Assessment

The Federal government’s Bureau of Indian Affairs funds 184 schools serving 238 tribes. Dissatisfaction with the large backlog of school facility deficiencies and the current process for managing it led Congress to call for changes. Based on a comprehensive assessment of stakeholders involving over 200 interviews, CBI recommended that the Department of Interior move forward to convene a Negotiated Rulemaking to develop new formulas for priority and funding for school replacement construction, new school construction, and school renovation and repair.

The Farm and Food Policy Project (FFPP) was established to allow participating organizations to work collaboratively to advance four interlocking policy initiatives designed to unite diverse constituencies and help to build a more sustainable food and agriculture system in the United States. The Project had four broad goals: 1) promote new agricultural markets and rural entrepreneurship, 2) enhance the economic viability of small- and moderate-sized family farms and ranches, 3) reward environmental stewardship, 4) combat hunger by increasing access to healthy food through community food systems.

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The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) asked CBI to assist in preparing stakeholders for the final development of the phosphorus rule for the Florida Everglades.

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CBI (with CBI Partner Raab Associates, Ltd.) collaborated with the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) to design and facilitate the National Energy Policy Initiative. The Initiative’s goal was to build consensus on national energy policy among a diverse group of distinguished energy experts, and to bring that expert consensus to the attention of policy makers in Congress and the Executive branch.

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From 1995 to 1997, CBI assisted four towns in Western Maine tackle tough environmental pollution and public health concerns surround the area’s major employer, a large pulp and paper mill. CBI worked closely with the U.S. EPA, Region I, Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), and the Maine Department of Health to assist the communities.

In July of 2003, CBI and RESOLVE of Washington, D.C. facilitated the first ever Biosolids/Treated Sewage Sludge Research Summit.

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CBI has worked with the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) seeking to address the consequences of fifty years of the manufacturing of asbestos-lined brake shoes.

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