Our Expertise
Harmony Research, LLC is a woman-owned small business. We offer deep expertise in both early childhood education and care as well as child welfare policy and practices. We are always curious, asking questions to better understand our world and how to best support children and families.
Early Childhood Education
Harmony Research, LLC offers deep expertise in early childhood education and care policy and practice. As a former infant/toddler, preschool, and kindergarten teacher, our CEO shares deep understanding of the early learning environment. Prior work includes statewide early childhood needs assessments, evaluations and technical assistance on Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS), program evaluation of specific interventions, as well as research and evaluation of instructional models in preschool, home visiting, family engagement, classrooms quality, children's school readiness, and social emotional skills in young children.
In addition to research and evaluation, Harmony Research, LLC offers consulting to support providers, schools, districts, and states to offer the best possible services for children and families.
Child Welfare
Harmony Research, LLC offers lived experience navigating the child welfare systems. Our CEO and founder is a licensed foster parent and leverages her real world passion in her professional work. We offer research and evaluation services to document what works in child welfare. We use research and data to support child welfare agencies to both prevent entry into care and support children, families, staff, and systems-level change for those interacting with the child welfare system.
Harmony Research, LLC also offers capacity building for multiple actors in the child welfare system. This includes foster parent mentoring, developing trainings for foster parents and front-line social workers, strategic planning for state agencies, and expertise in building integrated data systems to help you answer your pressing questions of practice.
Child Health and Nutrition
At Harmony Research, LLC we also bring expertise in child health and nutrition. Our work is guided by a Social Determinants of Health framework, acknowledging the ways in which systems affect child and family well-being. For example, Dr. Faria serves as a senior advisor on evaluations of WIC services, preventing infant mortality with a focus on racial disparities, and understanding the effects of early adverse childhood experiences (ACES) on long term health outcomes. Internationally, Dr. Faria was also the Co-PI on a randomized trial of the uptake of micro-nutrient dense foods in Tanzania. At Harmony Research, LLC we understand the importance of a healthy start and are here to support your research in maternal and infant health and nutrition.