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REDA Staff News
REDA
is excited to announce that Herbert M. Baum, Ph.D. has accepted a position
with our company as VP for Research and Evaluation starting March 1, 2010. He
will be providing direction to technical projects in that division as well as
participating in business development activities to meet our strategic goals
and continue to grow the company.
Dr.
Baum comes to REDA from ICF Macro where he directed or participated in a number
of projects assisting federal and state agencies meet their reporting
requirements under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and/or the
Performance Assessment Rating Tool (PART).
He has supported the following agencies:
Personnel Development and the Technical
Assistance and Dissemination Programs of the Research to Practice Division,
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), US Department of Education.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Performance Institute, as a Senior Fellow
MarylandDepartment of Education
Massachusetts Department of Education
Has almost
30 years of experience designing and implementing national and regional surveys
where he developed measures of effectiveness, impact, incidence, and
prevalence. Has training in public health has been applied to the fields of
food safety, injury prevention, oncology, neurological disorders (specifically
stroke and multiple sclerosis), and speech-language pathology, and
audiology. Worked on establishing best/promising practices in
responsible fatherhood education and abstinence education. Has
been published in numerous refereed scientific journals, he has received the
NIH Director's Award for innovative approaches to survey research and has
been listed in various editions of Who's Who.
New Wins for REDA
EVALUATION PROJECTS
Evaluation of the Arkansas Cancer
Coalition Grantees
The Arkansas Cancer
Coalition contracted with REDA International, Inc. to develop and implement the
surveillance, evaluation, and technical support of monitoring services for the
Coalition's implementation programs of the Arkansas Cancer Plan. These
activities are funded through a grant from the Arkansas Department of
Health.The grants will support
short-term implementation of evidence-based interventions that advance goals
and objectives of the Arkansas Cancer Plan. During this period REDA will
support the Executive Director, the Accountability and Development Coordinator,
and the Implementation Committee of the ARCC to provide surveillance,
evaluation, and technical monitoring support to assist the overall grant
program and each new grantee in achieving the maximum feasible impact in
reducing the burden of cancer on all residents of Arkansas. REDA will develop and execute an
efficient design to enable the ARCC to monitor and report the extent of change
from baseline conditions that grantees have achieved through their
interventions.
Develop and Pilot Test a Program Evaluation Template for the
Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA)
Using a competitive process, The Bureau for Health
Professions (BHPr) of HRSA recently selected REDA International, Inc. (REDA)
under its HRSA Category II IDIQ contract to perform this work. Under this task
order, REDA is responsible for developing, testing and refining an evaluation
template that consolidates in a uniform manner available output, outcome, and
performance measurement information from multiple data sources and systems
currently used to evaluate BHPr programs. BHPr administers approximately 40
programs that promote its mission of providing national leadership in the
development, distribution, and retention of a diverse, culturally competent
health workforce that can adapt to the population's changing health care needs
and provide the highest quality of care for all.
REDA in the News
A recent article written in The Baltimore Sun, talks about work REDA
International, Inc. did in conjunction with MGT of America. The
Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) awarded a contract to MGT
of America (MGT). REDA International Inc. (REDA) served as a
sub-contractor to MGT. This contract was put in place to conduct a
comprehensive review and evaluation of the effect of increased state
aid to local school systems through The Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act on student, school, and
school system performance.
To read more about REDA International's critical role in this project, please click here (Refer to the Evaluation
of the Effect of Increased State Aid to LocalSchool Systems through the Bridge to Excellence (BTE) Act.)
