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DHHS/ACF/ACYF/ Head Start and Child Care Bureaus
• Early Learning Opportunity Grant – Coastal Maine
• Early Learning Opportunity Grant – Coastal Region
• Early Learning Opportunity Grant – Western Maine
• Early Learning Opportunity Grant – Kennebec/Somerset Region
• Children at Risk in the Child Welfare System: Collaborations to Promote School Readiness
• New Americans: Child Care Choices of Immigrant and Refugee Parents of Young English Language Learners
• Survey of parents of Children with Special Needs

Website:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/index.html

Children’s Hunger Alliance
• Children’s Hunger Alliance Mentoring Programs

Website:
http://www.childrenshungeralliance.org/

Cromwell Center for Disability Awareness
• Cromwell Center for Disability Awareness

Website:
http://www.cromwellcenter.org/info.php?s=1

Federal Department of Education
• Little Sprouts Early Literacy Collaborative
• Portland Early Literacy Collaborative

Website:
http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml

Finders/Seekers Child Care Resource Development Center
• Early Childhood Education practitioner training needs survey and report of results

Website:
http://www.community-concepts.org/community/finders/finders.htm

Kellogg Foundation/Maine Assembly on School Based health Care
• Evaluation of Maine Assembly on School Based Health Care

“The Maine Assembly on School Based Health Care is a new organization focused on bringing quality health care to children in Maine. Erin Oldham and Nan Simpson are so easy to work with. They are attentive, logical, concise, and always ready to work on our behalf. Their evaluation and technical assistance for our efforts is well researched and exceptionally valuable to our association. “
- Cindy Dolben, President of the Board for the Maine Assembly on School Based Health Care

“OIR is responsive to the needs of the organization with on time work, very easy to work with and always willing to adapt as needed. I recommend OIR for any research needs."
- Cathy Roland, Board Member of the Maine Assembly on School Based Health Care

Website:
http://www.wkkf.org/

Little Sprouts Early Education Centers
• Little Sprouts Early Literacy Collaborative

Website:
http://www.littlesprouts.com/

Maine Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Child Care and Head Start
• Maine Early Childhood Learning Guidelines Evaluation

Website:
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/ocfs/ec/occhs/

Maine Department of Education
• General Supervision Enhancement Grant – Early Childhood Transitions

Website:
http://www.state.me.us/education/

Maine Office Of Substance Abuse
• A company of Girls
• WMPG – Blunt Radio
• Youthlinks

Website:
http://maine.gov/dhhs/osa/

Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care
• Massachusetts Quality Rating and Improvement System
• Universal Pre-Kindergarten training and technical assistance
• Massachusetts Behavioral/Mental Health Specialist Study
• Universal Pre-Kindergarten Pilot
• Massachusetts Kindergarten Readiness Assessment System
• Assessment of school readiness tools

“… OIR produced timely reports and other deliverables in accordance with a tight schedule. They are dependable and completed a complex analysis in a short timeframe and produced a valuable product that has helped us frame a plan to implement a new child development assessment system for Massachusetts.”
- Rod Southwick, Director, Research & Evaluation Unit, MA Department of Early Education and Care

Website:
http://www.eec.state.ma.us/

Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Massachusetts Child Care Health Consultant Study

Website:
http://www.mass.gov/dph/

Minnesota Department of Human Services
• Minnesota School Readiness Evaluation Options

Website:
http://www.dhs.state.mn.us

Muskie School of Public Service – Cutler Center for Child and Family Policy
• Portland Early Literacy Collaborative
• Promoting School Readiness for Children in the Child Welfare System
• New Americans: Child Care Choices of Immigrant and Refugee Parents of Young English Language Learners
• Survey of parents of Children with Special Needs

“...a sound set of technical skills in both qualitative and quantitative research combined with a sensitivity about the realities of the lives of the populations...studied and an ability and desire to translate...findings for policy makers in a way that makes them accessible and engaging.”
- Helen Ward, Research Associate, Cutler Institute for Child & Family Policy, University of Southern Maine

Website:
http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/research/icfp.jsp

New Hampshire Association of Infant Mental Health
• Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Survey

New York State Child Care Coordinating Council
• New York State Quality Rating System

Website:
http://www.nyscccc.org/

Rhode Island Kids Count
• Rhode Island Quality Rating System

Website:
http://www.rikidscount.org

SAMHSA
(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

• Integration of Schools and Mental Health Systems.
• Sanford Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative

"OIR was indispensible in the securing of our federal grant with the USDOE. We found them to be knowledgeable of resources at the community level and experienced in developing a quality grant proposal. I am sure that we would have had a much weaker proposal without collaboration with OIR."
- Carrie Horne, Assistant Director, NAMI Maine Advocating for Healthy Minds

Website:
http://www.samhsa.gov/

Sanford, Maine Public Schools
• Sanford Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative

“The expertise and professionalism provided by OIR is top rate. Having worked with many other evaluation groups in the past, OIR is far superior. Staff at OIR are able to, decipher, interpret data that is useful and supportive to projects we have worked on. In this day and age of evidenced based work, it wonderful to know you have OIR supporting your important work.”
- Paul D. Pinette, Maine Psychological Trauma Institute, Director of Education and Consultative Services, Saco, Maine

"Oldham Research takes the time to understand project work to assure that the data they generate supports continuous high quality improvement. The researchers offer insightful, grounded, knowledge based performance that builds successful interplay between research and practice."
- Phillip Printz, Formerly of Educational Development Center, Inc., Consultant

"The assistance offered by the staff of Oldham Innovative Research in both the writing of our grant application and development of our evaluation plan was critical in the success of our project. OIR has truly helped us to utilize the evaluation process in the planning, development, and implementation of our initiative. Their personal attention to our project surpasses any team with whom we have worked in the past."
- Cathy Lounsbury, Project Director, Sanford Safe Schools Healthy Students Initiative

Website:
http://www.sanford.org/

United Way of the Greater Seacoast
• United Way of Greater Portsmouth

Website:
http://www.uwgs.org/

United Way of Massachusetts Bay
• United Way of Massachusetts Bay Capacity Building Initiative

“OIR has allowed us to turn ideas into practice for our early childhood assessment initiative. The consulting, research, and facilitation provided both to United Way and our initial group of grantees was friendly, flexible, and tailored to our needs. The research done by OIR has helped us to promote our work to a wide audience and gain local and national attention beyond what we could have done ourselves. We enthusiastically continue our relationship with OIR and think of it first when seeking advice and assistance in our child assessment work.”
- Claire S.

Website:
http://www.uwmb.org/

Waldo Community Action Program
“As far as I am concerned you have such a wealth of experience and are so good at connecting people and enrolling them in new possibilities that your leg work was the real strength of our Head Start Proposal. The follow up to get the commitment letters and your ability to highlight our goals for our collaborations partners really set the tone for success. I was further impressed with the training pieces that you did for staff in order to prepare for the review. Your are a capable presenter and bring fun and lightness while at the same time covering the topics necessary for the staff to feel prepared and confident. Thanks again.”
- Joyce C. Scott, Executive Director, WCAP

"Waldo County Head Start recently received a federal triennial PRISM review. OIR helped us prepare for the review by conducting an audit of our files, conducting mock staff interviews, and double checking to ensure all program documentation and data were accurate and in place. Our review was a success. OIR's evaluation and support were instrumental to that success."
- Jane Adams