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  Kroc Fit Kids Needs Assessment

  Brandon Dotts, Jason Jarvinen, Maria Todaro, and Morgan Wilson

  The Salvation Army Kroc Center, a 12.4-acre family support, education, recreation, and cultural arts center located in the Rolando neighborhood of San Diego, is interested in designing an intervention program to alleviate the issue of low levels of physical activity and combat the childhood obesity problem. The Kroc Center is well suited to designing such an intervention because it works closely with six partner elementary schools in its surrounding neighborhoods. To assist the Kroc Center in developing an intervention, this needs assessment examines factors that may lead to low fitness scores, and the potential dangers to students, and the community, if no intervention takes place.

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  Code of Ethics and Implementation Plan for Casa Cornelia Law Center

  Allison Bechill and Janine Mason

  This project for Leadership and Ethics 502 was to develop a code of ethics for Casa Cornelia Law Center that outlines the ethical principles that reflects its values and the manner in which the board, staff and volunteers are expected to carry out the organization's mission and conduct their work. To accompany the Code, a three-year implementation plan was created to assist the organization in assimilating the Code into the organizational culture of Casa Cornelia.

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  College Readiness of African-American Student Athletes

  Carol Bos, Grace Chaidez, Andrew Nunn-Miller, and Daisy Rodriguez

  Research project of The Larry English Foundation- Leading Education to Athletes for their Dreams, focusing on African-American student-athletes.

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  Young Adults With Mental Illness in North San Diego County - YAMI

  Ellen Frudakis, Jessica Hanson York, Evan Holland, Colleen Kollar Smith, and Vi Nguyen

  Research project on young adults with mental illness in North San Diego County for YAMI. Includes a needs assessment, program design, social marketing plan, evaluation plan and budget.

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  Young Adults With Mental Illness in North San Diego County - YAMI: Appendixes A-C

  Ellen Frudakis, Jessica Hanson York, Evan Holland, Colleen Kollar Smith, and Vi Nguyen

  Young Adults With Mental Illness in North San Diego County - YAMI: Appendixes A-C

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  Young Adults With Mental Illness in North San Diego County - YAMI: Appendixes D-E

  Ellen Frudakis, Jessica Hanson York, Evan Holland, Colleen Kollar Smith, and Vi Nguyen

  Young Adults With Mental Illness in North San Diego County - YAMI: Appendixes D-E

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  City Heights Community Development Corporation Performance Audit

  Pamela Gutierrez, Kim Herbstritt, Summer Polacek, Meredith Praniewicz, and Maria Trias

  The City Heights Community Development Corporation (CHCDC) is a 30-year-old nonprofit organization that strives “to enhance the quality of life in City Heights by working with the community to create quality affordable housing, livable neighborhoods, foster economic self- sufficiency, and stimulate investment” (City Heights Community Development Corporation, 2009).

  The CHCDC is an instrumental organization and an asset to the diverse community of City Heights. The leadership team is enhancing awareness, working through adaptive challenges, building relationships with potential funders and partners, and establishing a healthy organizational culture. Most importantly, the organization is taking the right steps to ensure it stays true to its mission by meeting the needs of the City Height’s community. The consulting team performed a comprehensive audit to ensure the company was in compliance with best organizational practices.

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  A Comprehensive Model for Re-engaging Out-of-School Youth: Turning the Hearts Center

  Hallie Johnson, Doug Luffborough, and Annamarie Maricle

  Student research project on the Turning the Hearts Center which includes a needs assessment, program design & methodology, social marketing plan, evaluation plan and budget.

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  A Career Development Program for At-risk Youth Created for Writerz Blok

  Anjanette Maraya-Ramey, Nicole Miller-Coleman, Kathy Myrers, and Sharon Van Bruggen

  Research indicates at-risk youth (ages 15-24) in Southeast San Diego are likely to be unemployed or underemployed, and lack the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue meaningful living-wage (or better) employment. A review of the literature and primary data collection is presented and suggests an individualized career development program, supported by family members, community mentors and peers, would improve the opportunity for these youth to secure meaningful living-wage (or better) employment. The researchers propose the implementation of such a program, utilizing a quasi-experimental study design to determine program effectiveness. Program objectives, work plan, assessment, social marketing, program evaluation, and proposed budget and justification also are discussed.

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  Healthy Eating, Activity, Reinforcement, and Training (HEART): A Program for The Meeting Place Clubhouse

  Casey Nguyen, Alexis Rogriguez, Lindsey Treankler, and Kristen Zucht

  An assessment of HEART program which includes...

  - Program Design & Methodology

  - Social Marketing Plan

  - Evaluation Plan

  - Budget

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  Research Project for Rokenbok Educational Foundation

  Brian Becker-Tirrill, Paul Eichen, Stefanie Kurtz-Harris, and Jennifer Tracy

  Research project on Equipo de Ingenieros en Accion (Team of Engineers in Action), a collaborative program of Rokenbok Educational Foundation and Center for Academic and Social Advancement.

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  Natural High Prevention Platform: A Search-Based, Substance Abuse Prevention Program for Sundt Memorial Foundation

  Jennifer Martin, Kay Costilow, Rose Baxter, and Maureen Guarcello

  Research project for Sundt Memorial Foundation on Natural High Prevention Platform: a research-based, substance abuse prevention program.

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  Research Project on The Kidney TRUST: A Chronic Kidney Disease Self-Management Program

  Casey McKinley, Janine Mason, Lina Park, and Sue Pyke

  Class research project for LEAD 500: Research Design and Evaluation. This project includes a needs assessment, program design and methodology, social marketing, cultural competency, evaluation and budget.

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  Words Alive Standards for Excellence Performance Audit

  Brian Becker, Jason Jarvinen, Lina Park, and Melinda Wilkes

  Student project for LEAD 501: Fundamentals of Nonprofits on Words Alive, a literacy organization that promotes reading for pleasure for children and adolescents through read-aloud programs and book groups.

  The Executive Director, Jennifer Williamson, and the board agreed that a performance audit will help the organization reach the next level of compliance and professionalism. The evaluation team (the team) suggested the Standard for Excellence (Standards) because of its thoroughness, design, and detail to mission. Standards was preferred by the team because it was more comprehensive than other suggested evaluation tools such as the Better Business Bureau or the Independent Sector. The Standards was also more logically structured and easier to follow. The team felt that it would be easier to present the findings to Words Alive with the comprehensive questions that Standards provided.

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  Wetlands Restoration Group Final Research Project

  Ofelia Alvarado, John Bolthouse, Christina Rivas, Karen Seo, and Mark Thompson

  Research project for the Wetland Restoration and Education project that was developed for the YMCA Camp Surf.

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  Education and Integration: Partnering the Community with Adults with Developmental Disabilities for St. Madeline Sophia's Center

  Patty Cowan, Kelly Mitchell, Wendy Morris, and Ileana Ovalle

  Student research project for St. Madeline Sophia's Center which includes a needs assessment, program design & methodology, social marketing plan, cultural competency plan, evaluation plan and budget.