Services
We provide various in-person and online services to nonprofits, agencies, academic institutions, and students in the United States and beyond.
Our offerings are tailored to your team, situation, and organizational needs. Whether you are looking to evaluate programs, optimize management strategies, or facilitate group sessions, we will partner with you to help you reach your goals.
Program Implementation and Evaluation
We believe that building evaluation into your design can strengthen your programs and make a difference in your community. Our team can help you execute and assess programs by collecting performance data, identifying pain points and strengths, and providing a detailed report with results and recommendations.
Our implementation and evaluation services will support you to:
- Secure funding
- Make informed decisions about your program
- Improve policies, procedures, and outcomes
- Foster effective execution, replication, dissemination, and reporting activities
Organizational Development
Our approach centers on strategic planning to build a foundation for sustained growth. We train and work alongside your team to define a long-term vision, inspire innovation, streamline processes, and set actionable goals to drive success.
Our organizational development services will help you:
- Empower teams and increase employee satisfaction
- Enhance current processes and operations
- Put new systems in place to maximize effectiveness
- Achieve organizational objectives
Community-Based Research
We serve as a bridge between nonprofits, academic institutions, and the community. Together, we can support existing theories, propose new knowledge, assess programs, and expand their impact.
Our community-based research services will allow you to:
- Communicate research findings using relatable and accessible language
- Make your research valuable to the staff, community members, and organizations involved
- Hold teams accountable and ensure research activities are equitable
- Generalize findings to broaden the scope of programs and services and improve the well-being of the community
Data Analysis and Management
Data guides our choices, informs our actions, and fuels change. That’s why accurate, relevant, and intelligible information is paramount to organizational and social growth. We will act as knowledge translators to help you understand data and leverage it to optimize your performance.
Our data analysis and management services will assist you to:
- Collect and organize quantitative and qualitative data
- Get your staff on board with documenting and gathering data
- Analyze and interpret data so all stakeholders can understand the story behind it
- Use data to make better decisions about your programs and offerings
Meeting Facilitation
We provide multiple facilitation services to support your team’s communication, training, and development—from conducting meeting design and implementation, to leading pre-designed sessions, panels, or activities.
Our facilitation services will help you:
- Nurture safe and candid dialogues
- Engage participants to learn, share, and apply specific knowledge or skills
- Find solutions or resolve conflict
- Improve meeting or activity outcomes
Coaching and Mentoring
Through Urban Metrics Connections, we advise undergraduate and graduate students in the social sciences because we have been there too. We work closely with our mentees on a one-on-one and group basis to empower them to accomplish their educational and professional pursuits.
Our coaching and mentoring services will guide you to:
- Map out your academic timeline and prepare a realistic action plan
- Navigate challenges and responsibilities at home, work, and school—while preserving your well-being
- Apply for graduate programs, internships, and job opportunities
- Meet other like-minded individuals and build a reliable support system
Additional Offerings
Presentations
We present at universities, academic conferences, grantee convenings, and community meetings, including the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM), American Evaluation Association (AEA), Black Mamas Matter Association (BMMA), Society of Community Research and Action (SCRA), Society of Public Health Education (SOPHIE).
Academic Writing
Our team can assist you with writing academic papers, white papers, articles for peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and more. Topics include but are not limited to maternal and child health equity, culturally reflective evaluation, and youth development programming.
Speaking and Co-Learning
Our Principal Consultant leads webinars, meetings, and trainings and is also sought out to guest lecture and serve on panels and classes for undergraduate and graduate students. She speaks on various topics, such as evaluation, research, maternal and child health, youth development, and health equity.