Many user-friendly evaluation tools are also available through the internet.  We've listed below some evaluation resources that may be of benefit to you.

American Evaluation Association:  This internationl professional organization of evaluators has evaluation trainings and other resources.  http://www.eval.org

Child Welfare Information Gateway - Friends National Resource Center for Community-based Child Abuse Prevention Logic Model Builder Tool Kit:  You can "build" your own logic model for child abuse prevention with your program vision, target population, needs, services, resources and select outcomes, indicators and measurement tools.  http://toolkit.childwelfare.gov/toolkit/

The Colorado Trust:  This Colorado-based foundation provides grants, publications and other resources related to educational and health initiatives with a vision of access to health.  http://www.coloradotrust.org

The University of Kansas-Community Tool Box:  This web-based program includes tools for building healthy communities such as how to assess community needs, policy development, social marketing and program sustainability.  http://ctb.ku.edu/en