Overview of STEPs

STEPs is a trusted leader in conducting evaluations of social service programs and policies in Omaha and across Nebraska. Whether your organization is large or small, STEPs can assist you in using evidence to make decisions, and in showing the impact of your hard work. STEPs serves a broad array of public and private organizations that provide social, public health, and educational services.

STEPs’ collaborative, utilization-focused approach promotes evidence-informed decision making through research and evaluation. The STEPs evaluation team works closely with program stakeholders in all evaluation activities, including planning, implementation, and interpretation.

STEPs makes extensive use of data visualization so reports are accessible and understandable to your audiences. STEPs will help you inform program improvement, increase sustainability, prepare logic models, and assess needs, activities, and outcomes.

STEPs is also committed to building organizations’ capacity for evaluation through consulting and professional development workshops.

Mission

STEPs promotes evidence-informed decision making through research and evaluation using a collaborative, utilization-focused approach to support social service programs and policies that transform and improve lives.

Vision

STEPs envisions all social service programs using evidence to inform their work and to improve the lives of clients they serve.