Vera Creative makes campaigns for people who may distrust the campaign-maker. Its answer is disarmingly practical: hire from the community, listen at street level, and let those conversations change the work.
A Sacramento agency found its edge in the least glamorous corner of advertising: helping millions of people understand what government needs them to do next.
The Los Angeles consultancy reaches people public agencies routinely miss. Its method is gloriously unglamorous: pay local groups, bring iPads, knock on doors, and count what happens next.
OCPSC put public money behind familiar local voices, carrying state information into communities in 56 languages. Its four-year run offers a practical lesson in outreach - and in the limits of a temporary budget.
The Los Angeles firm sells communications, but its Metro work runs on neighborhood knowledge. A $24.9 million contract shows how far the job can extend beyond getting the message out.
A California communications firm turns infrastructure plans into public conversations. Its working materials include virtual meeting rooms, multilingual fact sheets, and the surprisingly useful comment card.
A California communications firm builds campaigns around the people already close to the audience. Its work offers a practical lesson in making public information travel.
A dozen program names can leave a resident wondering what to do. Civic Edge helps public agencies turn institutional complexity into clear messages, useful conversations, and events people can actually navigate.
The California communications firm turns everyday obstacles into public-interest campaigns. Its work starts with an unfashionable question: what is actually stopping people?
Blooming Health is a New York-based social care technology company using AI to automate access to social services for older adults and vulnerable populations. Its AI-assisted, multilingual platform engages people across text, voice, and email to detect needs, screen for benefits, and connect them to services like meals, transportation, housing assistance, and Medicaid or SNAP recertification. Sold to Area Agencies on Aging, government agencies, community-based organizations, and healthcare providers, the platform has connected over 1.5 million people across roughly two dozen states and raised $32.5 million to date, including a $26 million Series A led by Insight Partners in April 2025.