Current community development projects include:

  • Dress for Success Worldwide:  The national headquarters of this multi-national affiliate
    organization provides suits to clients who have a job interview and are re-entering the
    workforce.  The Capstan Group is helping the organization plan an evaluation system to be
    able to determine the impact of its services on the self-sufficiency of their clients.  The Capstan
    Group has also been hired to provide ongoing technical assistance to help all three New York
    City branches implement their client evaluation programs.

  • Career Gear:  The Capstan Group was hired to help the organization determine its measures
    for sustainability and plan a long-term evaluation system to monitor the impact of Career Gear
    on the self-sufficiency of its clients.  Subsequently, Career Gear has hired The Capstan Group
    for two more projects--to provide ongoing training and technical assistance to for
    implementation of its client evaluation system, and to develop the evaluation component of
    Career Gear's prisoner re-entry program.

  • ChildPlan, Inc.:  The firm provides strategic planning to help this nonprofit develop its plan to
    become a sustainable organization.  The Capstan Group helped the organization write and
    submit a three-year grant for interim operational funding and developed a five-year strategic
    and financial plan that was recently approved by the organization's board.  The Capstan Group
    has subsequently been brought on for two additional projects, including one to help ChildPlan
    create a data-based planning process to develop organizational priorities.

  • InterCommunity Mental Health Group, Inc.:  InterCommunity Mental Health Group is the
    designated local mental health agency for six towns in Connecticut.  The Capstan Group is
    working with the organization on several projects, including professional development of its
    Board of Directors, staff development, and the creation of a business plan for a proposed new
    service.

  • Childcare Blueprint:  The Capstan Group has been hired by multiple communities, including
    East Hartford and Bristol, to provide technical assistance as they develop blueprints for early
    care and education for their children.  The blueprints--which will identify top priorities regarding
    early care and education in the communities and specify detailed plans to make changes with
    respect to those priorities--will be part of the State of Connecticut's "Ready by 5 and Fine by 9"
    initiative.
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