The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) engaged AHA to evaluate the effectiveness of the Culturally Equitable Gateways Strategy (CEGS).

The evaluation involved the following key elements:

• Broad stakeholder consultation with clients, project workers and DHHS regional staff
• Collection and analysis of data and surveys from CEGS funded agencies
• Analysis of three years of MDS data
• Analysis of selected frameworks in each of the four regions in the State.

Key outcomes from the review included:

• Consideration of the roles of the CEGS Project Workers, which were funded by the strategy, and recommendations regarding their future roles
• Recommendations for future development of CEGS.