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Causes: Community & Neighborhood Development, Economic Development
Mission: Support of nonprofit organizations, government agencies, private foundations, and public charities is provided via program evaluation, capacity building, and program services, in specific areas of focus - community development, education, social action, family and public health education, neighborhood revitalization, and the arts. Developed to discover effective program designs and practices specific to communities and constituencies served by the project being studied. Reports are available to the public.
Programs: Rainbow research provides research, evaluation and consulting services to units of state, county and municipal government, hmos, foundations, non-profit organizations and public charities that a) inform their practice and policies, b) improve their performance, and c) increase their impact in ways that benefit people and communities they serve. Rainbow develops protocols, methodologies and instruments organizations employ for ongoing evaluation and trains their staff how to use these. Areas of focus for rainbow's research and evaluation services include public health, k-12 and higher education, community development, refugee resettlement, homelessness, chemical dependency, elder care and public transit.