# CCR Consulting

> CCR Consulting is a North Carolina advisory firm that helps health and human services organizations, state and local governments, providers, and community institutions turn policy change into operating plans. Founded in 2012 by former North Carolina health secretary Lanier Cansler, the firm sells experienced judgment through project-based consulting, evaluation, facilitation, program design, operational improvement, training, and policy guidance.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Charlotte, United States
- **Founders:** Lanier Cansler (Founder)
- **Products:** Program design, Program management and evaluation, Policy and advocacy, Strategic and business planning, Workforce development
- **Notable:** Selected from six bidders for Guilford County's coordinated HHS, behavioral-health, and opioid-response planning engagement in 2022., Produced the Cansler Report for the North Carolina Community College System on education and employment pathways for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities., Grew from a founder-led firm in 2012 to a roster that the company says represents more than 400 years of combined health, human services, and state-government experience.

## Products & services

- **Program design** — Develops logic models around population need, stakeholder engagement, and specific measurable outcomes, with project management for the design process.
- **Program management and evaluation** — Supports implementation, performance measurement, evaluation, and recommendations for improvement.
- **Policy and advocacy** — Interprets departmental policy, legislation, audits, performance agreements, research, and grant opportunities and helps clients prepare for their effects.
- **Strategic and business planning** — Advises on growth, restructuring, outsourcing, partnerships, mergers, and operating plans for public, private, and support organizations.
- **Workforce development** — Guides personnel and performance management, leadership development, training, and employee engagement.
- **Operational improvement** — Examines workflows, technology, quality control, efficiency, cost, and waste to improve service delivery.

## Achievements

- Selected from six bidders for Guilford County's coordinated HHS, behavioral-health, and opioid-response planning engagement in 2022.
- Produced the Cansler Report for the North Carolina Community College System on education and employment pathways for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- Grew from a founder-led firm in 2012 to a roster that the company says represents more than 400 years of combined health, human services, and state-government experience.
- Built a multidisciplinary team spanning Medicaid, behavioral health, public health, child welfare, tribal and rural development, operations, finance, clinical practice, and program evaluation.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — CCR and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Public Health & Human Services Division were delivering Person Centered Thinking training across community locations.
- **2024-03** — Guilford County received CCR's opioid-settlement strategic-planning report and considered recommended uses of settlement funds.
- **2022-12** — Guilford County approved a $483,247.50 contract with CCR for three coordinated human-services planning workstreams.
- **2022-10** — Managing Principal Tara Larson spoke at the Echo Group Peer to Peer conference.

## Links

- Website: https://ccrconsultinggroup.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cansler-collaborative-resources-inc-

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Last updated: 2026-09-21