About
Our Mission
The mission of the Center for Community Impact Research (CCIR) is to support and inform participatory research projects in partnership with invested community organizations throughout the western hemisphere. CCIR helps to equip, analyze and report on the significant needs and progress of communities who are developing multi-sector cooperation in an asset based approach to community transformation.
Associate Researchers are members of participatory research teams and may hail from a variety of disciplines. They have in common a personal investment in the community in which they are completing research and a commitment to effective qualitative research methods that will inform the mobilization of new community services and cooperative ventures. Associate research tenure occurs after an interview, acceptance and training process that assures CCIR that the researcher will utilize appropriate research methodology within the CCIR accountability structure.
Cooperative Research Projects are the forte’ of CCIR, with a preference for partnerships with community based organizations whose commitment to the local community ensures that findings are applied to local solutions amplified by local assets. External supports provided by CCIR for these participatory research activities serve to strengthen their focus and inform their quality, and therefore improve the program planning and solution set that occurs as a result.
About the Faculty
David Mills, M.A., M.P.A. has facilitated a variety of research projects across the nation that include community needs assessment, large scale public opinion research, service project feasibility, program evaluation, public sector social service evaluation systems, and has supported program effectiveness research in more than 10 states. His commitment to practitioner lead and community participatory research results in the development of evaluation strategies that result in community change through an asset based approach.
Additional Faculty Sought. If you have program evaluation experience and are you are interested in assisting local teams in community research, contact David Mills dmills@integritysvcs.com.