FQA Institute for Social Impact
We are a non-profit consulting firm that focuses on addiction
OUR MISSION
We help organizations design and scale solutions in support of people with substance use disorder and their families.
OUR VISION
We intend to help foster a high-performing ecosystem that brings together research, non profits, start-ups and corporations to design, optimize and scale long-term, data-driven solutions to substance use disorder.
OUR VALUES
We are effective because our values inform all that we do:
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Curious​: Never assuming we know more than we do
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Humble: Recognizing value in every person and every opinion​
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Provocative: Respectfully pushing boundaries with a passion for debate
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Optimistic​: Injecting a positive mindset to all challenges
We will achieve our mission by working across four program areas.
Consulting to Addiction Organizations
We provide advisory services to SUD organizations across their life cycle, leveraging our payer expertise and consulting background to facilitate strategic planning, perform market scans, deploy process improvements, and create roadmaps for scaling local solutions. For more information, check out our Consulting page.
Innovation Accelerator Program
In partnership with MATTER, we are launching an Addiction Innovation Challenge, where we will identify promising startups and bring to market SUD solutions that will have measurable, meaningful impact. For more information, check out this overview.
Care Navigation Collaboratives
We bring together people working to on improving SUD care navigation to discuss challenges and share best practices at a grassroots level. For more information, check out our Care Navigation Collaboratives page.
Recovery Friendly Workplace (RFW) Initiative
We provide implementation services for employers looking to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment for employees impacted by SUD. Originally started in New Hampshire, we will bring the RFW initiative to interested employers in Texas.
Now Published - A Beginner's Guide to Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
We created this Detailed Addiction Overview, which covers key metrics and trends related to SUD prevalence, challenges that individuals and families face along the journey, and ways that various ecosystem players engage with and support people with SUD.