Project Gallery
REACH Evaluation specializes in delivering a product that is both substantive and practical. A few of our current and recent projects are described below.
988 (national suicide prevention lifeline)
988 is the new three-digit dialing code connecting individuals to the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, where compassionate, accessible care and support is available for anyone experiencing mental health-related distress—whether that is thoughts of suicide, mental health or a substance use crisis. Administered by the Kentucky Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (DBHDID) and 13 Call Centers, REACH provides comprehensive technical support and program evaluation services to support DBHDID as they roll out, implement, and refine KY’s 988 system to achieve a robust behavioral crisis response system. To learn more, visit: https://988.ky.gov/
partners for RURAL IMPACT (PRI)
REACH works with PRI to evaluate their efforts to ensure that youth in rural places succeed, starting with kindergarten readiness and continuing to a fulfilling career. Through place-based partnerships, PRI implements programs, supports local leaders, shifts state and local policy, and increases funding to move population-level outcomes in rural places. REACH designs and implements evaluations of these programs that facilitate continuous improvement and measure community impacts. REACH also created a system that provides easier data entry, more useful reports, and an underlying data structure that will improve PRI’s evaluation efforts. To learn more about PRI, visit: https://partnersrural.org/
KENTUCKY OPIOID RESPONSE EFFORT (KORE)
REACH is working with the Kentucky Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (DBHDID) and other stakeholders to create a conceptual model for the prevention components of a two-year SOR grant related to the curricula that address risk and protective factors, and the components that expand and enhance the capacity of the prevention staff. Programs include Sources of Strength and Too Good for Drugs. See related work, “Toolkit for Substance Use Prevention”.
KENTUCKY INCENTIVES FOR PREVENTION(KIP)SURVEY
REACH EVALUATION is responsible for the administration, scoring, and dissemination of results for the KIP survey, Kentucky’s largest source of data related to student use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD), as well as a number of factors related to potential substance abuse. In 2021, over 93,000 students representing 127 school districts completed the survey. KIP Survey data is an invaluable substance abuse prevention tool for participating communities. Visit www.kipsurvey.com.
KENTUCKY STATE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL OUTCOMES WORKGROUP (SEOW)
REACH EVALUATION provides staff support to Kentucky’s SEOW, an interagency, interdisciplinary workgroup of researchers and agency leaders that works to address substance use and suicide prevention at the state level. The SEOW brings together data scientists, researchers, policy makers, and preventionists to ensure that prevention work in Kentucky is grounded in data. The SEOW’s work follows the public health model as outlined by SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF). See Related Work.
greater louisville head start
REACH Evaluation conducted a Community Needs Assessment for the Greater Louisville Head Start (GLHS) program. Through the working partnership between Family & Children’s Place and Community Coordinated Child Care, GLHS is a free federally funded program that supports over 500 families each year. The purpose of the Community Needs Assessment was to determine how GLHS can ensure that the correct services are provided to the appropriate population, especially in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the social and racial justice movement. The Community Needs Assessment was able to inform program planning and service delivery by better understanding the strengths, assets, and resources within the community.
Our Clients…
Over the years, REACH Evaluation has built a strong reputation for developing practical evaluations that focus on the unique information needs of a diverse group of clients.
