The New Mexico Peer-to-Peer Helper (YP2PH) program is sponsored by the NMDOH OSAH. The program is based on the premise that when young people have problems, they most often turn to friends whom they trust for help, and that every school has an informal “helping network.” The YP2PH program’s objectives are to promote youth helping…
CNM received a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to implement Meaningful Math for Student Success (M2S2), and Apex was selected as the evaluation partner. The project aims to support teachers in using new methods to deliver algebra instruction through a cross-institutional professional learning community (PLC) comprised of high school and CNM faculty.…
The purpose of the Increasing Diverse Learner Engagement and Achievement (IDLEA) project is to increase engagement among Colorado’s diverse learners in order to address the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and help close the achievement gap between these learners and their peers. To accomplish this, 14 schools throughout Colorado have worked with the Colorado…
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) OSAH has contracted with 14 service providers across the state of New Mexico as part of the Youth Behavioral Health Services (YBHS) Project. The project aims to expand and inform behavioral health initiatives; provide support to communities, families, and individuals in need; promote policy change; develop and implement…
The Behavioral Health Initiative (BHI) was created by Bernalillo County commissioners through a tax increase that voters overwhelmingly approved. The funds helped to create a behavioral health system with 40 funded projects. Apex is supporting BHI to evaluate five of those projects. We are supporting an outcome evaluation of three suicide prevention providers and a…
The community school strategy has proven effective in improving academic outcomes for students. It’s well-accepted among community school practitioners that a crucial piece of this strategy is the Coordinator. ABC Community School Partnership contracted with Apex to conduct a study to examine the return on investment (ROI) of a Community School Coordinator. The ROI App…
The Corinne Wolfe Center for Child and Family Justice will collaborate with UNM’s Health Sciences Center (HSC) and community partners to prepare and mobilize lawyers, in partnership with other professionals, to pursue justice and racial equity toward achieving health and well-being for New Mexico’s most vulnerable children and families. Strategies to meet this goal include:…
Apex collaborated with the Roadrunner Food Bank to assess food security needs and assets in the South Valley and International District neighborhoods of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Apex partnered with five organizations that facilitated food distributions in these neighborhoods to collect data from community members. Findings showed that food security cannot sufficiently be addressed without also…
Apex partnered with the UNM-HSC OfDEI to learn about the current experiences and perceptions of participants in UNM-HSC OfDEI’s Communities to Careers health career pathway programs. The goal of the conversations and surveys with Communities to Careers program participants was to learn more about perspectives and experiences working with UNM-HSC OfDEI. Through four conversations and…
Apex partnered with the Colorado League of Charter Schools to collect data on staff salary and benefits and the rates of staff turnover within charter schools in Colorado. These data are necessary to contextualize the range of salaries and additional compensation offered by charter schools and to provide insights on how charter schools can offer…
