Since 2006, JKE&A has engaged with more than 50 clients across the U.S. in all aspects promoting improvement of social services delivery to include comprehensive systems change; program design; program and organizational evaluation; System of Care values in work with families and children; accreditation; grant capture; grant implementation and outcome evaluation; research; financing and cost analysis, to include consultation on braided and blended funding; and program technology needs. JKE&A believes that organizations, at all levels, must have fresh perspective, a solid operational framework, and metrics to be innovative and accountable. Our customized solutions include:
Readiness Assessment and Gap Analysis
Proposal Development and Writing
Strategic Program Design and Execution Planning
Community-Based Care Transformations
Research and Evaluation
Accreditation Consultation
Our experience and expertise spans public and private, domestic, and global organizations and is grounded in the importance of delivery of a culturally relevant program and service array.We integrate best, emerging, and evidence-based practices and extensive knowledge of the relevant statutory frameworks with practical approaches to create solutions in improved operational efficiencies, enhanced outcomes, culture change, and leverage of available funding. Our team members have worked in all levels of federal, state, and private programs, to include serving program executives, and have senior experience as national program consultants. We apply expertise gained through first-hand experience in domestic child welfare, international protection of orphans and vulnerable children, international adoption, juvenile justice; unaccompanied child refugee resettlement and unaccompanied minors, anti-trafficking services, developmental disabilities, substance abuse, self-sufficiency, human resources, federal and state social services IT systems, public assistance, aging, housing, domestic violence, and education to the broad spectrum of organizations and environments reflected in our portfolio.
Readiness Assessment and Gap Analysis
- Development of evaluation strategies and planning
- Development of Logic Models
- Data collection
- Statistical and qualitative analysis
- Report preparation
Proposal Development and Writing
Strategic Program Design and Execution Planning
Community-Based Care Transformation
JKE&A has unique, first-hand experience – through positions of state child welfare leadership and in our consulting history – in leading large scale systems change associated with regional and statewide transition to Community-Based Care (CBC) models in child welfare in several states with various statutory models. This includes readiness assessment and planning; program and policy design and development; network development; staff transition; operations implementation; and transition of legacy caseloads. The team has also assisted small and large organizations to shore-up internal policy, procedure, and practice following partial or complete reorganization.
Through our individual and collective experiences with roll-out of CBC in different state structures, JKE&A has also been intimately involved with development and implementation of performance-based contracts that address federal and state outcomes, program-specific performance measures, and Key Performance Indicators (KPI). In addition, we have developed benchmarking for clients and have assisted with modification of contracts for future years. Our work has also included the use of penalties and incentives.
Research and Evaluation
- Development of evaluation strategies and planning
- Development of Logic Models
- Data collection
- Statistical and qualitative analysis
- Report preparation
Accreditation Consultation
- Preparation: Strategic Planning and Review; Accreditation Team Development; Timeline Development; Process Performance Management and Risk Prevention Management – initial document and process review; HR Training; Staff Training; Board and Community Presentations; Policy and Procedure Development based on identified gaps
- Assist with identification of applicable Standards
- Preliminary Self-Study Preparation and finalization
- Self-Study development and finalization
- Preparation for Peer Reviewer Site Visit: Assist with identification of partner surveys; review program activities and case records against standards; prepare staff and Board members; conduct onsite mock interviews with all staff and Board members who will be interviewed; assist with preparation of all hard-copy documents for onsite peer reviewers’ use
- Onsite or telephonic availability through the Onsite Peer Review
- Assistance with responding to the Preliminary Commission Report (PCR)
