Research. Evaluation. Strategy. Community Change.
When It’s all at stake, researchevaluationdesignpeoplestrategy matters.
Re/val Strategies helps organizations turn insight into action through rigorous, people-centered, place-based research, evaluation, and strategy.
The Problem
Data alone does not create community change.
Organizations are often asked to make high-stakes decisions with reports, dashboards, and metrics that do not fully capture what people are living through or what communities need next.
We partner with public and private organizations and agencies to support community-level understanding of what is happening, why it matters, and how to move from evidence to strategy.
Our work bridges the distance between institutional knowledge and community reach.
Reports can sit still.
We design work that moves beyond compliance and into practical use, helping partners make informed, grounded decisions.
Metrics can miss context.
We ask who has been heard, who has been missed, and what the data cannot explain on its own.
Strategy can feel distant.
We connect big-picture thinking to the realities of people, places, systems, and local conditions.
Communities need more.
When it is all at stake, communities need more than hope. They need strategy rooted in evidence and trust.
Our Theory
turn knowledge into actionable strategy.
People
People Matter
That belief shapes how we evaluate programs, how we support organizations, how we engage communities, and how we think about impact.
Place
Place Informs
We recognize context matters. Local power, history, and culture shape every outcome and how it moves the work.
We are not interested in producing knowledge for knowledge’s sake. We are interested in producing knowledge that helps communities and people, actively, become more informed, more connected, and more resourced today, and in the future.
Progress
Progress Transforms
We move conversations from data to learning and insight, then action.
That is why we do this work. Because when knowledge moves, communities can move. When communities are heard, strategies become stronger. When research is humanized, decisions become more impactful. And when scholarship leaves the tower, it can become a tool for transformation.
People first. Place matters. Rigor with humanity.
Systems continuously shape communities and policies
Education, food, workforce, transit, child welfare, justice, housing, and healthcare systems all shape what people experience and what communities can access.
Policies and priorities continuously shape systems and communities
Organizational, local, state, and federal decisions all impact communities and people while reshaping the systems meant to support them.
Our work is centered in the understanding that community change happens at the collision of people, place, systems, and policy. The strongest strategies are built with attention to local context, existing realities, lived experiences, and the systems that shape opportunity.
We help partners understand not only whether something works, but how, for whom, under what conditions, and what should happen next.
People First
Place Matters
Rigor with Humanity
How We Help Move the Work
Practical, people-centered work for real-world impact.
Research & Landscape Learning Strategy
We help our partners examine and understand the local conditions and context, identify emerging trends, and make sense of what existing knowledge means for their work and community.
Evaluation & Learning Development Strategy
We design program and initiative evaluation approaches that are people-centered, rigorous, and usable, helping organizations and communities learn, adapt, and improve.
Community & Civic Engagement Strategy
We support engagement processes that honor lived reality, build trust, and create meaningful opportunities for communities to engage the work, while supporting community knowledge.
Program & Initiative Design Strategy
We support the development of programs, pilots, frameworks, and models built with implementation, sustainability, and community relevance in mind.
Strategic Planning & Visioning Strategy
We help organizations clarify priorities, align resources, develop pathways, and move toward decisions that are practical and place-aware.
Thought Partnership & Implementation Strategy
We serve as a strategic partner to leaders, organizations, and communities implementing strategies that lead to stronger and longer community impact for today, and the future.
In American Communities
Insight is only powerful when communities can improve from it.
people living in America are within a distressed zip code.
young people living in America are disconnected, drifting, and often invisible to the systems meant to support them.
people living in America fall below twice the poverty line, bringing in an annual income of $62,624 for a family of four.
the estimated annual cost lost to communities due resulting low and no earnings, lower tax revenues, and increased, cost for healthcare, criminal justice, and social services.