LCG Project Types
Lebron Consulting Group is known for its wide array of expertise and skills, significantly contributing to the growth and development of nonprofit organizations. Key areas of proficiency include:
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Organization and Community Research and Evaluation: Conducting thorough assessments to understand and elevate the performance and impact of programs within communities.
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Strategic Planning for Organization Growth: Crafting strategic plans that drive sustainable growth and development for organizations.
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Capacity-Building and Program Development: Enhancing the abilities of organizations to deliver effective programs and services through targeted capacity-building initiatives.
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Development and Integration of Best/Evidence-Based/Community Defined Practices: Integrating proven, evidence-based and community-defined practices into program efforts to ensure relevance and effectiveness.
These competencies enable LCG to provide robust support and guidance to organizations striving for excellence in service delivery and community impact.
LCG Services by Project Type
LOCAL
COUNTYWIDE
REGIONAL
STATEWIDE
LOCAL
Friendship House American Indian
Healing Center, San Francisco
The Friendship House American Indian Healing Center of San Francisco was established in 1963 to serve American Indian tribes who were forcefully relocated from their reservations to the San Francisco Bay Area through the federal government’s Indian Relocation Program. Lebron Consulting Group has worked with Friendship House for the past 30+ years and helped support this community-based agency's significant growth and development through:
Grant and foundation proposal writing and contract management services; strategic planning, program development and capacity-building support; compliance and quality management oversight; measurement of performance outcomes, process and quality management evaluation, and annual dashboards and reports.
Facilitation – development of best practices resources and stakeholder publications pertaining to the Friendship House Healing Model and Community Defined Evidence Practice (CDEP), the Friendship House Healing Model and Core Practices for Traditional Counselors Curriculum and the Supplemental Client Workbook, and the Friendship House Youth Program Path to Wellness Toolkit for Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Postvention Protocols.
COUNTYWIDE
Monterey County Department of Health, Behavioral Health Division
The Monterey County Department of Health, Behavioral Health Division received a six-year national system of care grant through Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to strengthen collaborative services among behavioral health, child welfare, juvenile justice and education; and increase stakeholder, community and legislative support for children, youth and young adults with serious emotional disturbances and their families and caregivers. Lebron Consulting Group helped support this countywide program through: Strategic planning, program development and capacity-building support; compliance and quality management oversight; facilitation – development of best practices resources, including the La Familia Sana Annual Report Card publication; measurement of performance outcomes, process and quality management evaluation, disseminated through annual findings dashboards and reports; and Participation in a six-year national system of care research and evaluation program.
Lebron Consulting Group created the MCSOC Evaluation Division and was responsible for the development of project logic models, training, stakeholder engagement, measurement, evaluation and oversight for Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocols. System of care partnerships included: Monterey County Health Department – Behavioral Health Division, Monterey County Department of Social and Employment Services, Monterey County Probation, and Monterey County Office of Education.
REGIONAL
Administrative Office of the Courts
Judicial Council of CA
The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) is the staff agency to the Judicial Council of California, the policy-making body of the state court system. The AOC California Native American Communities Justice Project engaged Native American communities in identifying needs relating to family violence. The project involved collaboration with tribes and community members to gather information and develop strategies to address the needs of Native American victims of family violence.
Lebron Consulting Group contracted with AOC to manage the urban component of this project and engaged urban American Indians in the local, regional and statewide planning process. LCG selected two Urban Indian organizations (northern and southern California regions) to help identify community needs relating to family violence (domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and teen dating violence). LCG attended AOC planning sessions, developed community-specific engagement plans, facilitated community and conference group activities, and assisted in the development of assessment forms, reports and publications.
AOC report publications from the California Native American Communities Justice Project included a policy paper and research report. The research report of findings informed the policy direction of the state courts.
STATEWIDE
California Mental Health
Services Authority
California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA) is an independent administrative and fiscal government agency focused on the efficient delivery of California mental health projects. CALMHSA operated within the statues governing the Joint Powers Authority Agreement and 34 million in funding.
Dr. Dorthy Lebron worked as the principal writer for CalMHSA’s Phase I Three Initiatives Application, Prevention and Early Intervention for Statewide Suicide Prevention, Stigma and Discrimination Reduction, and Student Mental Health. The application was accepted and funded at the level of $40 million per year for a four-year period. Post-funding, Dr. Lebron was the Senior Technical Writer for implementation services, helping to develop the Request for Proposals to fund county and statewide programs and contractual scopes of work across twenty-five funded organizations.
Once the twenty-five programs were implemented, Dr. Lebron provided services as the CalMHSA Internal Evaluator: Dr. Lebron developed program-reporting templates and reported on the progress of 25 programs across three initiatives through quarterly dashboard presentations and internal evaluation reports; and provided contract and evaluation support to CalMHSA and the statewide evaluation contractor, RAND.
Stakeholder Publications
COMMUNITY AND PROGRAM PUBLICATIONS
Lebron, Dorthy (2023). Friendship House Traditional Practices and Healing Model. A Community Defined Evidence Practice - Three-Year Study of Healing through Traditional Practices, FY 2022: Friendship House CDEP - a Three-Year Study of Healing through Traditional Practices.
Lebron Consulting Group and AIH&S Cultural Services Team (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021). American Indian Health & Services Publications: glow up gona. AIHS Changing Tides Newsletter 2024. AIHS Changing Tides Newsletter 2023. AIHS Changing Tides Newsletter 2022. AIHS Changing Tides Newsletter 2021.
Lebron, D. (Annually, 1995-Present). Friendship House Annual Evaluation of Programs and Services. Friendship House Association of American Indians. Fiscal Year 2024 Friendship House Annual Evaluation of Programs and Services FY 2024.
Lebron, D., Harrison, D., Garcia, S., and Benallie, S. (2021). Friendship House Youth Program Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Postvention Protocols 2022 - a Path to Wellness Toolkit. Publication link: FHYP Toolkit Suicide Prevention Intervention Postvention Protocols 2022.
Lebron, D., Nakai. O., Smith, M., Shirley, P., Moves Camp, R., Grigsby, W., Bratt, P., and Waukazoo, H. Friendship Healing Model and Core Practices for Traditional Counselors Curriculum and the Supplemental Client Workbook (April 2012).
PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Clark, Wayne, Welch, Stephanie, Berry, Sandra, Collentine, Ann, Collins, Rebecca, Lebron, Dorthy and Shearer, Amy. California’s Historic Effort to Reduce the Stigma of Mental Illness: The Mental Health Services Act. American Journal of Public Health: May 2013, Vol. 103, No. 5, pp. 786-794
Wolf, E., Dahl, J., Maharaj, R, Manwar, A., Saylors, K., Broner, N., Lebron, D., Simpson, C., and Freeman, D. D. (February 2012). Provider Perspectives on Refining Services for Homeless people with Histories of Co-Occurring Disorders and Criminal Justice System Involvement. Offender Programs Report, vol. 15, pages 65-80.
Larios, S., Wright, S., Jernstrom, A., Lebron, D., and Sorensen, J. L. (2011, October-December). Evidence-based practices, attitudes, and beliefs in substance abuse treatment programs serving American Indian and Alaska Natives. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 43 (4), 355-359.
Lebron, Dorthy, Barnes, Susan and Hanni, Krista (July 2009). Monterey County System of Care Youth and Family/Caregiver Satisfaction and Perceptions Related to Children’s Behavioral Health Services 2008. Monterey County Health Department Children’s Behavioral Health Division.
Lebron, Dorthy. Annual Evaluation Reports and Scorecard 2005—2008 for Monterey County System of Care. Monterey County Health Department, Children’s Behavioral Health Division.
Lebron, Dorthy, Kim, Nan, Ludlam, Julianne (June/July 2006). Child & Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) Findings for Fiscal Years 1997—2005. Monterey County Health Department, Children’s Behavioral Health Division.
Lebron, Dorthy (August 2000). Organizational culture and continuous quality improvement strategies as interventions for organizational learning in an American Indian nonprofit organization. PhD dissertation.
