One Fire Associates

One Fire Associates is an American Indian woman owned business with extensive experience working with a wide range of systems and communities. The organization has the ability to work collaboratively and competently with federal, state, county, city, and tribal governments. Further, One Fire consultants have worked within a wide range of settings a... nd systems including rural and urban communities; Indian health care (tribal, urban and federal); Federally-Qualified Health Centers; and national programs and initiatives. One Fire accomplishes its mission using a community-based participatory model to support capacity building, community growth, and the sustainability of services. One Fire Associates is unique in a number of ways: One Fire is built on the foundation of generosity and all projects require contributions from associates to support capacity building and workforce development in line with the organizations guiding principles. One Fire is not focused on growing employees, but growing partners with advanced skills that can support communities and service systems in growth and development. Whenever possible, One Fire uses resources available to sub-contract with local community members to carry out and/or assist with the project work. This provides an added advantage for agencies, tribes, or organizations that contract with the One Fire as the organization gives back to the local community through jobs, training and building workforce skills of local community members. This has the potential to develop important human resources that can exist beyond One Fire's involvement in the community. One Fire works to support effective communication to build strong relationships with community partners over time. Strong relationships have the potential to increase the outcomes and growth of local communities through continuity of services and long-term partnership. One Fire is prepared to provide ongoing evaluation and planning services that meet a community, government or system where they are. Change takes time ...Read More