Suzanna was thrilled to partner with the Maine Community Foundation to facilitate a statewide needs assessment project completed in early 2024. Community engagement was central to the needs assessment process, and we gathered extensive input from diverse individuals and communities from all regions in the state through a grantee survey, focus groups, community conversations, and a…
We’re proud to share the results of ongoing work with Bangor Public Health & Community Services to facilitate a Community Health Assessment (CHA) and a Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). In close collaboration with the Bangor Public Health team, Suzanna guided the CHA process through the following stages: Selection of a framework for the CHA…
Evaluation is by nature a highly interactive practice. It involves experiences, relationships, and collaboration amongst multiple players—staff and leadership at the lead organization, participants in the programming, involved community organizations, funding partners, perhaps an external evaluator. One of the best ways that we’ve found to build an initial framework for a successful and comprehensive program…
In Fall 2022, Suzanna researched youth suicide in Maine as part of a community health assessment for a large behavioral health provider that serves rural communities in the central part of the state. In collaboration with Hart Consulting, Inc., Suzanna provided research and evaluation services as the provider organization worked to become a Certified Community…
Strategic Plans are not set in stone—planning cycles end, community needs shift, organizational funding and resources change. Strategic plans are living documents to be revisited often, updated as needed, and used to guide day-to-day and long-term programming in an organization. A collaborative update process can keep a strategic plan vital, continuing to reflect the resources…