Community Solutions is a small but powerful community development consulting firm that is having an impact on communities as diverse as neighborhoods, healthcare systems, homeless service providers, and foundations, to name a few.
Our influence in the community development arena lies not in bricks and mortar, but in people, programs, organizations, and systems. We understand that any community—be it residents within a neighborhood, or healthcare providers within a region—can only succeed when the people that make it up have the tools, resources, strategies, and partnerships in place to allow them to be nimble, be bold, and be excellent.
Community Solutions combines the unique talents of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds: public health, urban planning, fund development, public policy, social work, and non-profit management.
Our team members have come together with the common commitment to assist members of diverse communities—both physical places and thematic organizations—in learning how to improve themselves and their work through collaborative problem-solving, grassroots involvement, and individual responsibility.
We delight in the dual-directional learning that occurs between our team and the communities with which we work.
About the Founder,
Lena Hackett, MPH,
President, Community Solutions, Inc.
CSI founder, Lena Hackett, has a broad background and extensive expertise in public policy, human services and community development. Through her work with various homeless service providers, the Indianapolis Blueprint to End Homelessness, and the National Bureau of Primary Healthcare, Lena has been an integral part of community change in the Indianapolis Lena ’s focus on results and desire to make a difference help keep the CSI team and its clients accountable to stakeholders, funders, and partners. More about Lena...