Strategy & Expertise
Everything You Need In One Place
We are specialists in co-designing tools, training, and building spaces needed to bring diverse communities together to develop creative solutions for systemic problems in child welfare, education, and intersecting systems
Services
MDA works with clients to weave together approaches that fit their needs and the needs of the communities they serve. Together we will collaborate to identify which services will help you meet the results you are striving to achieve. Read below to learn about the areas we specialize in.
Young Leader Engagement
Empowering and preparing young people as active participants in system change and creating opportunities for speaking truth to power in existing narratives ensures that processes and solutions include lived experience as data for change
Facilitation & Coaching
Using results-based facilitation and accountability frameworks, we provide a data-driven, future-focused-coaching approach to support communities in developing and implementing work that addresses root causes of systemic barriers and aligns contributions to equity targets
Training & Implementation
Innovating to meet the need of systems and practitioners, our team co-designs and delivers dynamic learning opportunities across multiple fields using an implementation science framework
Resources & Tools
From creating and curating toolkits to drawing on established resources, we support partners in moving their work forward in a sustainable way. Our consultants have co-designed youth engagement tools, built resource websites, led national research projects, and developed institutional assessments for foster care and education programs
Cohort Engagements & Affinity Groups
We create and hold space for those seeking to come together around a shared experience. Be it personal or professional, we utilize co-design practices and engage to develop collaborative learning spaces that allow participants to ideate and test new solutions as they strive to enhance their leadership and organizational capacity.
Movement Building in Education and Foster Care
Supporting organizations and networks to develop and implement conditions of collective impact that shift the narrative around postsecondary expectations and outcomes for young adults with experience in foster care resulting in increased networks, resources, and support
Legal Research & Advocacy
Our consultants have a broad range of experience which includes expertise in legal representation and guidance to clients within the child welfare system to achieve permanency for young people in foster care