Special Projects

Addressing critical, urgent needs

Given our flexible, collaborative model, Civic Consulting Alliance is uniquely positioned to capture timely opportunities and address urgent challenges that advance our mission—to make the Chicago region a great place for everyone to live in and work.

Recent examples of our special projects work include:

Creating Cook Country's first Long Range Transportation Plan in more than 75 years
Supporting Chicago's Department of Family and Support Services to develop an operating model, priorities, and goals
Improving operational efficiency of the Illinois Department of Transportation's contracting processes
Developing and supporting the Civic Leadership Academy, which graduated its second cohort of 30 fellows in July 2016

Project Highlights

August 15, 2020

Photos from a mobile services event on July 24, 2020

hello August 15, 2020

COVID-19 Response and Recovery Update

Since March, Civic Consulting Alliance has mobilized to support a comprehensive COVID-19 response and recovery that centers equity. As we’ve shared in our past several newsletters, we have redeployed 75 percent of our staff and secured pro bono teams across more than ...

July 1, 2020

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COVID-19 Response and Recovery Update

Since March, Civic Consulting Alliance has mobilized to support a comprehensive COVID-19 response and recovery that centers equity. To date, we’ve redeployed 75 percent of our staff and secured pro bono teams across nearly 20 projects, organized into 10 distinct workstreams with ...

May 1, 2020

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Responding to COVID-19

As COVID-19 spreads, every unit of our region’s government is wrestling with multiple, parallel objectives: Addressing immediate public health concerns Reducing the social and economic impact of the virus Addressing structural inequities that underpin and exacerbate the above objectives In March, Civic Consulting Alliance ...