Program Evaluation

Program evaluation helps answer basic questions about a program’s effectiveness. These answers can help you improve your programs and services.

Evaluation Services

We are trained to provide support and consultation for your project or service. We collect, analyze, and interpret data, and share findings with your team so you can make data-driven

Evaluation Services Provided

Grant Writing

Most programs can’t get off the ground without funding. When we partner together on a project, we will help you write grant proposals that clearly illustrate your program’s purpose and supporting evidence to secure funding.

Evaluation Plans

How do you know your program is effective? We use our research expertise to tailor a plan to evaluate your program’s impact.

Logic Model Development

A logic model is a system to organize all program resources, activities, outputs and intended outcomes. This is an incredible resource for us as we learn about your program, but also a resource to you! This strategic tool highlights the full scope of your work, can strengthen your grant proposal, and serves as a valuable road map for your program.

Survey Design

Surveys can be an efficient tool to collect data, but not all surveys are created equal. Our research team at CORE is trained in survey best practices to provide you with more accurate and useful data.

Focus Groups

Numbers don’t tell the whole story. People’s spoken experiences, thoughts, and opinions can provide incredibly rich data that stand on their own or complement survey data.

Quantitative and Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis

Whatever research methods are best suited to your questions, we at CORE are diverse in our skillset and prepared to expertly collect and analyze your data. Our faculty are trained in advanced statistics and qualitative data analysis.

Written Reports for Different Audiences

All your work to conduct an evaluation project is useless unless you understand the findings and can determine the next steps for your program. We will effectively communicate the findings to you, your team, and your stakeholders in a way that resonates with your audience.

“...we believe our organization is making a difference, but to have CORE help us prove that ... is monumental ”

Clinton Faupel, Executive Director of RemedyLive

Megan E. LaMotte, Ph.D.

Associate Director of Research & Evaluation

Dr. Megan LaMotte is a social psychologist who joined the Penn State Behrend faculty and was appointed as the Associate Director of Research and Evaluation at CORE in 2024. She grew up 4 hours southeast of Behrend in Danville, PA and earned her bachelor's degree in psychology and women/gender studies from the University of Delaware in 2015. For three years between undergraduate and graduate school, she worked at Geisinger Health System’s Obesity Institute, a clinic-based research center aimed at reducing obesity and its comorbidities. This was an invaluable experience: getting to be a part of a robust applied research team involved in everything from pharmaceutical trials to biobanking and behavioral interventions. Dr. LaMotte then began graduate school at the University of Nevada, Reno to pursue her interests in social psychology. There, she strengthened her methodological toolkit, studying advanced statistics and research methods. Her topical expertise includes the social patterning of mental health by way of the stress process. In other words, how our social statuses (e.g., our race, gender, and class) influence our exposure to stressors, how we cope, and the consequences to our well-being. To CORE, Dr. LaMotte brings a passion for research that shines light on how society can increase equity in well-being.

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