Working with CARE
How CARE works with you
Although evaluation might be the last thing you’re thinking about when writing a proposal, it is better if you reach out to CARE earlier in your process. Evaluation is best when it is embedded into the project design, not independently after its conclusion.
Are you applying for funding?
As soon as you have a project outline or an early proposal draft, reach out to us for a conversation. We can start as soon as you know what your overall goals are and what key activities you are planning. We can also help you further develop and refine your project design as we work out the evaluation plan.
Is your project already underway?
Need assistance? Come talk to us! While it can be more complicated to jump in the middle, we can help you with validating a survey or scale you’ve created, analyzing data you’ve already collected or assisting with additional data collection.
Interested in working with us, but need more information? Below we outline our basic process! You can bring our team into your project at several points along the way, so don’t panic! If you’d like more details, you can visit our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page.
Our first meeting is usually an hour long to discuss your project objectives and planned activities and determine what assistance you need.
Evaluation is best achieved when embedded into the project design, but no matter what stage your project is in, we’ll develop a logic model that is consistent with your project goals and the funding opportunity. We’ll develop an evaluation plan based on the logic model.
You can fill out the Project Intake Form below and we’ll reach out to set up our first meeting.
CARE builds a plan focusing on:
- Evaluation options and recommendations
- IRB/IR considerations
- Your available budget
Our plan evolves with your proposal. We can continue discussions via email or with additional zoom meetings. We’re here to support you in getting your proposal submitted.
We can assist with resubmissions, even if we didn’t work with you on the original submission. Our team can look at reviewer’s comments and help you update your proposal.
Post award, once we confirm project and evaluation timelines, budgets, and staffing, we get to work!
- Assisting with IRB and IR requests as required
- Executing the plan alongside of you
If you've arrived here, the next thing you can do is fill out our project intake form.