Understanding impact requires more than metrics alone.

Our work integrates data, lived experience, and narrative insight to understand how programs shape human flourishing.

HUMAN CENTERED

We ground evaluation in the lived experience of people and communities.

EVIDENCE DRIVEN

We use rigorous, mixed-methods research to generate insight you can trust.

PURPOSEFUL

We focus on what matters - helping you learn, adapt, and grow.

CLEAR & USEFUL

We communicate findings in ways that inform decisions and inspire action.

HOW WE HELP

Our work typically unfolds in three parts:

OUR APPROACH

Centered on human flourishing.

We take a holistic view of well-being, recognizing that people flourish across multiple, interconnected dimensions. Our evaluations capture what matters most.

30 YEARS

of evaluation experience

NONPROFITS & MISSION-DRIVEN ORGANIZATIONS

across the U.S.

SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE

in incarceration, reentry, and complex social contexts.

MIXED-METHODS RESEARCH

rigorous, practical, and decision-oriented

RESEARCH BROUGHT TO LIFE

It’s Changed What I’m Living For draws on a multi-year evaluation of prison-based theological education, integrating data and narrative to examine how transformation and human flourishing take shape during incarceration.

Robin LaBarbera is an independent evaluator focused on how programs contribute to human flourishing across complex social contexts.

"I can attest that Robin is a true professional. Her evaluation process and analysis provide data that is extremely important in enhancing organizational performance. This is one of the reasons HOM is excelling and has become a leader in Reentry Housing & Programs in Washington State."

Jeffery Nichols

Grant Manager

House of Mercy Ministries

(562) 476-8166

robin@labarberaresearch.com

1198 Pacific Coast Hwy., #D230,

Seal Beach, CA 90740

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