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Listening more carefully to program beneficiaries

A beneficiary-centered assessment of barriers, needs, and service experience.

NONPROFITS / ILLUSTRATIVE ENGAGEMENT
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Illustrative engagement · Nonprofits

Illustrative engagements are composite examples showing how we approach this type of work. They do not describe a specific client.

Abstract

A beneficiary-centered assessment of barriers, needs, and service experience.

Fig. 1 — A visual study of evidence and uncertainty.

A community-based nonprofit organization

The question

Program design relied on administrative measures that captured participation but missed why eligible people were not engaging.

Our approach

We combined accessible interviews with a structured survey and examined differences across beneficiary groups.

Methods

Method
Beneficiary interviews
Method
Accessible survey design
Method
Thematic analysis
Method
Needs segmentation

Outcome

The organization had a more specific picture of unmet needs and practical priorities for service redesign.