Services

CPR helps shape ideas into clear, fundable, and actionable pilot projects. We assist organizations in:

• Identifying opportunities for innovation
• Designing responsive, research-informed interventions
• Developing competitive demonstration grant proposals

Once projects are underway, we provide independent, third-party evaluations that illuminate best practices, assess implementation, and test outcomes. As initiatives mature, we help translate lessons learned into guidance that supports replication, sustainability, and communication with funders and stakeholders.

CPR facilitates strategic planning processes that help agencies chart long-term direction, convene partners, and transform goals into grounded action. Our technical assistance services include:

• Identifying best practices
• Designing implementation guides
• Producing toolkits, manuals, and policy briefs
• Preparing customized reports
• Providing expert testimony in legislative or judicial settings

Every organization eventually reaches the same pivotal question: Is our program working as intended?

CPR provides rigorous, practical evaluation services that offer clear answers. We conduct single- and multi-site assessments, examining implementation fidelity, outcomes, and opportunities for continuous improvement.

Our evaluation designs are feasible, cost-effective, and aligned with real-world conditions. When appropriate, we employ randomized control trials; when not, we tailor methodologies that still yield credible, actionable findings.

Good policy is equal parts evidence, experience, and clarity. CPR reviews current research, identifies best practices, and produces objective, evidence-based policy analyses that help agencies and policymakers understand what works — and why.

This includes CPR’s nationally recognized expertise in child support guidelines, led by Senior Researcher Jane Venohr. CPR assists states in developing, updating, and analyzing guideline models that are data-driven, legally sound, and aligned with federal requirements. Our work is widely regarded as the national standard for transparent, rigorous guideline design.

CPR helps agencies:

• Develop and refine performance measurement plans
• Collect and interpret performance data
• Use results to strengthen services and decision-making

Our continuous quality improvement (CQI) support builds durable internal capacity. We support teams in establishing processes that keep programs responsive, effective, and capable of steady, long-term growth.