Washington, D.C. · Analytical Research Practice
Capital Trauma-Informed Care & Policy Group
We help legal teams, agencies, and advocacy organizations build systems, policy, and research that account for trauma, equity, and the realities of the people they serve.
Who We Are
We work at the intersection of trauma-informed care, justice-system accountability, and broader public policy, translating clinical research and data analysis into evidence institutions can act on. From behavioral health and housing to economic security and education, our policy work spans the systems that shape daily life. Our findings are held to the same standard whether they're headed for a courtroom, a grant report, or a policy briefing: documented, reproducible, and built around the people the system affects most.
Every engagement is scoped to a flat fee and a fixed deliverable. No hourly drift, no open-ended retainers.
Method
Methodological Foundations
Each engagement begins with a literature foundation drawn from peer-reviewed clinical and policy research. Findings are cited, current, and held to the evidentiary standards of formal review.
Reproducible Data Pipelines
Administrative, claims, and outcomes data are processed through calibrated, version-controlled pipelines. Every analysis is reproducible, built to survive audit, deposition, and peer review.
The Evidence in Numbers
Live658
adolescents with recent juvenile justice involvement studied in the NCTSN Core Data Set
Dierkhising et al., 2013
71
recommended interventions catalogued across 10 core domains of trauma-informed practice
Branson et al., 2017
10
publications defining trauma-informed care for juvenile justice systems
Branson et al., 2017
950
records screened in the systematic review of trauma-informed juvenile justice definitions
Branson et al., 2017
The Evidence Base
Trauma among justice-involved youth, by the numbers
Findings from the NCTSN Core Data Set, drawn from 658 adolescents with recent juvenile justice involvement. This is the empirical foundation our work is built on.
Source: Dierkhising et al., European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2013
Foundational Research
Peer-reviewed studies anchoring the group's analytical framework. Select a title to read its abstract and access the full paper.
Who We Work With
Legal & Litigation Teams
Empirical portfolios that map federal research to actionable case facts.
Begin Confidential IntakeAgencies & Institutions
Facility diagnostics and grant compliance audits held to federal standards.
View Advisory TracksAdvocacy Organizations & NGOs
Joint research, policy briefs, and systems-change initiatives.
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