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• Process Evaluation of Implementation of the Santa Clara County Community Health Improvement Plan(Santa Clara County Public Health Department) Kym served as project director for the process evaluation of the Countywide Community Health Improvement Plan. Using a collective impact approach, the process evaluation used mixed methods including a collaborative partner survey and key leader interviews to understand the strengths and challenges of this collaborative effort. • Marin County Health&Human Services Department Strategic Plan to Achieve Health&Wellness Equity Led the comprehensive community engagement process to gather and review extensive data to develop the strategic plan. Facilitated meetings with HHS staff to provide ongoing feedback and updates to the plan. Facilitated focus groups with county residents who receive or are eligible for public assistance and HHS programs and stakeholder meetings to gather feedback on focus areas and strategies. Developed five-year community-focused strategic plan, including identifying overarching goal,focus areas, strategies, outcomes, and metrics. • Santa Clara County Children's Health Assessment Primary Data Collection and Facilitation R+A worked with the Public Health Department to lead a qualitative assessment of children's health in Santa Clara County. We conducted 19 focus groups, 30 key leader interviews, and collected over 1,000 surveys to understand more about the social determinants that affect children's health outcomes across the county. Focus groups were conducted in English, Spanish, Mandarin, and Vietnamese. The project culminated in an engaging final report and a community and stakeholder"Call to Action"forum to identify action steps. • University of California,Berkeley School of Public Health,Best Babies Zone Initiative Evaluation Served as project director to evaluate the place-based Best Babies Zone Initiative (BBZ). Conducted extensive surveys and interviews with community partners in Oakland, Cincinnati, and New Orleans to define an outcome evaluation that establishes shared baseline measures relevant to the project's community sites to demonstrate impact over time. • California Department of Public Health,Health in All Policies(HiAP) Process Evaluation* Led the process evaluation of the statewide HiAP collaborative process to identify successful elements of this collaborative, as well as challenges and early outcomes. Conducted stakeholder survey and key leader interviews. Findings informed the development of Health in All Policies:A Guide for State and Local Governments(2013). *Denotes projects completed while serving as key staff at other organizations. PRESENTATIONS • American Evaluation Association.Annual Conference. SPARCCing policy,systems,and built environment changes: A new kind of evaluation. November 2017. • American Planning Association.Annual Conference. Upping Our Game:Using Applied Research to Ensure Diverse Community Engagement and Increase Trust.September 2017. • American Evaluation Association.Annual Conference. Best Practices+Adaptive Evaluation = Improved Grantmaking(Cal Wellness Foundation). November 2016. • American Public Health Association.Annual Conference. Baby Steps: Learning from evaluating the place-based,cross-sector work of the Best Babies Zone Initiative. November 2015. • American Evaluation Association. Annual Conference. Approaches to Evaluating Core Operating Support in a Recession. October 17,2013. • American Evaluation Association. Annual Conference. Practicing Culturally-Based Evaluation: Learnings from the Field. November 7,2007. • Dorman, K. Bringing Bayview Hunter's Point Youth into San Francisco's Policymaking Process.Oral presentation at the American Public Health Association's Annual Meeting. November 18,2003,San Francisco,CA. • American Public Health Association. Annual Conference. Building and measuring an effective online prevention community of practice: PreventConnect's sexual violence and domestic violence prevention practitioners learn from each other online. October 30, 2012. PUBLICATIONS • Dorman, K.&Prentice, B.(2002)."A prevention framework for eliminating health disparities"In M.B. Love,Z.C.Clayson&Blumberg, P (Eds.), Real Stories: Teaching cases in community health(pp.13-15). San Francisco State University. • Lee, D. S.&Dorman, K. (Eds.).(2000). Power to Change: Interfaith Communities take action against family violence. (Resource guide). San Francisco,CA. SF Department of Public Health. • Dorman, K(Ed.).(1999).Colors United GLBTQ Youth Resource Guide. Asian Health Services, La Clinica de la Raza,AIDS Project of the East Bay: Oakland,CA. • Dorman, K.(1999). Proyecto Cambio, Bilingual Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Curriculum grades 9-12. La Clinica de la Raza, Oakland,CA. raimi+ www.raimiassociates.com r associates