Communities of Opportunity Evaluation Advisory Group (EAG)

Evaluation Advisory Group (EAG) Statement

Communities of Opportunity (COO) seeks to create a culture grounded in community-informed evaluation throughout our partnerships. The COO Evaluation Advisory Group (EAG), composed of representatives from COO’s community organizations and partnerships, was originally assembled in 2018 to support baseline evaluation. Since then, COO has developed a plan to evaluate its ongoing accomplishments and learnings, and the EAG has continued to meet to provide feedback on that plan, as well as guidance on partners’ evaluation needs. The EAG has helped to inform the data collection methods and findings included in our evaluation reporting.

COO Evaluation Advisory Group Partners (2020):

• Global to Local – SeaTac-Tukwila Community Coalition (PBCC), COO Governance Group

• HomeSight – Rainier Valley COO (PBCC)

• Hopelink – A Supportive Community for All (PBCC)

• King County Housing Authority – COO Governance Group

• Comunidad Latina de Vashon (PBCC)

• Open Doors for Multicultural Families – Systems & Policy Change cohort member

• Potlatch – Seattle Urban Native Nonprofits (PBCC)

• Puget Sound Sage – Rainier Valley COO (PBCC), Learning Circle, Systems & Policy Change cohort member

• Rainier Beach Action Coalition – Rainier Valley COO (PBCC)

• Rainier Valley COO Steering Committee - Rainier Valley COO (PBCC)

• Transgender Economic Empowerment Coalition (PBCC)

• White Center Community Development Association – White Center COO (PBCC)

• Public Health – Seattle & King County (Funder)

• Seattle Foundation (Funder)

*PBCC= Group funded through the COO Place-Based or Cultural Community strategy area