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Evaluation Plan and Implementation StrategyCDS International is committed to the advancement of international career training opportunities to provide individuals with in-depth practical knowledge of other nations’ business practices, cultures, and political traditions. CDS believes these …
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Evaluating the Feasibility of Expansion for the Harlem Educational Activities Fund"The Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF) is a college preparatory and youth development organization whose goal is to assist students from educationally and/or economically disadvantaged communities to develop the intellectual and life skills …
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Family Health Centers Supply ChainThe purpose of this project was to research Lutheran Health Care’s Family Health Centers’ (FHCs) supply chain, find inefficiencies in this system, and make recommendations to improve these inefficiencies. The goal was to identify and address breakdowns in …
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Family Health Centers Supply ChainThe purpose of this project was to research Lutheran Health Care’s Family Health Centers’ (FHCs) supply chain, find inefficiencies in this system, and make recommendations to improve these inefficiencies. The goal was to identify and address breakdowns in …
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Guidelines for Effective Public-Private Partnerships in the Age of GlobalizationThe Capstone team identified the history and nature of public-private partnerships internationally, with particular emphasis on the role of the United Nations and UNOPS in the support of the Global Compact, an initiative of the Secretary- General of the …
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Searching for Strategies to Improve the Value of Healthcare in Accountable Care OrganizationsAccountable Care Organizations (ACOs) were established by the Affordable Care Act as a way to improve the value of healthcare—defined as the ratio of healthcare quality to cost—in the Medicare population. ACOs are incentivized to achieve high-value care …
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Arts in Education Administration and Operations Evaluation"The Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) is an arts and services organization that facilitates programs for artists, teachers, students, families, and seniors throughout Brooklyn. BAC's largest department, Arts in Education (AIE), organizes programs in visual, …
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Developing a Workshop on Formal and Informal Sector Interaction in Urban Development for Rio de JaneiroThe state government of Rio de Janeiro recently sponsored a National Public Competition in an effort to generate ideas for an Urbanization Project Plan for the community of Rocinha, one of Rio’s largest informally constructed neighborhoods, known as …
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Developing a Workshop on Formal and Informal Sector Interaction in Urban Development for Rio de JaneiroThe state government of Rio de Janeiro recently sponsored a National Public Competition in an effort to generate ideas for an Urbanization Project Plan for the community of Rocinha, one of Rio’s largest informally constructed neighborhoods, known as …
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Building a Foundation for Organizational and Programmatic EvaluationThe Capstone team was asked by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center (“the Center”) to implement a system to measure organizational and programmatic performance. The team began by conducting an evaluation-related needs assessment of …
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Building a Foundation for Organizational and Programmatic EvaluationThe Capstone team was asked by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center (“the Center”) to implement a system to measure organizational and programmatic performance. The team began by conducting an evaluation-related needs assessment of …
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Local Government Fiscal Discretion in UgandaThe Government of Uganda began a rapid decentralization process in the early 1990s, devolving service delivery responsibility to Local Governments in an attempt to reduce poverty under the national development framework. The devolution of responsibility …
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From Policy to Practice: A Process Evaluation of the New York City Department of Probation's Containment Model for Sex Offender SupervisionThe Capstone team conducted a process evaluation of the New York City Department of Probation's (Department) containment model for supervising sex offenders. The Department commenced this new model in October 2008, but had not examined the extent to which …
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Raising Residential Recycling Rates in Stamford, ConnecticutThe Department of Solid Waste and Recycling in the City of Stamford, Connecticut is a municipal agency that manages waste collection and recycling. Despite efforts to increase participation in residential recycling, Stamford reached only a 9% recycling …
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Best Practices: Creating Diversity through Volunteer Recruitment and RetentionFree Arts NYC is an organization that delivers creative arts programs directly to low-income, homeless, abused, and neglected children. Volunteers act as mentors and create an environment for the children to express themselves through art projects. The …
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Formalizing Petare’s Informal Street VendorsThe Capstone team worked with the Agency for Economic Development in Caracas, Venezuela on two main activities relating to informal street vendors operating in Petare, an informal settlement. The tasks included gathering information about the vending …
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Goat Hope Social Venture Goat FarmThe Capstone team provided a market analysis and business plan for a dairy goat farm in Kenya for Medical Relief Alliance (MRA). MRA is a small NGO with a goat-gifting program (Goat Hope) for women affected by HIV/AIDS. MRA’s objective is to start a …
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A Cost-Benefit Study, Logic Model and Assessment Tools for a Restorative Justice Domestic Violence Treatment ProgramTraditional court-mandated Batterer Intervention Programs (BIPs) bring groups of batterers together to hold them accountable for their actions. However, new research raises questions about the effectiveness of BIPs in addressing domestic violence. The …
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Primary Care Provider Reimbursement ProjectHealth Plus is a Medicaid Managed Care plan serving over 300,000 patient mem­bers throughout the New York Metropolitan area. Health Plus aims to improve provider satisfaction and better incentivize quality of care. To accomplish this goal, the Capstone …
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Feasibility Analysis of Converting Nursing Home Beds into an Assisted Living ProgramBon Secours Schervier Nursing Care Center is a highly skilled nursing home with 364 beds. Located in Riverdale, Bronx, the facility cares for geriatric resi­dents from the surrounding New York City area. The New York State Department of Health has …
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Identifying Practices that Increase Ethnic and Racial Diversity of Senior ManagementThe National Human Services Assembly is an association of national nonprofits working in the fields of health, human and community development, and human serv­ices. One of the Assembly's current priori­ties is to identify practices that increase ethnic …
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Assessing Opportunities for Growth and Improving In-Country Monitoring and Evaluation of Healing Help Medical Donations ProgramThe Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) is a U.S.-based Catholic charity established in 1928 that focuses exclusively on global healthcare. The Capstone team assessed opportunities for growth and improvement of CMMB's Healing Help medical donations …
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Asia Society's Role in the Intermediary Education Market"The Capstone team worked with the Asia Society to provide strategic recommendations for achieving the organization's goals of producing globally competent students through its position as an educational intermediary. Using Asia Society's whole school …
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Evaluation and Certification of Middle­Skilled Mexican Workers in the USIn 2005 the Mexican Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (IME) worked in conjunction with public and pri­vate partners in the United States to develop four pilot programs to evaluate and certify middle­skilled migrant workers. The …
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