WRMA has a history, reputation, and active engagement in human services research. Our professional staff are routinely engaged and publish in applied research areas that address systems of service delivery. WRMA is especially recognized for its research in the areas of child protective services and child welfare.

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WRMA helps decision makers assess programs and gauge the impact services have in their communities by assessing the quality of existing data and working to build the capacity of the agencies being evaluated to develop and use data. Our approach is to engage in extensive interaction with the funder, the participating agencies, and the communities in which the projects operate in order to gain the deepest qualitative and quantitative understanding of the needs and achievements of the enterprises being studied.

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For more than a decade, WRMA has been involved in the design, development, implementation and operation of national data collection and reporting systems. Dissemination methods for national data have included publication of annual reports by the Government Printing Office, posting on the Internet, and via regional and national conferences where our staff have given presentations.

For some examples of WRMA National Data Collection and Reporting Systems projects click here.

In recent years, many of our information systems projects--at both the Federal and the State levels--have required the posting of final reports and other project materials on the Internet and coordination of that work with government technical representatives. WRMA also has designed and developed Web sites for a number of our clients.

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WRMA has developed strategic, tactical, long-range, and multiyear plans for public and private nonprofit organizations. These plans have identified needs, desired outcomes, system capacity, and service delivery system strategies. These plans also have connected the contracting agency or organization's mission and vision to specific service strategies within operating programs. Each plan has been free standing and visionary and has provided a disciplined method of thinking through the critical issues concerning the contracting organization's future.

For some examples of WRMA Strategic Planning projects click here.