ENGAGEMENT MODELS

Three tiers.
Five ways to engage.

The Care That Holds™ method is one method, delivered across three tiers — Listening + Engagement, the 12-Month Compact, and Strategic Partnership. The five models below are how those engagements actually run, shaped to meet your ministry where it is, with the depth your budget and board can support today.

MODEL 01 · PROJECT

Fixed-scope project

6–16 weeks · fixed fee · one artifact
WHAT IT IS

A single, well-defined deliverable — a Listening Report, a Care Map, a Playbook, a Theory of Change.

BEST FOR

First-time partners. Boards that need a discrete win before committing further.

MODEL 02 · COMPACT

12-Month Compact

12 months · monthly retainer · five artifacts
WHAT IT IS

Our flagship. Full implementation: artifact build, training, dashboard, quarterly coaching, annual review.

BEST FOR

Churches and nonprofits ready to make community-care a permanent operating muscle, not a season.

MODEL 03 · NETWORK LICENSE

Network license + cohort

12–24 months · network license + per-congregation fee
WHAT IT IS

A denomination or network licenses the Care That Holds™ framework, co-brands the playbooks, and runs a cohort of congregations through it.

BEST FOR

Judicatories, denominational offices, and ministry networks that need shared standards.

MODEL 04 · EMBEDDED

Embedded fractional director

6–24 months · weekly engagement · senior hands-on time
WHAT IT IS

We sit inside your ministry one day a week as a fractional director of practice — running supervision, building tools, holding the line on quality.

BEST FOR

Mid-sized organizations that need senior practice leadership but can't yet hire it full-time.

MODEL 05 · GRANT CO-BUILD

Grant co-build

4–10 weeks · fixed fee + optional success component
WHAT IT IS

We architect the proposal alongside your development team — logic model, outcomes frame, budget narrative, evaluation plan.

BEST FOR

Faith-based nonprofits going after foundation, denominational, or federal pass-through grants.

A WORD ON FIT

We take a small number of partners each year. If we are not the right firm, we will tell you on the first call — and we usually know someone who is.

NEXT STEP

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