Civic Consulting Alliance supported Chicago Public Schools with  a sustainable Project Management Office structure that defines how projects are managed, monitored, and supported to enable coordinated implementation of the 2025 Black Student Success Plan across CPS departments and external stakeholder groups.

Each year, nearly 16,000 individuals return to Chicago-area communities from incarceration — facing enormous barriers and a system ill-equipped to support them. Civic Consulting Alliance partnered with the City's re-established Office of Reentry to build the strategic foundation it needed to drive real change. From clarifying the Office's mission and mapping existing services, to facilitating cross-agency collaboration and developing budget proposals, CCA helped the office give returning residents a stronger path forward.

Civic Consulting Alliance has been a partner in advancing Cook County's property tax reform efforts, leveraging deep system knowledge and cross-agency expertise built over years of related work. When the County released a report on commercial valuation practices in December 2024, CCA was tapped to turn roughly 20 recommendations into a workable plan.

CCA developed detailed initiative charters with clear ownership, milestones, and timelines, facilitated a structured prioritization process to sequence reforms around the upcoming assessment cycle, and designed a PMO framework to keep stakeholders aligned and progress on track. The result is a credible implementation plan that makes Cook County's property tax system more accurate, transparent, and equitable — reducing appeals, stabilizing revenues, and protecting historically overburdened communities.