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Evaluating Houston’s HueMan: Shelter: A Bloomberg Public Art Challenge for Homelessness and Community Change
The City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs and the Midtown Cultural Arts and Entertainment District have engaged Decision Information Resources, Inc. (DIR) to evaluate the HueMan: Shelter initiative, part of the Bloomberg Public Art Challenge. This initiative uses public art to address homelessness by involving unhoused individuals as contributing artists,... Read More
The Bank Examination Questionnaire (BEQ)
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has contracted with Decision Information Resources, Inc. (DIR) to conduct a national evaluation of banks’ experience with OCC’s examination and supervision process. The goal is to improve every institution’s experience with future supervision and the examination process. DIR sends monthly letters via postal mail ... Read More
Austin Quality-of-Life Study: Addressing the Needs of Young Children and Their Caregivers
The City of Austin has engaged DIR to conduct a detailed quality-of-life study focused on young children and their caregivers in the Austin/Travis County area. This study will describe the demographics of this population, including underserved and diverse communities, and identify key factors affecting their quality of life, such as childcare, housing, transportation, a... Read More
Job Corps Post-Separation National Data Collection
The National Office of Job Corps (OJC) has contracted with Decision Information Resources, Inc. (DIR) to administer post-separation surveys to eligible former Job Corps program participants. Job Corps is a national residential training and employment program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) designed to address the multiple barriers to employment face... Read More
George Kaiser Family Foundation (GKFF) Birth through Eight Strategy for Tulsa (BEST) Phase II Evaluation
Decision Information Resources, Inc. (DIR) has partnered with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) to conduct the Phase II evaluation of the George Kaiser Family Foundation (GKFF) Birth through Eight Strategy for Tulsa (BEST). BEST is a comprehensive, longitudinal place-based initiative designed to support children and families in the early years to help break the... Read More
Moving Workers from Low-Wage to Living-Wage Jobs
In early 2016, BakerRipley (formerly Neighborhood Centers, Inc.) launched a workforce development program designed to support underemployed workers to successfully move from low-wage jobs to living-wage, middle-skill jobs that provide financial stability and contribute to the region’s economic growth. The program, ASPIRE, “links together employers, high-quality trai... Read More
NCR Medical Communications Strategy, Planning and Execution Support
The National Capital Region Medical Directorate (NCR MD), is responsible for oversight of healthcare delivery operations for the largest Joint Multi-Service Market in all the US Military Health Systems. These responsibilities include developing and implementing transformational solutions and business practices to increase patient enrollment and satisfaction, recapture c... Read More
Impact Evaluation of Program to Improve Educator Effectiveness
DIR, under subcontract to Mathematica Policy Research, will support the evaluation of the Teacher and School Leader Incentive Program (TSL). The TSL program is designed to improve educator effectiveness by assisting states, local educational agencies (LEAs), and nonprofits to develop, implement, improve, or expand human capital management systems that measure performanc... Read More
Evaluation of the Procedural Justice Informed Alternative Contempt (PJAC) Demonstration
The national evaluation of the impact of the Procedural Justice Informed Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC) Demonstration, commissioned by the Office of Administration of Children & Families, will focus on factors such as the amount and regularity of child support payments, child support debt, the use of enforcement actions, and the employment and earnings of parents... Read More
Follow-up Surveys to Test Alternative Rent Policies
HUD’s Rent Reform Demonstration gives participating housing agencies the opportunity to adopt new policies on a trial basis and to learn from a careful evaluation whether they achieve benefits for tenants and the housing agency. The primary goal of the randomized controlled trial study is to test the effects of an alternative rent policy on... Read More
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Data Integrity Analysis, Risk Management and Program Evaluation (DRE)
Job Corps has provided job training to millions of youth in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. Predicated by the passage of new job training legislation, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the Department of Labor’s Office of Job Corps (OJC) implemented an overhaul of program management tools and reports.... Read More