Cross-sector collaborations: A recipe for success

Welcome to Civic Consulting Alliance’s Quarterly Partner Spotlight, where we highlight the corporate partners that help our clients get big things done. In 2024, we collaborated with 29 professional services partners, each bringing unique expertise and capacity to tackle the ... November 26, 2024

Unlocking the Chicago region’s potential with pro bono partners

Sinead Mullen, Partner at Bain & Company, shares how Bain's blend of expertise and tenacity to solve problems, combined with Civic Consulting Alliance’s unique relationships with local government, creates a high-impact partnership. Together, we bring diverse stakeholders to the table to untangle complex problems and accelerate progress on the solutions that are making an impact in the Chicago region. August 19, 2024

Positioning the City to speed up affordable housing and commercial corridor development

Civic Consulting Alliance is playing a key role in the Cut the Tape initiative to help the City accelerate its approval processes for real estate development projects. We leveraged our expertise to help the Mayor’s Office research best practices from ... July 15, 2024

Closing opportunity gaps for Black CPS students

Civic Consulting Alliance supported Chicago Public Schools with the design, preparation, and execution of eight community round tables that would lead to impactful recommendations for the Black Student Success Plan. These recommendations could be considered for incorporation into the district's upcoming five-year strategic plan. May 30, 2024

Doubling the reach of Chicago’s mental health crisis response program

Civic Consulting Alliance’s pro bono partners Kearney and Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila provided specialized expertise in legal analysis, labor modeling, and implementation planning that’s helping the City double the geographic reach of its promising mental health crisis response program. March 7, 2024

Plan of Action for Regional Transit: A collaborative effort to reform our transit system

Challenge CTA, Metra, and Pace are heading toward a fiscal cliff as emergency federal assistance is expiring and ridership remains below pre-pandemic levels. Without action, a $730 million (20%) budget shortfall is projected for 2026. This will lead to service cuts ... December 18, 2023

Cook County launches new program to help municipalities make critical infrastructure investments

An influx of capital and recovery funding provides an opportunity for municipalities to make infrastructure investments that will improve residents’ quality of life, reduce racial and ethnic disparities, and mitigate the effects of climate change. Cook County is home to more ... November 30, 2023

Fellow Spotlight: Tarun Kapoor

Tarun Kapoor was with us as a Fellow from KPMG from July through October. What project work were you involved in during your time at Civic Consulting Alliance? I supported two Racial Equity Rapid Response (RERR) Team initiatives: developing a ‘Guide to ... August 22, 2023

How can the Chicago region strengthen operations to sustainably support influxes of asylum seekers?

Civic Consulting Alliance recently completed several collaborative projects with local and state governments to meet the urgent needs of asylum seekers, and prepare long-term, sustainable strategies for future influxes of new arrivals to Chicago. Clients featured below include Chicago Public ... June 21, 2023

Four years, $34 million invested in Chicago: recapping our partnership with the Lightfoot administration

Civic Consulting Alliance highlights a few projects completed for the Lightfoot administration. May 16, 2023