SERVICES
Early Childhood Program Support
We provide various early intervention services to help states, providers, and associations meet the complex administrative requirements of the Early Intervention Program and other early childhood programs such as preschool special education, Medicaid programs such as applied behavior analysis (ABA), Children's Home and Community Based Services, and outpatient mental health programs. We help clients identify financing opportunities, improve program efficiencies, update policies, facilitate stakeholder discussions, and manage strategic planning.
Environmental Health Strategies
We help organizations navigate the complex state environmental health requlations related to food service, temporary residences, children's camps, and other required permits. We also help clients reduce environmental health risks by advising on strategies and developing plans to improve drinking water quality to protect against lead poisoning, emerging contaminants including "forever chemicals" like PFAS, and microbial pathogens such as Legionella. Here is the Water Management Program (WMP) Evaluation Tool we helped develop with CSTE.
Public Health Surveillance
We have expertise in communicable disease surveillance including information systems such as the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System Base System, immunization registries, syndromic surveillance, and non-infectious disease surveillance such as injury epidemiology, cancer registries, blood lead levels, and surveys such as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. We work with clients and national public health associations to effect vast needed improvements in our systems to monitor and track communicable diseases in the United States.
Infectious Disease Response
We have significant experience investigating infectious disease outbreaks, developing various guidance documents, implementation plans, and standard operating procedures related to communicable diseases for use by health departments, clinical providers, healthcare facilities, schools, colleges, businesses, and the public. We also work with public health organizations to conduct an After Action Review (AAR) to evaluate response efforts, assess strengths, and identify opportunities to improve collaboration, communication, and execution.
Expert Review & Testimony
We have public health consultants, including infectious disease epidemiologists and physicians, available to provide expert review and testimony in various aspects of public health including, but not limited to, prevention and control strategies to prevent transmission of infectious diseases; healthcare administration; environmental health contaminants such as PFAS; water quality; early childhood programs; tobacco control; and healthcare-associated infections.
Workgroup Facilitation
We frequently facilitate expert workgroups and lead policy discussions both in person and virtually for national, state, tribal, local, and territorial stakeholders. We are adept at facilitating discussions on controversial and complicated topics, and ​provide turn-key workgroup support including agenda planning; compiling notes and action items; and developing written products from complex workgroup discussions to inform decision-making and advance organizational initiatives.