Securing funding to increase your organization’s impact at the national, state or local levels

Determining your organization or association funding strategy  l  Developing business plans and overseeing project teams  l  Identifying and negotiating strategic partnerships  l  Preparing winning proposals for government, foundation, and private funders

Policy Ink’s team specializes in preparing business planning and resource development services to organizations seeking government contracts and grants. We provide project management support to help guide organizations through all stages of the competitive funding process, providing initial business plans, determining goals and objectives, developing work plans and budgets, supporting registrations, organizing teams, negotiating partnerships, researching, writing, editing and preparing final proposal submissions and follow-up.

Policy Ink has helped organizations achieve enormous successes in business development for nearly 30 years. Policy Ink’s founder Joe Kelly and consultants have successfully developed federal, state, local projects and have helped organizations win start-up funds, core foundational funds, and large-scale multi-year funding opportunities.

Our funding portfolio includes securing numerous federal awards for organizations from HHS agencies, including CDC, HRSA, NIH, SAMHSA, CMS, OASH, and OMH.

Since 2012 Policy Ink has helped national associations and organizations secure more than $800 million to fund programs at the national, state, and local levels.

Our Mission

Policy Ink works on all phases of the public policy process, from concept to implementation. Based in Washington, DC, Policy Ink serves clients working at the federal, state and local levels. We offer deep expertise in federal and state health policy, Medicare, Medicaid, provider payment systems, public health programs, specialty medicine, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and payment reform. We have built strong relationships across the healthcare industry – with associations, patient advocates, federal/state/local government stakeholders, provider organizations, hospitals, industry, and leaders in healthcare delivery system reform.

Our Services Include

Advocacy and Policy Development

Supporting clients to advocate for positive change – Analyzing federal and state legislative policies  l  Developing policy solutions and legislative proposals   l  Providing expert advice on coalition building and legislative strategy  l   Preparing testimony and public facing communications

Regulatory Analysis and Strategy

Knowing the policy environment and identifying opportunities to shape it – Tracking and analyzing regulatory issues  l  Preparing comment letters and responses to proposed rules  l  Delivering expert advice on coalition building and regulatory strategy  l Supporting successful outcomes with regulatory agencies

Policy Research and Technical Writing

Defining the problem or the need through policy research, analysis and writing – Designing productive surveys and analyzing findings  l  Interviewing key informants  l   Writing reports and policy papers  l  Conducting evaluation studies

Recent Demonstrated Success with Clean Energy Project Financing

Policy Ink has recently led a company’s efforts to obtain federal financing of a large scale innovative clean energy project through the U.S. Department of Energy. Led by Principal, Joe Kelly, Policy Ink has brought decades of policy and business development experience to the table to support the development of this initiative. Kelly and Policy Ink have demonstrated:

• Strategic understanding of the federal, state, local policy and regulatory framework and communicating the company’s story to match up persuasively with the funding opportunity requirements.

• Strength in conveying financial planning, business models, and marketing strategies, by translating details effectively in written narratives for public audiences, regulators and reviewers.

• Expertise in supporting and advising the company’s founders and financial team through the multi-level funding requirements in federal guidance documents and review team processes – including technical, engineering, climate tech, environmental, business plan, financing, and community benefits planning.

• Experience interfacing with federal project partners and leads, and developing candid, productive relationships between teams.

Policy Ink can bring these same skills to bear with other companies looking to leverage resources for climate technology and innovative energy projects.