Why consulting?

Abby aims to partner with nonprofit organizations, government agencies, healthcare organizations, community-based organizations and other mission-driven organizations to strengthen programs, build organizational capacity, and advance healthier communities. Our engagements are customized to each organization’s goals, needs, timeline, and available resources. This model combines professional consulting expertise with a mission-driven commitment to advancing public health and strengthening communities.

Services Offered

Grant Writing and Readiness

This service is designed for organizations interested in extra grant support or full grant management. Abby can assist with grant writing, goal setting, budgeting, review and overall grant readiness and reporting.

Strategic Planning

This service can be tailored to your needs. For example, your organization may benefit from a facilitated process to develop or refresh your strategic plan. Alternatively, a strategic planning service may look like implementation strategy development or reporting.

Evaluation, Impact and Annual Reporting

Evaluation, impact and annual reporting can be offered as a package, as individual documents or Abby can conduct a system review supporting alignment and accuracy. This is one of Abby’s favorite areas because she enjoys deciphering data, looking at different perspectives and finding creative ways to make data and reporting exciting.

Engagement and Coalition Building

Genuine connection with your community is critical and highly respected. This service requires a discussion to better understand your goals. Some options may include stakeholder mapping, coalition development and strategy, goal setting, community listening session facilitation, campaign planning and/or cross-sector partnership strategy.

Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA)

A Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) can benefit you or your organization in many ways! For example, CHNAs support strategic planning and community health program development. Additionally, many organizations are required to regularly conduct CHNAs. CHNA service may include survey development, focus group/listening session facilitation and/or data analysis.

Program Design and Implementation

Abby believes successful community health programming begins with listening. This service requires exploratory discussion around the community served, outcomes desired, evaluation strategies, and program design.

I’m Abby

Abby is a health professional with over 10 years experience working in local government and nonprofit settings. She is a mom, wife, community leader, animal lover, nature preserver and home chef. Fun fact about Abby: she loves to travel and would happily swap exploring stories with you. One of her life goals is to publish a cook book.

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