Policy And Research L.L.C.

Policy And Research L.L.C., doing business as Policy & Research Group, is a woman-owned small business research and evaluation company based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The firm specializes in providing comprehensive evaluation, research, and analytical support services to various federal agencies, with a particular focus on health and human services programs. Their expertise centers on conducting program evaluations, needs assessments, performance measurements, and evidence-building activities across multiple domains, including home visiting programs, teen pregnancy prevention, and youth-focused interventions.

Through federal contract awards, Policy And Research L.L.C. has delivered labor hour and fixed-price task orders for program evaluation services across multiple agencies. Notable contract work includes a labor hour task order with the Federal Railroad Administration valued at $1,240,053.20 and a $2,984,376.00 delivery order with the Department of Health and Human Services to assess COVID-19 pandemic impacts on home visiting programs. Their contract work has been primarily with civilian agencies like HHS and the Department of Labor, often utilizing small business set-aside designations. The company has worked as a prime contractor and also received sub-contract awards from entities like ICF Incorporated, L.L.C., performing tasks such as designing evaluation plans, developing data collection tools, conducting surveys and interviews, and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data.

Policy And Research L.L.C. has secured multiple federal grant awards focusing on teen pregnancy prevention and youth services. Their grant portfolio includes cooperative agreements with the Office of Adolescent Health for projects like the Rigorous Evaluation of an Entertainment Education/Motivational Interviewing Teen Pregnancy Prevention Intervention and the Theory and Innovation Support Hub (TISH) Accelerator. They have also received grants from the Administration on Children Youth and Families for the Young United Parents (YUP!) program. As a sub-grantee, they have collaborated with organizations like King County and The Children's Hospital Corporation, supporting initiatives such as the Stepping Stones Program and evaluating interventions for high-risk youth.

The company holds several significant federal contract Indefinite Delivery Vehicles (IDVs) that demonstrate its robust federal contracting capabilities. These include a $350 million single-award IDC with HHS Health Resources and Services Administration for evaluation studies and evidence-building activities, a $99 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of Labor's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy for research and analytical support, and a $50 million IDC with HRSA for evaluation studies. These IDVs are primarily leveraged through Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) vehicles and enable Policy And Research L.L.C. to provide comprehensive research, evaluation, and analytical services across various federal agencies, with individual task orders addressing specific programmatic needs in health, human services, and workforce development.

We provide research and evaluation services, including needs assessments, program evaluation, and qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis. We have extensive experience in conducting field experiments, observational studies, and outcome and implementation evaluations. PRG is a leader in low-cost rigorous efficacy research, using cost-effective experimental and quasi-experimental designs for the purposes of causal inference. We have expertise in data collection involving hard-to reach populations.