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RDA is proud to partner with our clients to help them achieve their goals and better serve their communities. Together, we work to articulate, design, implement, and evaluate their best ideas, and to understand what works best and what could be improved.
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We work with government agencies, community-based nonprofits, and foundations to support innovative projects which seek to improve outcomes for individuals and families.
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Disaster-Driven Innovation
The sheer scale of the COVID-19 pandemic is upending our systems and assumptions. This disruption is forcing change, and in some cases, the opportunity to rapidly implement ideas that have been on our minds for many years. Continue Reading
Are the Right People at the Table?
“Systems change” is an intentional process of transformation designed to address historic and complex root causes of social problems. Systems change aims to fundamentally alter the reasons a system behaves in certain ways. For true system transformation to occur, those involved in the system must feel that their experiences and perspectives are listened to, valued, and utilized to promote change. Continue Reading
Impact of COVID-19 on Safety-Net Systems
California’s swift response to the COVID-19 Pandemic has so far “flattened the curve” in terms of the rate of infection. While the healthcare systems may have been spared from an overwhelming number of sick people to care for, the social and economic impacts of the resulting shutdowns and social distancing measures to our public safety-net systems are staggering. Continue Reading
Being a Thought Partner
The commitment to address entrenched systemic problems forces us to look beyond what we have already learned. The complexity of our world requires that we seek out and continuously learn from the volume of research and experiential knowledge that exists. Continue Reading
