Partners came together to collect rich stories and visualize impact through a process called Ripple Effects Mapping (REM).
Read MoreThe work of Communities of Opportunity is featured in the Best Starts for Kids 2023 Annual Report, and in the shorter highlights report — written for community — called A Year in Review.
Read MoreCOO drives change through investing in the groups, models, infrastructure and connections that build community power — in COO’s Learning Community strategy, the initiative resources the infrastructure, sustained capacity, and spaces for strengthened connections for community organizations’ to build and pilot innovative work and operationalize equity.
Read MoreCOO Learning Community strategy partnered with Communities Count to bring workshops and capacity building resources on data and evaluation to community partners.
Read MoreThe evaluation report provides an overview of progress for Communities of Opportunity (COO) from January 2019 through June 2020. Read more for details…
Read MoreCommunities 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 and since then, has continued to meet to provide feedback on that plan, as well as guidance on partners’ evaluation needs.
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