Cultivo Consulting in Sacramento and Los Angeles, California – Policy Consultants for Non-profit and Community Organizations. Promoting policy that is socially, economically and environmentally just.

Policy Development/ Policy Coaching

Cultivo Consulting can help organizations and coalitions through a process of identifying priority issue areas leading to policy development. Cultivo complements this approach through policy coaching serving as an advisor/ facilitator through the process, as well as helping to develop and implement a public policy strategy.

In 2008 Cultivo worked with A group of non-profit organizations across two neighboring agricultural regions came together to work collectively on promoting economic development opportunities through entrepreneurship of local businesses owned by immigrants, people of color and women. While mostly serving as direct service providers, these CBOs engaged in a process of evaluating their work, identifying the policy "fixes" that would facilitate expansion of their work and through a series of conversations with legislators, elected officials, community leaders, business leaders, entrepreneurs and community members, they were able to present an alternative perspective on local economies and the role for businesses of color. Through the process new relationships were forged and a platform to begin engaging policy changes was developed.