How can evaluation help a community-led initiative understand progress, learn, and adapt over time?
EPIC is partnering with Friends of Little Sài Gòn and the Seattle Police Department to build a foundation for evaluating Phố Đẹp, a community-led initiative focused on safety and livability in Seattle’s Little Sài Gòn neighborhood.
Together, the project partners are developing an evaluation approach that can support learning during implementation and help understand the initiative’s processes and impacts over time.
Project At-A-Glance
| partner | project period | place | focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Little Sài Gòn | November 2025 – September 2026 | Little Sài Gòn, Seattle | Evaluation design + learning |
What we’re working on
The project is building the tools and research foundation needed to support evaluation over time.
Build the evaluation framework
Co-develop a five-year research and evaluation design, including the questions and measures that can guide learning over time.
Build ways to learn from community
Develop adaptable tools for gathering qualitative and quantitative information, including community surveys and stakeholder engagement.
Build capacity for ongoing learning
Support community facilitators to collect qualitative information and create systems that can continue beyond the initial evaluation period.
What this work will produce
- A five-year research and evaluation design
- Research questions and measures for ongoing evaluation
- Adaptable data-collection tools, including a community survey
- A train-the-trainer approach for community facilitators
- An accessible report documenting the research plan and preliminary analysis
