Expertise: Building Community Infrastructures for Economic DevelopmentYears of work within Indian Reservations, Alaska Native Villages, Urban Indian Communities, and Washington, D.C. provides the Tomhave Group with a unique understanding of how physical, legal and political infrastructures of Native Americans predicate the economic development of entire regions. The Tomhave Group Provides Special Expertise in:
EXAMPLES FOR GOVERNMENT CLIENTSLegislative Advocacy: Achieved authorization for new tribal bridge and transit programs worth $115 million through the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2005. Appropriations Work: Obtained nearly $25 million since Fiscal
Year 2004 for road and Sustainable Funding Strategies: Developed recommendations on how to leverage multi-jurisdictional resources for tribal participants in U.S. Department of Justice Weed and Seed Program. Inter-Governmental Mediation: Brokered agreement between federal and tribal departments to resolve administrative fee dispute that held hostage road construction for the Oak Springs and Pine Springs Chapters of the Navajo Nation. Conflict Resolution: Engineered community support and government investment in a Public Health Assessment to address the Cahto tribe’s concerns about possible environmental and health risks on the Laytonville Rancheria. EXAMPLES FOR CORPORATE CLIENTSThe Tomhave Group developed customized research
and market analysis of commercial EXAMPLES FOR ORGANIZATIONAL CLIENTSGrants Procurement: Developed
comprehensive report on available public and private Public Policy
Strategy: Identified legislative opportunity, wrote bill language,
and created Meeting Facilitation: Planned,
organized and facilitated first national meeting of state, Management
Training: Hosted Indian Women Leaders seminar aboard the Presidential Media
Relations: Wrote and placed daily press briefings in national media
outlets for the
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