Current Projects
Evaluation for Safe Schools/Healthy Students Grant
Lawrence County School District, Monticello, MS (2009-2013)
EPI serves as the external evaluator for this initiative, which seeks to unite early childhood services, schools, mental health, juvenile justice and law enforcement in a common cause to promote the healthy development of children and youth in the context of violence-prevention and drug-free schools and communities for Lawrence and Jones Counties, Mississippi. EPI is developing survey instruments, overseeing the collection of field data, and analyzing and reporting data in response to GPRA measures and project-level objectives. As part of this evaluation, EPI is conducting monthly technical assistance visits with project staff and an annual three-day site visit as part of the implementation evaluation.
Read EPI's press release for this project.