by CCFW | Feb 5, 2021 | Research, Updates
Where We Started Five years ago, we launched our Out of Poverty Campaign. This campaign included an effort to link our clients’ journeys with measurable outcomes of success. To do this, we created an initial definition of four key metrics – mostly financial – that we...
by CCFW | Oct 19, 2020 | Research
Why We Created Padua There are 100+ federal anti-poverty programs in the United States – siloed by need (housing, food, etc.) and consisting of complicated/confusing requirements and paperwork. For a family trying to get out of poverty, this can be overwhelming. They...
by CCFW | Oct 19, 2020 | Research
We do a lot of work in “R&E,” a term used to define our work in Research and Evaluation. While we’ve spent some time talking about our research, it can be helpful to know what program evaluation looks like. Evaluation takes the form of an ever-circling 6-part...
by CCFW | Oct 5, 2020 | Research
The heart of our work is long-term interventions, so keeping clients engaged enhances the effectiveness of our interventions. So when we started noticing students leaving our Stay the Course program after the winter break, we began asking “why?” On the back end, we...
by CCFW | Sep 1, 2020 | Research, Uncategorized
It’s no secret that societal injustice disproportionately impacts marginalized communities, perpetuating disparities and sustaining imbalances of power. But perhaps lesser-known is that the world of data is no exception. Systems of information collection are designed...
by CCFW | Aug 12, 2020 | Research, Uncategorized
The Economy Exists for the Person They say the only constant is change. And so here we all are–separate and yet together–facing challenges, calamities, opportunities, and growth. What we do with what we have control over sheds light on our value systems, our inherent...
