Our Services

The Insight Center tailors its services to our clients' needs. Examples of our services are provided on each of our pages. More broadly, our services include:

• Maximization of financial resources for community economic development (CED)
• Qualitative and quantitative research
• Planning, implementation, and evaluation of programs
• Legal resources to community-based organizations engaged in CED
• Organizational capacity-building and sustainability planning
• Strategic support to foundation initiatives
• Innovative business models such as employee-owned businesses and alternative staffing agencies
• Applied research in areas such as feasibility, scalability, case studies, and best practices
• Training and curriculum development
• Coalition-building
• Policy, advocacy, and communications strategies
   

Strategic Approach

The goal of changing and improving systems so that they help, rather than hinder, people who are working to become economically secure requires a multifaceted approach. In all of the Insight Center's areas of concentration, we strive to improve systems, policies, and practices. Our strategic approach includes:

Research, Analysis & Development

• Conducting and publishing research to inform policy-makers
• Identifying best practices and developing cutting-edge strategies
• Incubating programs locally and replicating successful strategies nationally

Building Infrastructure

• Creating networks and learning communities
• Building the capacity of local intermediaries, community-based organizations, foundations, government agencies, the private sector, and others

Advocacy and Communication

• Disseminating information through clearinghouses, conferences, and trainings
• Developing advocacy tools and strategies