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Inclusivity Means Asking the Right Questions

January 1, 2018 Foundations data johnsoncenter No comments yet

11 Trends for 2018 What are the trends that will be affecting your work in 2018? Drawing on our local, national, and international research, tool development, training, and data work, leaders from the Johnson Center have identified 11 key trends that will impact the work of both grantmakers or nonprofit

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Making Data-Driven Decisions

Making Data-Driven Decisions

November 1, 2016 community data Community Research hoekstrk No comments yet

Learn how data can help inform key decisions for your organizations in this workshop led by Jodi Petersen, PhD, director of the Johnson Center's Community Research Institute.

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Grantmaking Webinar Series

Grantmaking Webinar Series // Sharing Learning: Scaling Up Replicability

October 18, 2016 data Foundations hoekstrk Comments are off for this post

Scale, replicate, grow… if only it were that easy. While social change investors constantly strive to scale up models for greater impact, the reality is far more complex given the uniqueness of varying local contexts. Join us for a discussion on how research and data can help inform if, when,

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Reflecting on the Practice of Social Change

July 18, 2013 Johnson Center community change No comments yet

Dr. Jodi Petersen co-leads a SCRA symposium on facilitating change in complex community systems with CRI colleagues Erica Curry VanEe, Alejandra Garcia, and Tera Qualls. by Jodi Petersen, Ph.D., senior researcher, Johnson Center for Philanthropy’s Community Research Institute Communal Thriving: Pursuing Meaning, Justice and Wellbeing was the theme for the

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CFP Report

Community Family Partnership’s Positive Impact

April 17, 2013 Johnson Center community research institute ambererickson No comments yet

By Amber Erickson, research manager, and Tera Qualls, project manager The Community Family Partnership (CFP) is a System of Care initiative in Kent County, funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Teri Clark is the Project Director for CFP and describes the initiative as follows: “The CFP

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