Karen Hill Scott and Company

KHS is a national innovator in developing content, organization models, and systems that help families reach their potential. Our work reflects the multiple ways we have done this - from improving the content of children's television, to developing sound educational policy and programs, and by helping families directly.

Our consulting work is currently focused on designing cutting edge child development systems. We have developed a signature strategic planning and development process that is scalable and versatile enough for use in any size locale. Our strength is in working with multiple stakeholders with divergent interests to build convergence around a super-ordinate goal. For example, in Los Angeles County we worked with over 600 key stakeholders to develop a Universal Preschool system that will serve 150,000 children, making it the largest public preschool system in the country when it reaches scale.

We are known for being results and outcome oriented, while pushing the envelope on innovation. In Los Angeles, the Master Plan was completed in one year, replete with many novel system attributes such as the 5 star quality rating system, a parent investment fee, family child care hub model, special needs inclusion project, workforce development and capacity building model, and use of GIS mapping to identify areas most in need of targeted resources. Within a year of planning our firm had incubated the launch of the system and completed a knowledge transfer process to the new non-profit administrative entity (LAUP).