Programs Without Walls, a network of several family service agencies providing CAPC programming, asked CCBR to talk directly with the parents they work with to learn more about their perspectives on successful parenting. A report was created outlining participants’ assumptions about parenting and about what supports, and barriers affect their success. This work was funded by Macaulay Child Development Centre.

CCBR provided training, tools, and support to Outreach Workers working with families from specific cultural groups in the community to share about the program. The purpose was to provide information to the community and to help them learn more about how programming at Turtle House Art/Play Theatre might respond effectively to their needs.

CCBR conducted a program evaluation for the Macaulay Child Development Centre’s More Than a Haircut: The Barbershop Project. All stakeholder perspectives were included: participants, facilitators, barbers, and agency staff.

CCBR conducted a process and outcome evaluation of a guide and workshop designed to help families with members who have intellectual disabilities learn about respite. These tools were developed by Canadian Association for Community Living.

This evaluation project’s purpose was to gather feedback from school principals, local service providers, and students about the operation of nutrition programs and their impacts on the lives of children and youth. The evaluation was funded by the Boys and Girls Club of Peel.

CCBR worked with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada to develop their national research agenda.

In this SSHRC-funded project, CCBR worked with Tikanagan Child and Family Services to build internal research capacity and develop a long-term research agenda.

CCBR provided a review of community needs, promising practices, and partnership opportunities in after-school programming towards the establishment of a sustainable model for after school programs for disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Waterloo Region. This review was funded by House of Friendship.

CCBR analyzed pathways to service for children and youth with autism and recommended changes. This study was funded by the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services. 

CCBR designed and implemented evaluation tools for a new program in art therapy for child victims of trauma at Turtle House. The evaluation was funded by United Way Greater Toronto.

This consultation involved a half day workshop to develop an integrated evaluation workplan across three Best Start demonstration sites in Hamilton, Timiskaming, and Lambton/Chatham-Kent. The consultation was funded by the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services Hamilton/Niagara Regional Office.

This project involved analyzing archival data from Rapport Youth and Family Services’ extensive client tracking system in order to evaluate the impact of the agency’s clinical services for youth at risk. The study was funded through a grant from the Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO.