Our Projects
Our team has experience in a number of policy areas, from refugees and immigrants, to juvenile justice, to addiction prevention and treatment. The common thread running through all our projects is that we help our clients make a difference in their issue area and in their community.
Refugees and Immigrants
Newcomers to the United States must cope with a number of health-related problems as they build new lives in their adopted country. Our firm works with several national programs that help refugees and immigrants meet these challenges, including improving mental health, providing reliable transportation, and preventing intimate partner violence. Read More >>
Examples of our work:
- Providing strategic counsel and overseeing communications services for Caring Across Communities, a national program operated by George Washington University's Center for Health and Health Care in Schools that's creating new mental health models for children
- Delivering communications training and media relations services to New Routes to Community Health, a national effort to improve the health of immigrants through the production of local media that give its eight sites new skills and raises their visibility in targeted markets
- Managing the launch of a new web site and marketing materials that helped Bonnie CLAC - a non-profit that helps low-income individuals, including refugees and immigrants - get the best deal on a reliable, fuel-efficient car, expand to new markets outside its home state of New Hampshire
- Editing and producing a national report by the Family Violence Prevention Fund that documented best practices in preventing intimate partner violence in refugee and immigrant communities
Juvenile Justice
Although research shows that teens who use drugs and alcohol are more likely to get in trouble with the law, few juvenile courts today are set up to detect substance abuse or to treat young people with drug and alcohol problems. Reclaiming Futures is changing this by reinventing juvenile courts in 15 states to help teens trapped in the cycle of drugs, alcohol, and crime. Our company manages all communications for Reclaiming Futures, which is supported with grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Read More >>
Examples of our work:
- Offering workshops that give project leaders in 23 communities basic skills in communications planning and public speaking
- Creating a blog on juvenile justice that regularly attracts thousands of visitors every month less than a year after its launch
- Writing and launching a new media program that has raised the visibility of Reclaiming Futures and reached new audiences through a Facebook page, Wikipedia sites, and frequent Twitter updates
- Managing all national and local media relations - including making regular pitches to reporters, preparing news releases, and coaching local spokespeople - that has resulted in stories in national trade journals and many local outlets
- Managing the writing, editing, and design of all publications, including brochures, information kits, books, reports and posters
Addiction Prevention and Treatment
Substance abuse is one of the most pressing health problems in the United States. Our firm works with a number of organizations involved in treating and preventing addiction. Read More >>
Examples of our work:
- Managing a two-year effort to document the work of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in the field of addiction prevention and treatment that includes the production of videos, brochures, and case studies
- Supervising the delivery of communications support services to almost 40 organizations in the addiction prevention and treatment field
- Developing and executing a media relations strategy for an evaluation of DARE's "Take Charge of Your Life" curriculum
- Coordinating the editing and publication of a report outlining strategies for how to engage consumers of addiction, prevention, and treatment services
- Reviewing, editing, and helping to disseminate bulletins about research in the field to several listserves