Consultation & Evaluation

CCRD provides low-cost consultation and evaluation to community agencies for needs assessments and program evaluations.

Upcoming Projects:

  • Zarrow - TBA
  • Jenks Schools - TBA
  • Disproportionate Minority Contact - TBA

Past Projects


2012

Community Action Project


The Center for Community Research and Development completed a community surveying project for Community Action Project's Promise Neighborhoods Initiative. Over 6 survey collection weeks, surveys were collected by TU undergraduate and graduate student volunteers. TUs Institutional Review Board approved the project and students completed interview training and Human Subjects training prior to conducted the surveys. TU students benefited greatly from the project by developing survey implementation skills, experiencing local diversity, and through service learning.

TU students in True Blue Neighbors t-shirts were assigned randomly selected houses in the Kendall-Whittier and Eugene Fields Neighborhoods. A total of 32 students participated and volunteer hours varied from 4-48 hours per student. The following numbers of surveys were completed at each location: 116 Kendall-Whittier neighborhood (over a 50% response rate), 64 Eugene Fields neighborhood (over a 50% response rate), 75 Rogers High School, and 27 Webster High School.

The information from the surveys is currently being used by Community Action Project to apply for federal grants and plan interventions that will best improve the Kendall-Whittier and Eugene Fields neighborhoods.

  • PI: Brad Brummel, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Tulsa, Psychology Department
  • Co-PI: Joanna Shadlow, PhD, Applied Assistant Professor, University of Tulsa, Psychology Department
2003

Evaluation of MHA Community Action Grant, SHHHS/SAMHSA


The Mental Health Association received a Community Action Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration Services to do two things. First, the grant supported efforts to build consensus in the community around the implementation of an overall service delivery model for youth mental health services. Second, the grant supported a needs assessment for youth mental health in Tulsa County. Results suggest that the status of children's mental health care in Tulsa County is far from the national "best practice models."

A continuum of care essentially does not exist in the current system. In many cases, the care children receive is not based on what a trained mental health professional deems necessary, rather, it appears to be guided by what Medicaid and other funding sources are willing to pay for. The model of service provision appears to be focused on acute, time-limited, and restrictive care.

The current level of funding is not adequate for the level of need indicated by the needs assessment. Further, it appears that funding is being appropriated to services without independent evaluation of how well the services are working. There is a considerable lack of knowledge of available services in Tulsa County. There is also a lack of information about the clientele that are currently being served, creating significant challenges in terms of determining the effectiveness of services for improving children's mental health

  • PI: Joanne Davis, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Tulsa, Psychology Department
2001

School Readiness (Community Service Council)


This project involved the development and validation of the Early Childhood Skills Inventory, a measure of children's school readiness skills. The long-term goal is to provide community-wide information about the status of Tulsa's children when they enter school.

  • PI: Eric Daleiden, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Tulsa, Psychology Department Research Assistant: Steven DeBois
2001

Area Prevention Resource Center - East Tulsa Prevention Coalition (Community Service Council and Oklahoma State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services)


ETPC has been charged with reducing substance abuse among youth by 2% over a four-year time frame in the East Tulsa community. ETPC was designed to facilitate collaboration among social service agencies and the community toward the common goal of reducing substance use and related risk factors among youth in this geographic area. CCRD was the primary evaluator of this program.

  • PI: Eric Daleiden, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Tulsa, Psychology Department Research Assistant: Steven DeBois
2001

SafeTeam School Violence Prevention Project (Mental Health Association of Tulsa and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, NIH)


CCRD helped the Mental Health Association monitor the implementation of its award-winning SafeTeam program. CCRD developed a system for tracking services delivered and for assessing the achievement of program objectives.

  • PI: Eric Daleiden, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Tulsa, Psychology Department
  • PI: Tod Sloan, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Tulsa, Psychology Department
  • Research Assistant: Teri Bourdeau
2001

Jobs for Low Income Individuals (Tulsa Housing Authority and HUD)


This project involved the development of an elaborate series of assessments for various stages of a program linking social services to training for work in the construction industry.

  • P.I. – Deidra Schleicher, Assistant Professor, University of Tulsa, Psychology Department
  • Research Assistant: Kevin Fox

To discuss or submit a proposal, please contact: Dr. Bradley Brummel (bradley-brummel@utulsa.edu) and Dr. Joanna Shadlow (joanna-shadlow@utulsa.edu)).