Approach
The standards we work to, and the way an engagement runs.
We don’t reinvent reunification. We operationalize the Standard Reunification Method, HSEEP exercise standards, and the consensus findings from a decade of after-action reports for your district, with your staff. The process below applies whether you’re engaging one service or several.
Standards we align with
We don’t compete with the Standard Reunification Method. We help you live it.
The Standard Reunification Method tells you what reunification should look like. Our job is to make it actually happen at your buildings, with your staff, on your timeline.
Standard Reunification Method (SRM)
The de facto national standard, developed by the “I Love U Guys” Foundation and adopted by thousands of districts. We are SRM-aligned in every plan we write.
FEMA HSEEP
Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program. The federal standard for exercise design, execution, and after-action reporting. Every drill we run is HSEEP-compliant.
DOJ COPS & AAR consensus
The 2024 DOJ Critical Incident Review of Uvalde, the Stoneman Douglas Commission report, and the Oxford and Sandy Hook reviews all surface the same gaps. Our work closes them.
State mandates
Virginia § 22.1-279.8, Florida Rule 6A-1.0018, Texas HB 121, Washington HB 1941, and equivalents elsewhere. We build to your jurisdiction’s specific requirements.
How an engagement runs
Seven steps from first call to handoff.
The same flow applies whether you’re engaging a single tabletop, a multi-service bundle, or an annual partnership.
Discovery call
A 30-minute conversation. We ask what prompted the call — a state mandate, a near-miss, a board question — what you have in writing today, and what service you think you need. By the end you’ll know whether we’re a fit.
Written proposal
Within five business days, a written scope of work and fixed fee for the service or bundle of services you’ve chosen. Consulting engagements are not billed hourly. The price you see is the price you pay.
Kickoff
Sign-on and kickoff within two weeks of proposal acceptance. We’ll request the documents we need (existing plans, MOUs, drill records, demographic data) and book the on-site or virtual sessions on your calendar.
Delivery
The actual work, scoped to the service: writing your reunification plan, designing and running an exercise, training staff, auditing what you have, drafting MOUs, or coaching parent comms. Most engagements blend on-site and virtual sessions to fit your travel budget.
Review and revisions
Built-in review window with district leadership. Drafts are revised against your feedback before final delivery. For exercise engagements, the review is the After-Action Report; for plans, it’s a redline review of the annex.
Final deliverable
Written plan, AAR, audit report, MOU package, or training curriculum — whatever you contracted for — signed off by district leadership. No deliverable goes final until your team can read it cleanly and execute it without us.
Optional sustainment
If it makes sense for your district, we roll the engagement into an annual partnership: plan maintenance, drills, training cycles, MOU renewals, and on-call advisory. Otherwise we close the engagement and stay available for the next one.
Ready to see where your district stands?
A 30-minute discovery call is the first step.