Creator(s): Jonah Williams, Matthew Blackbourn, Michael Hori, Godwin Ilenre Course: PPUA6509 Techniques of Program Evaluation Program Evaluation: Through the inaugural LendaHand Alliance Cohort, Lending Tree Foundation supports nonprofits expanding access to art and artists, helping people rise above addiction to return to building their communities, improving financial and technological literacy, and increasing the supply of…
Improving Truck Safety in Boston
Creator(s): Jingtong Shan, Yuchao Tian, Lyuyi Hu Course: PPUA6506 Techniques of Policy Analysis Through our conducted study, we found that the Boston government has taken truck safety seriously. The overall goal of our final paper and presentation is to develop and present a policy recommendation to improve truck safety in Boston, with the objective of…
Love Your Menses Evaluation Plan
Creator(s): Rebecca Rokne, Josephine Tracy, Destiny Harden, Kiana Lloyd, Alexandra Kane Course: PPUA6509 Techniques of Program Evaluation Program Evaluation: The co-founder and executive director of Love Your Menses, Dr. Ebere Azumah and Asriel Walker, wants to understand both the strengths and weaknesses that have occurred in the first year of the Postpartum and Education Support…
My Life My Choice Evaluation Plan
Creator(s): Cassidy Pereira, Jeanna Saupin, Jessica Robinson, Samantha Pierre, Kate Norman Course: PPUA6509 Techniques of Program Evaluation My Life My Choice (MLMC) is a nonprofit organization that started in 2002 after the death of seventeen-year-old Latasha. Latasha, a victim of commercial sexual exploitation, was brutally murdered while living in a Department of Children and Families…
Project Flourish Evaluation Plan
Creator(s): Adriana Mendoza, Jessica Mahon, Fangyu Zhao, Emily Henderson, Zhaoyu Wang Course: PPUA6509 Techniques of Program Evaluation Program Evaluation: Project Flourish is an apprenticeship program designed to develop early childhood specialists through a combination of classroom instruction and on-the-job training, mentoring, pay increases when benchmarks are reached, and, upon graduation, professional certifications. Project Flourish seeks…
Shelter Music Boston Program Evaluation
Creator(s): Ciara Gregovich, Kara Bride, Natalie Vercillo, Chelsea Abplanalp, Daniel Capps Course: PPUA6509 Techniques of Program Evaluation Program Evaluation: Founded in 2010 by a professional violinist, Shelter Music Boston (SMB) provides classical music concerts to individuals in low-income housing sites, substance use disorder treatment programs, single adult and family shelters, and after-school children’s programs in…
Boston Public Schools Early Childhood Department Family Engagement Strategy
Creator(s): George Atupem, John Cruz-Olivari, Allison Kenny, Prakriti Singh Course: PPUA7673 Capstone in Public Policy and Urban Affairs For decades the city of Boston has been a beacon of progress and hope in New England –attracting families from many parts of the region and the world. But as its population has grown, and many families…
CultureHouse Harvard Square
Creator(s): Rongsen Hu, Fabiola Matos Ruiz, Jackie Peterson, Alexis Rosales-Hernandez Course: PPUA7673 Capstone in Public Policy and Urban Affairs The Capstone Team has partnered with CultureHouse to work together in their upcoming pop-up at Harvard Square. The newsstand building located in Harvard Square has a rich cultural history, which the City of Cambridge has been…
Family Nurturing Center
Creator(s): Francis DeLuca, Xianjie Meng, McKayla Quinn-Steineke, Harshita Sarup, Shiyuan Zhang Course: PPUA7673 Capstone in Public Policy and Urban Affairs Family Nurturing Center (FNC) provides instructional programming to families that helps parents improve their parenting skills while contributing to their children’s development. FNC’s facilitators need constructive feedback from parents to ensure that both are realizing…
Boston Winter Experience Evaluation
Creator(s): Kevin Coga, Katherine Cutler, Parikshit Sunil Talokar, Fangyu Zhao Course: PPUA7673 Capstone in Public Policy and Urban Affairs Placemaking is the process of planning, management and design of urban spaces using local and community assets in order to improve the space that residents live in. For this project, our goal was to evaluate three…