What We Do
In our work to support partnerships, programs, and people, we often focus on the four areas below. We also partner with each of our clients to identify solutions that fit their needs. Don't hesitate to contact us to explore custom, tailored services even if they aren't mentioned below.
Partnership Development
Community safety leaders working in government and philanthropy must contend with the often harmful legacies of the systems they are working to improve. A strong community safety ecosystem requires strong relationships, equitable procurement practices, minimizing burdens on providers, and effective cross-systems collaboration.
We support equitable partnerships with:
- Trainings on understanding and overcoming common partnership challenges
- Developing protocols and tools for facilitating effective partnerships
- Auditing partnership, procurement, and contracting practices to provide recommendations for improvement
- Working directly with your community partners to earn their trust, gather feedback, and engage them in collaborative processes
Program Development
Many programs were developed quickly in response to an urgent need, but never had time to be fully developed. We can help ensure that community safety programs have fully-baked systems and processes to ensure consistent, quality services that reduce violence.
We support impactful programs with:
- Developing theories of change
- Manualizing practices with policies, protocols, program tools, handbooks, and guides
- Building out a performance management process that involves establishing performance standards, identify & measuring reliable indicators, identifying & analyzing gaps, and problem-solving
Staff Development
Community safety work relies heavily on the knowledge and talents of individuals with lived experiences of violence and incarceration. Yet, a lack of resources and the fast pace of the work often get in the way of properly investing in staff development. We can help ensure that community safety professionals receive the professional development and well-being supports they need to thrive.
We support healthy, effective staff members with:
- Our Power Academy, an online learning platform that includes a library of CVI-specific content and powerful tools for standardizing and tracking staff development activities
- A worker well-being intervention called FOREST that leverages positive psychology to build resilience in CVI professionals
- A train-the-trainer program that equips your organization with effective practices grounded in the science of learning
- Designing and delivering trainings and curricula for your teams on the topics that matter to you
Team Development
The teams doing this work rarely get to slow down. Team culture becomes a product of rushed decisions that are never re-examined. Yet, doing this work well requires intentional team cultures that promote psychological safety and collective ownership. We can help your team reset and move forward with intentionality and effective practices.
We support high-performance teams with:
- A healing-centered leadership curriculum for superviors of front-line staff
- Team-building retreats
- Culture development
- Trainings on key topics such as effective feedback and conflict resolution
- Individual coaching for emerging leaders
Let's Connect
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Email us today at
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