Capacity Building
Strong organizations are the building blocks of social change. We help our clients and partners enhance and build the skills, knowledge, and resources they need to create effective programs and strong, resilient organizations.
Transforming how you work
Our inclusive, collaborative services are tailored and right-sized to your organization and budget.
HRiA subject matter expertise is broad. It includes, but is not limited to, substance use disorder, harm reduction, tobacco prevention, problem gambling, violence prevention, sexual and reproductive health, and the needs of community, faith-based, and tribal organizations. We have deep expertise in and commitment to youth development, and believe that organizations and programs that serve youth are strengthened when youth voices are included.
Areas of Expertise
Training & Curriculum Development
We build workforce capacity to support strong and resilient organizations and healthy and equitable communities.
A skilled and competent workforce is essential to achieving organizational mission and goals. We partner with you to understand your workforce needs and desired learning outcomes. Together we develop or adapt curricula to deliver engaging, high impact in-person and online training.
Our team offers high-quality, flexible, and customized trainings and curricula. With expertise in adult and youth learning theory and pedagogy, decades of experience, and a reputation for excellence, we help people, community coalitions, government agencies, organizations acquire or enhance their skills, knowledge, and resources.
Grant Writing & Fundraising Support
We help organizations secure the funding they need for impact and sustainability.
HRiA’s grant writing and fundraising support services help you identify and compete for the resources you need to achieve your goals. Our services include grant and proposal writing, development process management, fundraising strategy, and support with annual giving programs, campaigns and fundraising events, and corporate or foundation relations.
Our seasoned grant writing and fundraising team brings decades of success with foundation, corporate, and government opportunities. We work with you to understand your goals and resources, and to propose a set of services to meet your needs. This can range from comprehensive grant and proposal writing and management services (e.g., pipeline management, grant writing, and report writing) to more targeted grant writing or fundraising strategy support.
Organizational & Leadership Development
HRiA builds strong, resilient organizations and teams for social change.
Strong organizations are essential for social change. Our organizational and leadership development services help transform organizations by focusing on their people and systems. We support leadership and team development by improving the behaviors, practices, and systems that enhance performance and culture. We support organizational development by helping build the infrastructure, processes, and systems that support overall effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability.
We partner with you to understand your needs and to develop and deliver cost-effective services to promote and achieve change. Our flexible and tailored services include coaching, team and organizational assessments, strategic discussions, mentoring, retreats, workshops, trainings, and technical assistance and support.
Program Design & Implementation
We help organizations design and implement programs to support healthy people and communities.
It can be challenging to create and sustain effective programs, while being responsive to your communities and managing the myriad demands on your time and resources. Our team is here to help.
We partner with you to understand your community’s needs and the impacts you hope to achieve. Building on this foundation, we collaborate with you to design programs and interventions that leverage your organizational and community strengths and expertise, and incorporate best practices and our years of experience. But we don’t stop there –we also provide ongoing support and guidance to help ensure you have the tools and support you need to effectively implement, evaluate, improve, and sustain your programs.
Website Development
HRiA brings an interactive, user insight-focused approach to website and application development.
Our development efforts incorporate sustainability. All platforms, plug-ins, and databases have a long life with simple maintenance and content management for technical and nontechnical users. HRiA uses a project management process rooted in effective collaboration, communication, flexibility, and responsiveness. All projects start with a clear workplan and alignment on key points of client and stakeholder input, communication, review, and approval. This results in a mutual understanding of goals, role management, and efficient review cycles.
HRiA has expertise working with state/federal government, non-profits, associations, and other entities. Our web applications and sites meet 508(C) and US Federal accessibility standards.
Impact Stories
Learn more about our capacity building work through impact stories.
Combatting racism through community-centered investments
Centuries of racism influenced the development of seemingly immovable barriers to health for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. A 2017 change to Massachusetts law made it possible to distribute dollars to...
Diversifying the STEM workforce through youth development
A diverse workforce is critical in advancing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, yet inequities persist. People of color are less likely to enter STEM fields, and those who do often earn...
Leadership
Jeremy T. Holman, PhD
Vice President, Capacity Building Assistance
Tamaki West, MA
Managing Director, Capacity Building Assistance
Daisy P. Ortega, MEd
Managing Director, Training
Amanda K. Henry, MPH
Managing Director, Strategic Planning & Organizational Effectiveness
Jaime Hoebeke
Managing Director, Grant Writing and Fundraising Services
Chris Whyte
Managing Director, Technology
Think we can help?
We work with our clients to create custom capacity building plans that meet specific organizational and community needs. If you don’t see your exact needs listed in our services and offerings, we’d still love to hear from you and discuss how we can help.