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IMPAQ International, LLC is a woman-owned small social science research firm with offices in Washington, D.C. and Columbia, Maryland. IMPAQ specializes in the conduct of Impact Evaluation Studies from which the firm derives its name but has expanded its research to areas including Health Care Policy, Workforce Policy, Survey Policy, Education Policy, and International Development. It works with domestic and international clients including various U.S. government agencies as well as the World Bank, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and foreign governments.

Research
IMPAQ was founded in 2001 by its CEO, Ms. Sharon Benus, and its Executive Director for Research, Dr. Jacob Benus. Since its founding it has specialized in Impact Evaluations. The company accelerated its growth with the award of Project GATE, a five-year evaluation project for the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor. Currently, IMPAQ supports three major operating divisions in Domestic Research, International Research, and Survey Operations, and currently specializes in Survey Research & Data Collection, Applied Research Studies, Quantitative Data Analysis, and Process Evaluations & Qualitative Research. The company also provides consulting services in the areas of workforce development, labor policy, health care policy, privatization, poverty alleviation, and education both domestically and internationally.

Divisions
IMPAQ supports three major operating divisions in Domestic Research, International Research, and Survey Operations. IMPAQ's Domestic Research evaluates the impact of government programs and policies, conducts applied research studies, collect and analyzes program and administrative data, and provides technical assistance to grant and demonstration programs located throughout the United States. IMPAQ's International Research Division supports the work of researchers engaged in international policy and economic development projects for multilateral organizations, government agencies, and private sector enterprises. The International Research Division has headquarters in Columbia, Maryland, operates a commercial office in Turkey and registered a representative company in Georgia. IMPAQ's Survey Operations Division is also based in Columbia, and focuses on the design and implementation of survey projects and the analysis of survey data.