Case Studies
El Dorado County
How do you get from where you are to where you want to be?
For a small team of three in El Dorado County, it began with a vision. They had been working hard for several years to make changes for children. Now they had the data that told them how they were doing.
They were doing well, having a real impact. But their vision was to raise the bar and do even more. They knew that they could use technology, innovative solutions and the relationships they had built in the community to make an even bigger difference. They just needed a road map.
SEI provided the tools, support and technology for them to plot their course. In the end, they said they couldn’t have gotten where they were without us. We know differently. However, we sure saved them wear and tear and lots of mileage along the way.
Let us help you chart your course.
California’s First 5 Northwest Region
SEI developed a first-ever Regional Impact Report to show the effect that First 5 Children and Families Commissions have had within the ten-county Northwest Region of California, conducted a comprehensive assessment of each county’s evaluation systems, and provided customized technical assistance to each First 5 Commission to enhance their evaluation systems.
California Family Resource Association
SEI guided the planning of a new statewide association for California’s statewide network of family resource centers and family support programs that now connects the field of family support throughout the state, and assisted with the launch of the association once the organizational plan was completed.
Sustainability Planning
Since 2005, we have assisted 45 diverse nonprofit organizations, public agencies and multi-agency collaborations in systematic planning for long-term sustainability. One such project was conducted for First 5 Santa Barbara County. This project posed the unique challenge of facilitating a comprehensive sustainability planning process with five different countywide collaborations simultaneously.