ICH is a nonprofit consulting organization that provides participatory evaluation, applied research, assessment, planning, and training and technical assistance. We help healthcare institutions, philanthropic organizations, government agencies, and community-based organizations improve their services and maximize program impact.
Achieving health equity, improving community health, and transforming healthcare are complex challenges, requiring innovative approaches and multiple perspectives. As a dynamic nonprofit consulting organization with deep expertise, ICH partners with leaders, innovators, and experts in the field to tackle complex problems and achieve sustainable solutions.
We provide participatory evaluation, applied research, assessment planning, training and technical assistance to help community-based organizations, healthcare institutions, foundations, and government agencies improve their programs and maximize impact.
ICH also runs the Leah Zallman Center for Immigrant Health Research, which partners with immigrant communities, advocates, policymakers, and social and health systems on actionable research to improve immigrant health and wellbeing.
Youth violence prevention program evaluation: HEAL The MA Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Community Health and Prevention Division of Violence & Injury Prevention/Child Youth Violence Prevention (CYVPU) engaged ICH
Evaluation of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Adolescent Sexuality Education (ASE) program Between December 2024 and July 2025, ICH conducted an evaluation of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s
ICH is providing assessment and evaluation planning support to public health agencies in Somerville, Everett, Arlington and Lexington (SEAL) during Year 1 of their MassCall3 youth substance misuse prevention grant issued by MDPH’s Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS).
