Optimal's Program Areas of Expertise

Optimal has subject matter expertise in the following policy areas:

Economic Development

  • Impact Fees
  • Recordation Taxes
  • Regulatory Analysis
  • State & Local Statistical Report Cards

Education

  • Academic Achievement
  • Charter School
  • Early Childhood Development
  • Performance Measurement Design
  • Policy (e.g. No Child Left Behind)

Criminal Justice

  • Economic & Social Costs of Imprisonment
  • Effectiveness of Court Innovations
  • Drug Testing Regimes & Sanctions
  • Drug Abuse Treatment Effectiveness
  • GIS analysis of offending and victimization patterns
  • Re-entry & Reintegration of Returning Prisoners

Housing

  • Family Self-Suffiency
  • Housing Development Financing
  • Lead Abatement
  • Policy (e.g. HOPE VI)
  • Public Housing Initiatives
  • Section 8 Vouchers

Social Services

  • Caseload Forecasting
  • Child Support Enforcement
  • Foster Care & Adoption
  • Fatherhood/Paternal Involvement
  • Marriage Initiatives
  • Privatization
  • Welfare Reform & Welfare-to-Work

Transportation

  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Economic Impacts

Workforce Development

  • Employee & Customer Retention
  • Minimum Wage & Living Wage
  • Occupational & Skill Set Forecasting
  • Policy (e.g. Workforce Investment Act, Youth Opportunity)
  • Wage Determination
Washington Office: 8100 Professional Place Suite 312 | New Carrollton, MD 20785 | Phone 301.306.1170 | Fax 301.306.1197
  Baltimore Office: 3225 Ellerslie Avenue | Suite E303.Baltimore, Maryland 21218 | Phone 443.451.7060 | Fax 443.451.7069