Testimonials

Carole Adlard Grants Administrator, Healthy Visions 

The team at J.K. Elder & Associates is highly professional, with amazing turnaround and follow-up. This was the most well-written grant we have ever had. Each member of the team was prepared, responsive, kind, and excellent at their job. What truly impressed us was their ability to pivot when we changed our program design model mid-stream. They heard what we were saying and adopted it into the proposal beautifully and effortlessly. Their ability to identify our strengths was very insightful. If I were giving out grades, the team would receive an A+.

Kristyn Peck Former CEO – West Michigan Partnership for Children

West Michigan Partnership for Children (WMPC) sought the expertise of J.K. Elder & Associates (JKEA) as we developed performance-based contracts for our subcontracted private child welfare agencies. JKEA brought a depth of expertise in developing performance benchmarks that allowed for strategic focus on key practice areas that led to improved child-level outcomes. Our satisfaction with the engagement led us to partner with JKEA a year later as we worked towards accreditation by COA. JKEA’s expert team led us through the development of policies and procedures that met best practice standards and coaching us on what to expect during the accreditation process. The result was our two-year-old agency achieved accreditation!

Susan Soonkeum Cox Former Vice President Policy & External Affairs
– Holt International Children’s Services

JKEA is one of the most competent and results oriented organizations I have ever worked with. The history of success with a wide range of organizations is impressive and their work is deep and incredibly thorough when they do a project or capacity assessment. They identify an organizations strengths, challenges, and a pathway to maximize opportunities. When the work goes from theory to practical their experience is evident. In my view, this is the competitive advantage they bring to any assignment. JKEA’s expertise is expansive from all levels of program development, implementation, management, and organizational assessment. They insist that the organization stays on track to meet deadlines and they invest time and effort to truly know the organization and their objectives. I especially appreciate that JKEA does not shy away from the hard discussions that are necessary to ensure an organization is doing its best. When you partner with JKEA the best is what you are getting.

Erin M. Espinosa, PhD Senior Researcher – Evident Change

J K Elder & Associates, Inc. are extremely knowledgeable, extensively qualified, and uniquely talented at partnering with communities and organizations in efforts designed to integrate data driven strategies and support systems change. They know how to listen to the needs of their partners and fine tune responses to support innovation and improve outcomes for youth and families.

Judge John Specia Retired Texas DFPS Commissioner, Senior District Judge

JK Elder & Associates has decades of experience working with organizations engaged in System of Care and Community-Based Care implementation. They excel at assisting child care professionals and leaders to navigate transformation during difficult times.

Nonyem Drayton Georgia Executive Director and SE Regional Director – Bethany Christian Services

It is always a delight to work with the J.K. Elder team of experienced and knowledgeable grant writers and evaluators. The effort they put into each project gives you the confidence that they are working with you and for you and the results are very telling. In the number of years that we have had the privilege of working with this team, their work has been most impressive. They are well grounded professionals with broad expertise and strong ethics who take ideas and are able to bring this to life in projects to assure successful outcomes. J.K. Elder is forward thinking, detailed oriented and passionate about the work they do, always seeking win-win results.

COO – Five Points Technology

JKEA takes a professional approach to understanding the needs of today’s health and human service organization, including what software tools and data management approaches help support staff to operate more efficiently while providing access to meaningful data for operational efficiencies and program outcomes. Furthermore, their vast familiarity with federal CCWIS and FFPSA policies provide sound strategic advice to their clients.

Director of Children’s Services – Office of Migration and Refugee Services, US Conference of Catholic Bishops

We had a wonderful experience working with JK Elder & Associates this past year on a proposal development project. I am extremely grateful for the support and dedication of Beth, Gail, Jean, and the entire team at JKEA. They were responsive, collaborative, flexible, and extremely easy to work with throughout the process. I was consistently impressed with the quick turn-around and the quality of work. The feedback we received was incredibly detailed and instrumental to the success of our project. JKEA’s expertise in child welfare and children’s programming was evident and I would absolutely work with them again!

Former Senior Vice President – Global, Refugee and Immigrant Services, Bethany Christian Services

We found JKEA to be professional and flexible in all their communications and collaboration with Bethany. The JKEA Team had funder-specific knowledge that informed our service model, technical writing, and templating. JKEA was able to assist us in finding local partners who could inform and strengthen our application.

Director of Programs – The Dibble Institute

I have worked with J K Elder & Associates, Inc. for a number of years. I have always been quite impressed with how professional and knowledgeable they have been. They are very responsive and the quality of their work is top notch. I highly recommend them.

Director – Adoption Learning Partners at The Cradle

JKEA were true partners throughout the entire federal grant proposal process. They managed the entire thing from framing our response to submitting the application. They had a deep understanding and appreciation of the world of child welfare.

President/CEO – DePelchin Children’s Services

JKEA clearly understands the challenges and opportunities in child welfare. They are a great resource dedicated to helping child-serving organizations increase their impact on the children and families we serve.

JKEA’s team of professionals have diverse knowledge and experience. They help agencies achieve success and realize their vision.

Former COO – Pressley Ridge

I have used J.K. Elder and Associates, Inc. on several occasions in my work with multiple national nonprofit organizations. Jean’s depth of knowledge coupled with their associate’s attention to detail and timeliness is amazing. I highly recommend them for a wide variety of projects including high level proposal development, outcome evaluations, and overall management consulting.

President/CEO – Arrow Child and Family Ministries

I recommend JKEA to any agency committed to providing the highest quality of care and services.