Apter & O’Connor was contracted by SUNY Albany Professional Development Program for all three of these statewide projects to provide training and follow-up technical assistance to county social service departments, children’s services and preventive service providers to promote accountability and develop a capacity for evaluation. These trainings and TA sessions were designed to help counties [...]
Apter & O’Connor is collaborating with the national organization, Literacy Powerline. The mission of Literacy Powerline is to increase literacy levels through effective and sustainable community collaboration and engagement. Literacy Powerline works with educators, business and labor leaders, philanthropic organizations, civic and faith-based groups, policymakers, literacy providers and students to demonstrate that everyone thrives when [...]
Apter & O’Connor is working with Child Care Solutions (CCS) of Onondaga and Cayuga Counties in Central New York to conduct a needs assessment related to the current state of child care. The Assessment will address child care supply and demand and illustrate the unique child care needs and related work-life issues of families within the [...]
SCSD was awarded a four year Federal grant to tackle high dropout rates and low graduation rates. The District has contracted with Apter & O’Connor as the local evaluator. In recent years SCSD has introduced the major initiative Say Yes to Education and along with several other existing interventions (e.g., The 9th Grade Learning Academy, Project [...]
Harmony in the Home is a collaboration between Transitional Living Services (TLS) and Families for Effective Autism Treatment (FEAT) in Syracuse, NY. The goal is to reduce stressors in families’ lives by providing flexible funding and supports so families with children with autism can define their own needs and in turn direct their own service [...]
The Community Health Foundation of Western and Central New York in partnership with the Gifford Foundation is funding a Central New York Neighborhood Action (CNYNAI) Initiative to create and test evidence-based practices that will enable seniors to remain in their homes and own communities as they grow older rather than in nursing homes or other [...]
AIRA is a national volunteer membership organization that provides program support, technical assistance and education and training to immunization information systems (IIS) throughout the country. They also sub-contract with Every Child By Two to promote the value and use of IIS among health care providers, families and the general public. Apter & O’Connor was engaged [...]
Children’s Health Innovation Project (CHIP) was a federal system of care grant intended to improve Mental Health services and outcomes for children and youth. Apter & O’Connor provided a process evaluation, technical assistance for planning that included practitioners, administrators and parents, and a focused inquiry involving a series of interviews with primary care physicians and [...]
Apter & O’Connor led the CNY Community Foundation’s initiative to develop community wide indicators to assess literacy in Central New York. A&O conducted background research, guided the management team and facilitated a task force of 25 community leaders and literacy stakeholders through a six-month strategic planning process. Throughout the process we prepared materials and planned [...]
Syracuse City School District (2004-present), Malone Central School District, Addison Central School District and Binghamton City School Districts (U.S. Department of Education). Early Reading First (ERF) is an early literacy program targeting preschoolers from low income families at high risk of reading failure. Each of these projects was a multi-year contract (3-4 years) with Apter [...]
Syracuse City School District (NY State Education Department) E-Portfolio was a technology infusion project for middle and high schools with extensive professional development designed to improve teacher skill and comfort in utilizing technology and in turn improving the skills and comfort of their students. The evaluation provided by Apter & O’Connor utilized a combination of [...]
The Jowonio School in Syracuse, NY is a not-for-profit pre-school serving young children with a wide range of abilities both at their school site and in community-based settings. Apter & O’Connor was contracted to develop a clear and comprehensible logic model of the key elements of Jowonio’s inclusive programming for an audience of families, staff, [...]
Onondaga County Department of Social Services, City of Syracuse, Catholic Charities of Onondaga County, and Syracuse City School District The WCSS was a comprehensive school improvement project in a high poverty, low achieving quadrant of Syracuse City Schools. The work scope for Apter & O’Connor involved the design of a multi-year internal evaluation plan, overseeing [...]
Apter & O’Connor developed and analyzed a survey to 792 eighth and eleventh grade students who attended 6 schools in Wayne County to gather information related to the prevalence and issues surrounding homeless and/or run away youth. The survey designs probed sensitive information in a manner appropriate to young people of diverse backgrounds.
Syracuse University collaborated with the New York City Department of Education and the High School for Leadership and Public Service in Manhattan to offer SUmmer College in the City to promising high school students to enhance their abilities and motivation to attend college. The evaluation activities over the course of two years were designed to [...]
Onondaga-Madison BOCES/Children’s Consortium, Binghamton City, Syracuse City, Oswego County, Lafayette /Onondaga Nation, Wayne County Jail/Lyons/CAP (NY State Education Department) Even Start is a comprehensive family literacy program requiring an annual local evaluation that entails both a formative assessment of implementation of the model, ongoing review and analysis of data to monitor progress toward state defined [...]
