Raising Awareness of Rural Community Needs December 19, 2017 | by Willow Mata and Ana Quiroz Three hours from both San Francisco and Los Angeles, Fresno County lies at the center of California’s Central Valley, home to farmland that grows a significant portion of the nation’s…
Where to find Harder+Company at #eval17 October 18, 2017 | by Kevin Rafter We look forward to joining evaluation colleagues in Washington DC at the upcoming annual conference of the American Evaluation Association. If you are attending the conference, our staff will be…
Building Diversity in the Evaluation Field September 21, 2017 | by Cristina Magaña and Willow Mata Incorporating culturally responsive and equity-focused evaluation methods is key to ensuring that evaluation findings are effective and useful, especially when working with vulnerable communities. At Harder+Company, we support equity-focused evaluation methods…
Building a Data Set for Systems Change September 5, 2017 | by Raúl Martínez and Rami Arafah California has invested a significant amount of money and time to build an impressive early care and education system to serve over 500,000 children under age 5. Understandably, it is…
Evaluating Innovative Approaches to Engage Caregivers August 22, 2017 | by Willow Mata and Ana Quiroz In California, most children under two years of age are cared for by extended family, friends, neighbors and other informal caregivers. Those first two years of a child’s life provide…
Tools for collaborative relationships between funders and grantees August 3, 2017 | by Jennifer James The Colorado Health Foundation has a vision to make Colorado the healthiest state in the nation. As they set out on a new strategy to create healthy schools, they knew…
