Public Participation Partners | Certifications
Public Participation Partners is certified DBE/MBE in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Massachusetts, and Michigan.
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CERTIFICATIONS

We strive to be experts in the field of public engagement, committed to excellence in all our work, and respected throughout the industry. To achieve these goals, we are constantly engaging in professional development and seeking certifications to enhance our employees and company.

State Certifications

DBE/MBE Certifications

P3 is registered as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise/Minority Business Enterprise (DBE/MBE) in the following states:

  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • Florida
  • Michigan
  • Massachusetts
  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
  • Virginia
  • Washington D.C.

We also have a DBE/MBE application pending in Georgia.

Other State Certifications

P3 is also registered in North Carolina as a Historically Underutilized Business (HUB), Small Business Enterprise (SBE), and Small Professional Services Firm (SPSF).

P3 is registered DBE/MBE in NC, SC, FL, MA, MI, OH, PA, VA, and Washington D.C.

IAP2 Certifications

P3’s Principal and Senior Project Manager are both certified by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) through their Foundations in Public Participation program. IAP2 is the leading international organization for advancing the field of public participation. To become certified by IAP2, our staff went through extensive hands-on training in planning and techniques for public engagement, including but not limited to:

  • Developing a public participation plan
  • Identifying stakeholder communities, their concerns and hopes
  • Establishing evaluation tools to measure the effectiveness of outreach
  • Selecting the most appropriate meeting and data collection methods
  • Planning for communication tools to support public outreach
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PublicInput.com Certified Partner

P3 is proud to be a Certified Partner with PublicInput.com. As a Certified Partner, P3 is trained and ready to help agencies utilize the PublicInput.com platform through survey building, live audience participation, analytics, social media integration, and more.

Our services extend beyond the PublicInput.com platform too! P3 can take your online engagement to the next level with our data-driven engagement strategies for your next project.

NEPA Certified

P3’s Principal is certified through the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Certificate Program. This program trains professionals in the decision-making, analysis, and documentation aspects of NEPA. Our staff are trained in the development of environmental justice analysis, Community Impact Assessments (CIA), and Indirect and Cumulative Effects (ICE) reports for environmental assessments (EA), environmental impact statements (EIS), findings of no significant impact (FONSIs), and other related documents.

The skills obtained through this certification also help our staff identify Environmental Justice and Limited English Proficiency (LEP) populations within a community. P3 is then able to tailor specific targeted outreach to reach these EJ and LEP populations.