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Get an outside perspective, help strategize direction, or facilitate an exchange of ideas. Let WRI Solutions put our skills and experience behind your next project, grant or change initiative.
Below is a sampling of our work. Contact us to learn more about the details of WRI's consultation process!
consulting Services flyer New York State Youth Advisory Board (2025 to Present) , New York State Office of Children and Family ServicesThe New York State Youth Advisory Board (YAB) is a statewide initiative created to uplift the voices of young adults ages 18–26 who have lived experience in the foster care system, juvenile justice system, and/or youth homelessness. YAB members influence policies in New York's care systems and embed youth voice into agency planning.
Through a contract with the NYS Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), WRI Solutions manages YAB, overseeing its coordination and implementation. Our role includes recruiting diverse youth with lived experience, creating trauma-informed structures focused on safety and trust, facilitating youth leadership development, and supporting OCFS in integrating the youth voice in state-level decision making.
Implementation of Family First Act
Local Implementation of Family First Prevention Services Act (2018 to 2025) Through contracts with Local Department of Social Services and previous contracts with the Redlich Horwitz Foundation, WRI has helped support county-level, data-driven strategies to increase family and youth engagement, increase kinship care, decrease congregate care, and strengthen prevention services for children and families involved with the child welfare system. WRI works with county Departments of Social Services and key community stakeholders to meet each county’s individual needs and emphasize their strengths, creating plans for continuous quality improvement.
NYS Citizen Review Panels (2014 to 2025), New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)Citizen Review Panels are important conduits for informed public input and provide an external perspective on the efficacy of New York State’s child protective policies, practices, programs, and fiscal priorities. Throughout the year, WRI coordinated and facilitated meetings for each region’s Panel. The Panels are responsible for making recommendations to improve the Child Welfare System. Recommendations are published in an annual report and distributed to stakeholders. https://www.citizenreviewpanelsny.org/annual-reports
Summit on Rural Victim Services
Seeking Solutions Summit on Challenges for Providing Victim Services in Rural Communities: Ensuring Sustainable and Effective Services (2024) , New York State Office of Victim Services (OVS) and Lifespan of Greater RochesterIn 2024, OVS reached out to WRI for assistance in planning and facilitating their Seeking Solutions Summit on Challenges for Providing Victim Services in Rural Communities: Ensuring Sustainable and Effective Services .
2024 Summit Report
Elder Abuse Service Strategic Plan
Seeking Solutions: Elder Abuse - Creating a Clear Vision of Where We Go from Here (2021-2022), New York State Office of Victim Services and Lifespan of Greater RochesterIn 2021, WRI served as lead facilitators for a series of six online workshop meetings sponsored by the NYS Office of Victim Services and Lifespan of Greater Rochester. The meetings brought together key stakeholders from around New York State to focus on better providing for the needs of underserved populations. The recommendations were incorporated into goals and strategies for a statewide elder abuse plan.
In 2022, WRI facilitated a session to review work on the strategic plan to date and make recommendations for community engagement.
