SELECTED PROJECTS The HIRE Center delivers expertise to clients in need of applied research or technical assistance. Decision makers in government, foundations, and nonprofits have contracted with the HIRE Center for services that will help them address the challenges of constructing effective public policies or programs. We have been fortunate to be able to partner effectively and successfully implement a wide variety of projects in each of our program areas. Number Descriptions Area Project Timeline Funding Agency 54 Living Cities: A P-20 Education and Workforce Partnership Education 06/09 - 07/10 Living Cities 53 Healthy Eating Active Living: Working with the South Hayward Neighborhood Collaborative Community 10/07 - 01/08 Kaiser Permanente 52 Charting Economic Indicators for the City of Hayward Community 05/08 - 10/08 City of Hayward 51 Economic Indicators and Forecasting for the City of Hayward Community 02/07 - 06/07 City of Hayward 50 Comprehensive HIV Prevention Plan Labor 01/07 - 06/07 Alameda County Office of AIDS 49 HIV Care and Prevention Services: Gap Analysis Education 01/06 - 09/06 Alameda County Office of AIDS 48 Rural and Low-Skilled California Workers and their Access to EBHI: The Role of Industry Structure and Firm Size Labor 03/06 - 12/06 California Program on Access to Care 47 HIV Education and Prevention for African American Men having Sex with Men Education 10/05 - 09/06 Alameda County Office of AIDS 46 Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Employment-Based Health Insurance and the Plight of Low-Skilled Workers Labor 06/05 - present Upjohn Institute 45 CBE Outcome Assessment CBE 10/04 - present CSUEB 44 After School Care in California Labor 11/03 - 01/04 Blueprint R&D, Inc. 43 Central Alameda County Community-Based Transportation Community 08/03 - 08/04 Alameda County Congestion Management Agency 42 Health Insurance Coverage for Low-Wage Workers: How Continuous is the Offer of Health Insurance by Employers? Labor 04/03 - 06/05 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 41 Changes in Insurance Coverage and Employment of California Workers: Implications for Policy Labor 03/03 - 09/03 California Program on Access to Care 40 Evaluation of Services CAPI-PAD Program Education 12/02 - 05/03 CSUEB 39 CBO Contracting in the County of Alameda, Year III Labor 09/02 - 02/03 County of Alameda 38 Evaluation of Project Transition Labor 10/02 - 06/03 Project Transition, Inc. 37 Getting, Keeping, and Moving from Entry-Level Jobs: What Employers Want and What Low-Income Workers Have Labor 06/02 - 12/05 Upjohn Institute 35 Evaluation of the City of Oakland, Welfare-to-Work Program Labor 12/01 - 09/02 City of Oakland 34 Alameda County Social Services Internal Job Club Services: A Comparison with Externally Provided Services Labor 02/02 - 06/02 County of Alameda 33 PEGASUSS (Problem Based Economics and Government: Advancing Understanding in Social Studies) Education 01/02 - 09/04 California Post Secondary Education Commission 32 Problem-Based Economics Training & Curriculum Development Education 06/97 - present Buck Institute for Education 31 Eden Area Regional Occupational Program: Summer Youth Employment Training Program Community 06/97 - 09/99 Unfunded: Community Service 30.2 The Impact of Insurance Coverage on Access to Care and Use of Health Services Labor 12/01 - 05/03 California Program on Access to Care 30.1 The Impact of the Living Wage on the City of Richmond Labor 06/01 - 08/01 City of Richmond 29 CBO Contracting in the County of Alameda, Year II Labor 04/01 - 11/01 County of Alameda 28 Evaluation of Professional Educator Faculty Engagement (PEFE) in California School-to-Career Education 02/01 - 08/01 California School-to-Career Interagency Partners 27 CBE Exit Surveying CBE 01/01 - present CSUEB 26 The South Hayward Learning Center for Excellence / COPC Community 08/00 - 06/04 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 25 Development of Teaching and Learning through K-12 Collaborative Activities Education 08/00 - 08/02 California School-to-Career Interagency Partners 24 Alameda County Learning Center for Excellence Community 11/99 - 06/00 Rockefeller Foundation 23 CBO Contracting in the County of Alameda Labor 01/00 - 06/00 County of Alameda 22 Determinants of Access to Health and Use of Health Services among Californian Immigrants Labor 12/99 - 05/00 California Program on Access to Care 21 Local Job Vacancy Survey Labor 12/99 - 12/00 Department of Labor 20.2 Evaluation of San Leandro Works Labor 07/99 - 10/03 Davis Street Community Center 20 Evaluation of the OUSD Academy Program Education 03/97 - 02/98 City of Oakland 19 Access to Employer-Based Health Insurance Among Low-Wage Workers in California Labor 6/99 - 12/99 California Program on Access to Care 18.2 Labor Market for Entry-Level Workers : The Demand for Workers at Small and Medium Sized Firms Labor 05/99 - 06/00 City and County of San Francisco 17 Employer-Based Health Insurance for Californians: Fact or Fiction? Labor 12/98 - 12/99 UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies and California Wellness Foundation 16 Evaluation of MEGA Camp Education 10/98 - 09/00 National Science Foundation 15 Skills Needed for College-Level Economics Education 06/98 - 06/99 U.S. Department of Education 14 Post-Secondary Linkages: The Ability of Career Academies to Build Academic Success in the University Education 07/98 - 12/99 U.S. Department of Education 13 The Structure and Impacts of School-to-Career Programs in California Education 04/98 - 01/99 California Policy Seminar of the University of California 12 Labor Market for Entry-Level Workers : The Demand for Workers at Large Firms Labor 03/98 - 12/98 City and County of San Francisco 11 Integrating Online Teaching into the Principals of Economics Class: A Preliminary Exploration of Initial Benefits and Costs Education 08/97 - 08/99 CSUEB 10 Evaluation of the OUSD Academy Program: Overtime Analysis Education 07/97 - 04/99 City of Oakland 9 Application of the Internet to Advance the Development of the School-to-Career Programs in Oakland Education 02/97 - 12/98 Department of Commerce, Telecomm. Info. Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIIAP) 8 Participation in JTPA Title II-A by Food Stamp Recipients Labor 09/96 - 11/96 U.S. Department of Agriculture 7 Site Assessments for Richmond & Oakland Academies Education 06/96 - 07/96 Center for Law and Education 6 State Organizing for Women's Self Sufficiency Community 01/96 - 02/96 Wider Opportunities for Women 5 One Stop Focus Group Labor 08/95 - 08/95 State of California 4 Oakland Works Industry Standards Project: Common Core Industry Competencies Education 07/95 - 01/96 Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute 3 Vocational Education for Workers in the 21st Century Education 07/95 - 06/00 W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research 2 School-to-Work or School-to-School ? Education 07/95 - 10/95 S.H. Cowell Foundation 1 Alameda / West Contra Costa County Learning Network Community 05/95 - 03/99 CSUEB Extension