Evidence your program works. Compliance your funders trust.

Ashton Group is unusual among technology consultancies: alongside our engineering practice, our team brings years of hands-on experience inside federally funded health and human services programs, from delivering early-childhood services on the ground to evaluating multimillion-dollar grant recipients' fiscal systems. We know what reviewers look for because we have sat on both sides of the table.

We pair that domain fluency with modern data tooling. Evaluation designs are powered by real statistical methods, reporting is automated rather than hand-assembled, and machine learning helps surface patterns in longitudinal data that manual review misses.

What we deliver

• Evaluation framework design: logic models, indicators, and mixed-method designs developed with your staff and subject-matter experts
• Research instruments and execution: surveys, focus groups, interview protocols, and quantitative and qualitative analysis that produce actionable findings
• Fiscal review readiness: accounting practices, procurement, payroll, cost allocation, cash management, internal controls, and reconciliation processes assessed against federal expectations
• Federal reporting support: financial reporting, enrollment and performance reporting, and documentation practices that stand up to monitoring and review
• Data storytelling: dashboards, visuals, and reports in tools like Power BI, tailored to government, philanthropic, private-sector, and nonprofit audiences
• Applied analytics: automated content analysis and ML-assisted outcome forecasting built on historical and longitudinal program data

Proven in production

Our team has designed and implemented comprehensive evaluation frameworks for organizations addressing complex social challenges, conducted fiscal reviews of federal grant recipients, and supported grantees through reporting and monitoring, including deep operational familiarity with the fiscal and programmatic requirements of major federal early-childhood programs. Few firms can both run the evaluation and build the data systems underneath it.

Technologies & practices