Transforming State, Local & Education
Systems With Real-World Results

A&M has worked with 30+ states, the District of Columbia, and numerous safety net organizations to stabilize, redesign, and modernize health and human service programs to better meet people’s needs. We bring over two decades of expertise in health care delivery, behavioral health, child-welfare, intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD), aging, and other long-term services and supports provided through the delivery mechanisms of Medicaid (state-plan, managed care, and waiver), home and community-based services (HCBS), state-operated facilities, and other safety net health care delivery structures.

A&M brings value to each of our engagements through our bias for action, commitment to stakeholder engagement, data-driven insights, and a tailored approach that leverages leading national practices. We have successfully helped our clients:

• Resolve federal compliance issues
• Stabilize organizational financial operations to comply with state and federal requirements while aligning with programmatic service goals
• Transform programmatic service delivery with leading practices and comply with evolving federal regulations
• Create actionable insights into data on eligibility and program performance
• Create and amend HCBS waivers to provide services for unique population needs
• Enable innovative service delivery through 1115 waivers
• Plan successfully for information technology modernization to support programmatic goals
• Redesign health and human service agencies to enhance oversight, efficiency, and service delivery
• Improve and systematize engagement and communications with diverse stakeholders

We have a proven track record of providing cutting edge solutions that not only maximize value and streamline operations but are also grounded in person-centered practices to ensure impact is systemic, across all stakeholders, including constituents served by an agency / organization / facility. Our team of leading industry experts and operators partner with clients to design and implement solutions that fit their organizations and help to realize their objectives and goals.

The A&M team works closely with clients to help improve learner outcomes, from the formative experiences of childcare through college readiness. We provide strategic guidance and practical solutions to address challenges in operations and academic and financial performance. And we help organizations transform and grow, leveraging data, technology and innovative ideas.

Our team is comprised of former teachers, principals, agency administrators, technology innovators and experienced advisors who understand what it takes to get results in diverse academic settings, considering key elements such as staffing, scheduling, funding, tools, and program fidelity. We have extensive experience working with public, private and charter schools, state and federal agencies, and education-focused foundations and non-profit organizations.

Understanding the unique mission, cultural and regulatory context of higher education, A&M provides fact-based consulting services grounded in delivering objective analyses and making tangible improvements. We deploy senior, battle-tested advisors who will roll up their sleeves in support of fundamental decision-making, transformation, and change. We have a track record in recovery and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, cost control, and operational excellence.

Our team has assisted Boards, Presidents and senior executives in developing institutional responses to sector headwinds, enhancing financial performance and sustainability, and realizing substantial operational improvements and cost savings. Some of the key topics we have recently assisted with include institutional governance, cash management and state appropriations, restructuring and mergers, and shared services design and implementation.

A&M supports agencies in planning, financing and executing Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), multi-modal systems, toll roads, fleet electrification, fleet management, broadband connectivity, renewable energy initiatives, grid modernization, and water treatment and distribution projects. We secure capital for infrastructure upgrades, with a focus on Public-Private Partnership (P3) opportunities and optimizing long-term value. We assist in deploying grant funds, managing procurements, and supporting grant management and reporting to help agencies avoid clawbacks and promote regulatory compliance.

A&M assists state and local governments to stabilize financial and operational performance by developing and implementing comprehensive financial sustainability plans. Our seasoned professionals work with public sector organizations to improve financial visibility, operations, and management – both for organizations experiencing financial distress and those seeking to free up resources for value-add priorities. We offer financial planning and analysis, financial process improvement, internal control assessments, accounting remediation, grants management, executive leadership, and financial crisis management services.

A&M also supports state and local housing agencies, as well as individual service providers, in their critical mission to expand affordable housing and provide shelter and wraparound support services to those most in need. A&M provides the following service offerings:

• Organizational Assessment
• Forensic Accounting
• Program Funding Review
• Compliance Monitoring
• HMIS and Performance Data Review
• Workforce Management
• Person Centered Delivery
• Statewide Housing Strategy

For nearly 20 years, our social sector practice has engaged with non-profits, foundations and social sector organizations at the international, federal, state, and local levels. We bring together former non-profit executives, educators, and healthcare experts to create teams that understand the unique context and challenges of mission-driven organizations and what is required to scale and implement transformative solutions and deliver new strategies with measurable impact.

Our partners call us when there is no existing playbook and we can work together to challenge the status quo of how things are currently done. We leverage A&M’s signature combination of strategy and operator-led implementation skills to help our clients tackle challenges that the market or their peers think are too hard to solve.

As the market leader in corporate restructuring and turnaround, A&M is uniquely positioned to partner with mission-driven organizations and their funders as they navigate disruption and unpredictability in the funding landscape.

We are committed to partnering with non-profits, foundations and other organizations in the social sector so that they can be relentlessly focused on delivering impact to the communities they serve – both in the US and around the world.