Dr. Robin LaBarbera

Helping nonprofit leaders develop, implement, and evaluate programs to maximize well-being in the communities they serve.

[Dr. Robin LaBarbera @doktarobin]

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[Dr. Robin LaBarbera @doktarobin]

What's the secret to securing #funding sources for your #nonprofit? Conduct an independent program #evaluation. Got questions? https://t.co/IacRZu8ASd

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Are you confused about #programevaluation? You're not alone. Browse our FAQs to learn more, and feel free to schedule a no-cost Zoom call with us if you still have unanswered questions.  We're here for you. https://t.co/IacRZu8ASd

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Increasingly, reentry programs and initiatives across the country are partnering with independent evaluators like LaBarbera Learning Solutions to gather the data that proves their organization’s impact to the community. (2/2) https://t.co/ypWh2UrPfu

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If you have incorporated peer mentoring in your reentry programming, how do you know it is achieving its intended results? (1/2)

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@nikkiaharonian Unfortunately, it is published in a journal, and I am only permitted to provide a link, rather than the full text: https://t.co/LyuYfgK9jD. You might have to go directly to the Quarterly Review of Distance Education or a library that you have access to.

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Check out the latest article in the Community Impact newsletter: Giving voice to incarcerated men and women. https://t.co/wId3veKN6u via @LinkedIn

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David McMillan, a man incarcerated in Texas, summed it up quite well. I asked participants to tell me how being a part of the TUMI higher education program had made a difference in their lives. David said, “It’s changed what I’m livin’ for!” https://t.co/eapwXvYae0

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Reducing #recidivism by addressing #MentalHealth contributes to stabilizing the lives of formerly #incarcerated people and their families, lowering costs of incarceration, reducing crime rates, saving taxpayer money, and resulting in safer communities. https://t.co/0YJKFT090R

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When an article you wrote on faith-based correctional education comes up number three on a Google search!!!!!!!! https://t.co/am3robKsuE

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Virtually all of the currently and formerly incarcerated participants with whom I spoke reported that participating in prison higher education had significant transformational effects on their lives and on their communities. https://t.co/ll26yauBqX

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Prison education is the way to reduce recidivism https://t.co/G3ZYhQDQOl

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Prison program evaluation results just in https://t.co/NtBVcSW2wt

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New research findings from 6 prisons: Education changes lives https://t.co/am3robKsuE

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What I’ve learned over the past year is that the TUMI program is providing so much more than a seminary education. #prisoneducation #changinglives #wellbeing #education #prison #selfrespect #emotionalintelligence https://t.co/ll26yauBqX

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Many participants in the prison-based theological training program—The Urban Ministry Institute (TUMI)—described how the members of their class come together in ways they wouldn’t have before TUMI. #correctionseducation #prison #education #WorldImpact

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2/2 World Impact’s TUMI training is changing lives and communities impacted by the criminal justice system, and we have the qualitative and quantitative data to prove it. Stay tuned for a series of articles reporting the findings of a year-long program evaluation.

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1/2 Across the country, men and women are being equipped with leadership and theological principles to impact their neighbors, even if those “neighbors” are right there in the prison or jail where they live.

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