Social Policy
MIG specializes in professional services to support initiatives that improve childcare, child development, child welfare, mental health, substance abuse prevention, public welfare, public health, juvenile justice and social equity. MIG has familiarity with and understanding of issues, policies and operations associated with children, youth and family services through direct work with clients at the local, regional, state and national level. We provide strategic planning and implementation support, communications, organizational development, policy planning and environmental design services.
Featured Projects
MIG helped the San Francisco Department of Children, Youth and their Families to improve their capacity to serve children and youth with special needs.
MIG helped the City and County of San Francisco in supporting youth with disabilities as they move from the educational to adult system services.
MIG is working with Denver Parks and Recreation to develop an innovative planning model and comprehensive strategy to create the first citywide play master plan in the country.
MIG assisted the Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children's Services (DFCS) design and implement a challenging organizational change process that involved staff at all levels of the organization, as well as community and agency partners.
MIG created a new identity, vision and mission statement for LINCC, an organization that helps nonprofits and government agencies address child care needs in seven California counties.
MIG developed a strategic plan and a new brand for the E3 Institute, a nonprofit organization that supports early childhood professional development.
MIG helped develop a transportation plan for West Oakland that will improve mobility for low-income residents.
MIG provided facilitation and strategic planning services to support the development of welfare-to-work planning efforts to improve transportation options for welfare recipients in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties.
MIG designed and implemented an ambitious Public Involvement Program to support the update of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Transportation 2030 Plan.
MIG worked with the City of Redwood City to conduct outreach and address critical connectivity issues in the Fair Oaks neighborhood.
An integrated, technical-participatory study linking best practices with community experiences in addressing goods movement impacts.
MIG designed an inclusive and participatory planning process to help develop the Santa Clara County Community Services and Supports (CSS) Plan as mandated by California's Mental Health Services Act (MHSA).
MIG developed a strategic plan for the Center to establish new programs and relationships with the community.
MIG conducted a multi-leveled community outreach program to identify and incorporate residents' concerns in a study to address infrastructure improvements to a major freeway corridor in Los Angeles County.
MIG worked with a housing developer to plan and design a new community based on smart growth and sustainability principles.
The three-year general planning effort led by MIG for the City of Richmond was designed to engage the entire community in planning and to reposition the City in the Bay Area and overall as a cutting-edge, 21st century City.
