- Program Evaluation
- Community needs assessments and surveys
- Focus group discussions
- Multiple site comparative program analyses
- Retrospective analyses
- Designing and implementating of multi-method outcomes
and studies
- Design and developing of outcome and process
instruments
- Data analyses and interpretation
- Culturally sensitive approaches to treatment and
prevention research
- Market Research
- Conduct focus groups
- Structured interviews
- Telephone Interviews
- Develop public opinion surveys
- Consultations
- Business and community-based programs
Imoyase Community Support Services
(ICSS)
Imoyase Community Support Services (ICSS) is a non-profit
program evaluation and consultation organization. ICSS focuses
on improving the quality of life for Californians through the
provision of training and technical assistance in program
evaluation and action research.
Our goal is to positively impact health outcomes, as well
as the social and economic conditions that inhibit community
development through the utilization of action research and
program evaluation. ICSS fills a critical evaluation and
research void in the capacity-building efforts of
community-based organizations (CBOs) particularly those
serving ethnically diverse communities in
California.
CEO/Founder
Dr. Grills, a
licensed clinical psychologist is the CEO founder of The
Imoyase Group, Inc. She is a nationally recognized
consultant in program evaluation, program development
and action research.
Dr. Grills serves on several
national advisory boards. She was a co-principal
investigator of a NIDA research project and the Ghana
project on traditional medicine. She is a full professor
in the Psychology program at Loyola Marymount
Univeristy, Los Angeles, California as well as the
Director of the American Cultures program. |
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The
Imoyase Group, Inc. Staff
Imoyase’s
multi-ethnic, multi-lingual staff comes from a variety of
academic backgrounds. As well, we have a balance of
researchers trained in quantitative and qualitative research
methods. Our staff consists of researchers from the bachelors
level up to a host of Ph.D.-level scholars and community
activists. We also select invite high school students to
participate in our summer intern program where they acquire
hands-on research skills! Our research philosophy requires
that staff be committed to community empowerment, while
maintaining a grasp of the academic literature. Some of the
disciplines we represent include:
- African American Studies
- Asian American Studies
- Chicano/a Studies
- Community Psychology
- Education
- Public Health
- Public Policy
- Sociology
- Statistics
- Theology
- Urban and Regional
Planning
