LABARBERA RESEARCH & EVALUATION
Evidence That Strengthens Mission
Helping mission-driven organizations build evidence-informed models that demonstrate meaningful human change.
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Programs exist to change lives. Evaluation exists to understand, strengthen, and demonstrate that change.
At LaBarbera Research & Evaluation, we partner with nonprofits, educational institutions, faith-based organizations, and community initiatives to integrate rigorous evaluation into program design, implementation, and growth, creating evidence-informed models that improve lives, strengthen communities, and inspire confidence among funders and stakeholders.
MEASURE
Develop meaningful outcome measures that go beyond outputs to capture lasting change.
LEARN
Use rigorous evaluation to strengthen programs through continuous learning and improvement.
DEMONSTRATE
Generate credible evidence that builds trust with funders, partners, and the communities you serve.
OUR APPROACH
Centered on human flourishing.
We believe evaluation should do more than prove success.
It should strengthen the programs, organizations, and people working to create lasting change.
The strongest organizations don’t treat evaluation as something that happens after a program ends. They integrate evaluation into implementation so that evidence continuously informs practice, strengthens participant outcomes, and builds the confidence needed for long-term sustainability.
The result is evaluation that not only demonstrates impact but strengthens programs, informs decision-making, and helps organizations deepen and expand the change they exist to create.
Our evaluations examine more than program outputs. They measure how programs influence relationships, purpose, well-being, stability, and growth, which together reflect human flourishing.
We evaluate outcomes across five interconnected dimensions:
30 YEARS
of evaluation experience
NONPROFITS & MISSION-DRIVEN ORGANIZATIONS
across the U.S.
SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE
in incarceration, reentry, and complex social contexts.
MIXED-METHODS RESEARCH
rigorous, practical, and decision-oriented
RESEARCH BROUGHT TO LIFE
It’s Changed What I’m Living For draws on a multi-year evaluation of prison-based theological education, integrating data and narrative to examine how transformation and human flourishing take shape during incarceration.
Robin LaBarbera is an independent evaluator focused on how programs contribute to human flourishing across complex social contexts.
"I can attest that Robin is a true professional. Her evaluation process and analysis provide data that is extremely important in enhancing organizational performance. This is one of the reasons HOM is excelling and has become a leader in Reentry Housing & Programs in Washington State."
Jeffery Nichols
Grant Manager
House of Mercy Ministries
Helping organizations strengthen programs, demonstrate meaningful impact, and build evidence that changes lives.
(562) 476-8166
robin@labarberaresearch.com
1198 Pacific Coast Hwy., #D230,
Seal Beach, CA 90740