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CAPABILITIES STATEMENT
Core Competencies / Services Provided
- Monitoring & Evaluation
- Strategic Planning
- Research, Statistical Analysis
- Project Management
- Organizational Capacity Building
- Needs Assessments
- Training
- Resource Development, Proposal
- Curriculum Development
- Grant Writing, Fundraising
- Quality Improvement
- Board Development
- Innovation Strategies
- Business development
Qualifications / Credentials
Transforming Communities Inc.; has provided 15+ years of professional strategies planning, sustainability, fundraising, evaluation, action research and programming experience at the International, Federal, State and Local Levels, specializing in technical assistance to community based organizations.
As a technical assistance and capacity building service provider, Transforming Communities, Inc.; has provided services and technical assistance to a cross-section of communities and organizations. These groups and organizations:
- Are communitybased
- Emphasize community empowerment
- Engage in strategies such as community organizing/mobilization, constituent involvement and development of resident leadership
- Involve the community in defining and resolving community issues
- Conduct projects which promote change at the level of the individual, family, neighborhood, group, and broader society, and
- Are devoted to systems change and policy change as a way to promote health, prevent disease, and/or address social problems.
The institutions Transforming Communities, Inc.; has collaborated with include community-based organizations, schools, churches, health centers, block clubs, boys and girls clubs, and a range of others, all who focus on improving the health and well-being of diverse populations.
The company philosophy is closely aligned with the assumptions and philosophy of community psychology. The objective is to provide services that:
- Recognize the inherent cultural limitations of standard approaches to research
- Have an ecological orientation
- Have a commitment to social innovation
- Have a commitment to empowerment within communities
- Are respectful of cultural diversity, translating this respect into an planning design and methodology that is consistent with the cultural reality of the targeted community.
Skills
Technical skills: Database: Microsoft Access, Statistical Software: SAS, SPSS, Epi Info, NVivo, Max-QDA, QDS, Microsoft Excel, Six Sigma/LEAN techniques, Word Processing/Presentations: Microsoft Office, Design: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Dreamweaver Other: Banner, Blackboard, WebCT, Microsoft Project
Our Clients
Our clients include: Aid Atlanta, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), National Minority Aids Counsel (NMAC), Soccer in the Streets, Community Economic Development Corporation, Raising Expectations, East-Point Community Action Team, AMASSI Health & Cultural Center, Genesis Prevention Coalition, Apex Museum, Youth Media Minds of America, Benedict College, Center of Excellence for the Education and Equity of African American Students, M.E.N.S. Wear Inc., Community Housing Initiatives Corporation, and S.M.A.R.T, Inc.
