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The Washington Group (founded by Mark A. Washington, 2012) is a consulting firm located in Roswell, Georgia that serves child welfare and behavioral health organizations across sectors spanning from church to government, and public to private. The group assists organizations such as these to help provide the most efficient operations and highest quality care for children and families, as well as the ability to advocate successfully for their needs. The Washington Group's offerings focus on a wide range of areas common to helping such collectives streamline and update their work as it pertains to data analysis, business planning, financial operations, or mobilization of community support for the needs of children and families.

Uniquely experienced in government affairs and technology, The Washington Group strives to provide powerful partnerships to effectively advocate for public support of child welfare issues and the resources needed to help children (in care), as well as their families functionally, and in a way that can be measured.

Founder
Before founding the Washington Group, Mark A. Washington in 2011, filed to fill a seat in the Georgia Senate in a Special Election to replace Sen. Mitch Seabaugh (Dist. 28) but withdrew prior to the election. He served as the Assistant Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) and State Director of the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) from 2008-2010. He also served in the Kentucky Governmental Administration as the Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner of the Department for Community Based Services (DCBS). In 2008, Washington assisted Louisiana in a consultant's capacity to develop a model for human services based on a Louisville, Kentucky model (Neighborhood Place) which drastically improved education, and human and health services for children and families.