Mission and Goals
INNOVATIONS’ Mission is to provide program consultation and evaluation services while creating professional development and service-learning opportunities for aspiring young professionals. Through its collaborative work in the community, INNOVATIONS is committed to addressing, decreasing, and ultimately eliminating social, educational and health disparities in underprivileged populations.
INNOVATIONS’ Vision is to be the leader in providing culturally relevant program consultation and evaluation services and in training the next generation of community health leaders and researchers.
INNOVATIONS’ Current Aims are to provide consultation and cultivate partnerships with community groups and agencies related to:
- Program Development and Continuous Quality Improvement – assist agencies with program and strategic planning, evaluation and implementation that will support their continuous quality improvement and long-term sustainability
- Community Engagement and Research – collaborate with community agencies and organizations on research projects that foster health promotion, prevention, and intervention
- Community Training and Staff Development – increase community and organizational awareness and implementation of evidence-based practices, cultural competencies, and health/ behavioral health intervention
- Technical Support – empower agencies through “hands-on” consultation and web-based data management, technology integration, assessment and staff development
- Fostering Positive Systems Change – facilitate collaborative, public policy and advocacy efforts that benefit child, family and community systems
- Training and Mentoring – train and mentor high school, undergraduate, graduate, and early-career professionals in community health and health disparities research
- Data Management and Analysis – provide primary and secondary data analysis and synthesis, data merging and aggregation, web-based data management design and systems operation
- Other Specialized Services – needs and assets assessments, resource mapping, web-based surveys, report writing, document development, focus groups, survey development, literature reviews, grant writing, and on-site or remote consulting
