New York University School of Medicine

Smaller, nonacademic organizations often lack the experience, time, and resources needed to conduct and implement evaluations that are critical to effective program execution and sustainability.

To address this need among its own grantees, NYHealth began funding in 2008 a technical assistance initiative that offers additional support in strengthening the evaluation aspects of grantee projects. With funding from NYHealth, the New York University (NYU) School of Medicine has provided direct assistance to selected grantees, held training workshops for grantees, and created an online evaluation toolkit to be used by potential NYHealth applicants and current grantees. Through continued support from NYHealth, the evaluation technical assistance program has built on the successes of previous years. In 2019, NYHealth awarded NYU a grant to continue this initiative for NYHealth grantees.

Under this grant, NYU held two evaluation technical assistance workshops for new NYHealth grantees. These workshops covered a range of topics, including developing a logic model; designing and implementing a process evaluation; developing an outcome evaluation strategy; developing a survey plan; coding and analyzing qualitative data; and identifying and using secondary data. The NYU evaluation team continued to offer one-hour consultations with all new grantees who were candidates for the evaluation workshops. Following each workshop, the evaluation team offered customized technical assistance to participants, reaching out to interested grantees to review the type of assistance needed. This individual support ranged from an hour-long session to a 40-hour engagement over the course of the year, depending on each grantee’s needs. The online evaluation toolkit was promoted to potential NYHealth applicants and current grantees. Finally, NYU continued to maintain an online evaluation technical assistance forum to facilitate interaction among fellow grantees on evaluation issues.

Related Grants:
Phase 1: $253,635

Phase 2: $220,301

Phase 3: $166,979

Phase 4: $151,670

Phase 5: $148,297

Phase 6: $149,553

Phase 7: $151,579

Phase 8: $154,690

Phase 9: $161,255

Phase 10: $163,005

See a Q&A with Dr. Carolyn Berry, who has led the technical assistance initiative since its inception.