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Metis Associates, a national research and consulting firm headquartered in New York City, brings over 35 years of experience in evaluation, information technology, and grant development to its work with a wide range of organizations committed to making a meaningful difference in the lives of children, families, and communities.
in focus
Making an Impact, Collectively
Collective Impact, or CI, systematizes an approach to cross-sector collaboration—an idea for which Metis has long advocated. Now the idea is gaining currency in a variety of areas where people are seeking solutions to chronic problems and are working toward social reform. This type of work, in sectors such as education, housing, re-engagement of disconnected youth, and neighborhood revitalization...
message from the president
Melody Barnes, the chair of the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions, recently compared the concept of “Collective Impact”—an approach to social reform that is growing in popularity—to the roller suitcase. The latter was invented around 1970, but it was only in recent years that the idea caught on among ordinary travelers. The tipping point for the roller suitcase, says Barnes, was a societal shift...
metis news
Metis is delighted to begin a relationship with the PEP Foundation, which provides college-preparatory academic and social programs for public school students in Summit, New Jersey…
Metis Associates is pleased to announce its launch this May of a six-month audit of the Baltimore County Public Schools Magnet Programs…
Metis has begun an evaluation of the New York City Department of Education (DOE) Race to the Top (RTTT) initiative. In 2010, the DOE received a $256 million grant…
Boys & Girls Clubs of America, based in Atlanta, has selected Metis to conduct a two-year evaluation of its new summer program…
Metis’s evaluation of the Chicago Public Schools Striving Readers Program (2006–11) was included in a new volume published in January 2013 by Abt Associates…
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