ICH was the evaluator for the Voices for Health Justice (Voices) 1.0 program, which was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and run by a Steering Committee comprising Community Catalyst, Community Change, and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. From December 2020 to March 2023, Voices 1.0 provided funding and technical assistance to 25 grantee organizations and their subgrantee partners in 24 states. The overarching goal of the program was to build power in communities experiencing disproportionate health inequities to improve healthcare accessibility, affordability, and ability to treat all people with dignity. ICH used a participatory and utilization-focused approach guided by the principles of equitable evaluation. This approach meant, among other things, that we were intentional in recognizing and valuing the expertise of grantees and other stakeholders and ensuring that they had a voice in evaluation design and methods, and that we were attentive to the contexts programs were operating in and how this impacted different populations.
This mixed methods evaluation explores how five Mobile Methadone Programs in Massachusetts are being implemented, who they reach, and how they impact access to methadone treatment compared to traditional clinics.
ICH partnered with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) to better understand young people’s experiences with their Adolescent Sexuality Education (ASE) program.
ICH is the evaluator for the second round of the Voices for Health Justice program (Voices 2.0). Voices seeks to build power in communities experiencing health inequities to improve the health care system’s accessibility, affordability, and ability to treat all people with dignity.