What Carnevale Associates does

Carnevale Associates (CALLC) is a privately held, SBA-certified Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) management consulting firm headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, that has operated continuously since 2000. It delivers specialized professional services at the intersection of behavioral health and criminal justice, organized around three core service lines: Research & Evaluation, Training & Technical Assistance (TTA), and Performance Measurement & Strategic Planning. Its expertise spans six domain areas — Opioid Policy, Substance Use Treatment, Substance Use Prevention, Criminal Justice & Law Enforcement, Behavioral Health Financing, and Cannabis Reform & Regulation — supported by deliverables including policy briefs, academic publications, reports, and conference presentations.

The firm's underlying technology is its research and evaluation methodology stack: process and outcome evaluation, survey research, quantitative/qualitative/mixed-methods analysis, theory-of-change/logic-model development, and knowledge-dissemination outputs such as data dashboards and policy briefs. There is no proprietary software product; the technical asset is the firm's accumulated domain knowledge, evaluation frameworks, and publication library, evidenced by 40+ program evaluation projects, 25+ lead-evaluator contracts, 15+ national cross-site projects, and 1,000+ trainings evaluated.

CALLC's business model is government professional services — primarily multi-year cooperative agreements, grants, and contracts with federal agencies (notably SAMHSA and DOJ), supplemented by state (DC Department of Behavioral Health) and local engagements, plus research partnerships with nonprofits and academic institutions (e.g., JCOIN, Chestnut Health Systems, University of Arizona, EDC, AllRise, CICAD). Pricing is not publicly disclosed; engagements are negotiated through competitive procurement and contract vehicles. Revenue is generated almost entirely from U.S. public-sector buyers via direct, enterprise-style field sales responding to government RFPs and cooperative agreements.

Name

Carnevale Associates

Legal name

Carnevale Associates

Website

https://carnevaleassociates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Carnevale Associates is a privately held, SBA-certified WOSB consulting firm founded in 2000 that provides research, evaluation, training, and strategic planning services to U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies in the behavioral health and criminal justice sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Gaithersburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Consulting Contracts: CALLC generates revenue primarily through government contracts with federal agencies (SAMHSA, DOJ), state agencies (DC Dept of Behavioral Health), and local governments. These are typically multi-year cooperative agreements, grants, and consulting contracts for research, evaluation, and technical assistance services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Carnevale Associates provides behavioral health and criminal justice consulting services to government agencies and non-profits. Core offerings comprise Research & Evaluation (program and training evaluation, surveys, qualitative and mixed-methods research, data dashboards, and policy briefs), Training & Technical Assistance (TTA) delivered through SAMHSA-designated regional centers, and Performance Measurement & Strategic Planning. Deliverables are delivered as consulting engagements, technical reports, policy briefs, academic publications, and conference presentations.

Product overview

Carnevale Associates (CALLC) is a consulting firm offering a unified suite of professional services focused on behavioral health and criminal justice. The core offerings consist of three interconnected service lines: Research & Evaluation (program evaluation, surveys, data dashboards, policy briefs), Training & Technical Assistance (TTA), and Performance Measurement & Strategic Planning. The company applies these services across domain expertise areas including Opioid Policy, Substance Use Treatment, Substance Use Prevention, Criminal Justice & Law Enforcement, Behavioral Health Financing, and Cannabis Reform & Regulation. Deliverables include policy briefs, academic publications, reports, whitepapers, and conference presentations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Research & Evaluation Comprehensive research and evaluation services for behavioral health and criminal justice programs, spanning program and training evaluation, survey research and design, quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research, focus groups and key informant interviews, best-practices research, theory of change and logic model development, customer satisfaction assessment, and knowledge dissemination through data dashboards, reports, infographics, and policy briefs. Target buyers are federal, state, and local government agencies and non-profits.
• Training & Technical Assistance (TTA) Specialized training and technical assistance delivered to government agencies and non-profits on substance use treatment, prevention, opioid policy, and behavioral health financing across SAMHSA-designated regions. Includes 1,000+ trainings evaluated. Target buyers are federal and state behavioral health agencies and treatment providers.
• Performance Measurement & Strategic Planning Performance measurement and strategic planning services focusing on community strategy, budget planning, and evaluation for behavioral health and criminal justice initiatives. Includes strategic planning retreats and services for community services boards. Target buyers are state and local behavioral health agencies and community services boards.

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SAMHSA's Opioid Response Network (ORN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) for the Central East Region (Region 3) on opioid response initiatives. CALLC serves as a TTA provider supporting state and local opioid prevention and treatment efforts.
• SAMHSA Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides TTA through the Central East Region (Region 3) for prevention technology transfer. CALLC produces resources and training materials for substance use prevention professionals.
• SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Technical Assistance Center (SPTAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner providing strategic prevention technical assistance to states and communities addressing substance use prevention.
• Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for the New England Region (Region 1), providing continuing education and knowledge sharing for healthcare providers treating substance use disorders.
• Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative research partner conducting MOUD (medications for opioid use disorder) research within the justice community. CALLC contributes research expertise on opioid treatment in criminal justice settings.
• AllRisecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership on MOUD utilization in drug courts. CALLC provides research and evaluation support for improving medication treatment in justice settings.
• SAMHSA's Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) - Central East RegioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBehavioral health financing TTA partnership providing training and technical assistance on addiction treatment financing and healthcare reform implementation.
• SAMHSA's Center for Financing Reform and Innovation (CFRI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership focused on behavioral health financing reform and innovation at the federal level.
• DC Department of Behavioral HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing client and partner providing SUD treatment policy guidance and Medicaid billing support for the District of Columbia.
• National Council on Problem GamblingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduced ACA Funding Opportunities Report examining funding mechanisms for problem gambling services within the behavioral health system.
• Virginia's Region Ten Community Services BoardminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides strategic planning retreats and services to support behavioral health service delivery in Virginia communities.
• Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduced multiple reports on emerging drug threats including nitazenes and xylazine in the Americas. CALLC serves as research partner for intergovernmental drug policy analysis.
• Chestnut Health SystemscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing research partnership on justice health topics. Multiple co-authored publications on MOUD in jails, prison systems, and justice-involved populations.
• University of ArizonacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration on juvenile drug treatment courts. Joint work on implementation processes and national evaluation of JDTC guidelines.
• Education Development Center (EDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner on multiple prevention projects including scare tactics research, marijuana prevention programming, and substance use prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Public Policy Institute of CaliforniaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-authored report on regulating marijuana in California, providing policy analysis for state cannabis regulatory framework development.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Education Development Center (EDC): Nonprofit research and consulting organization with overlapping prevention, substance use, and behavioral health portfolios; EDC is an active CALLC research partner and competes in adjacent SAMHSA-funded programs.
• RTI International: Independent research institute that conducts SAMHSA-funded behavioral health research, criminal justice studies, and program evaluations, overlapping directly with CALLC's federal research and TTA service lines.
• RAND Corporation: Policy research organization with significant criminal justice, substance use, and behavioral health research portfolios that competes for federal research and evaluation dollars in CALLC's core domains.
• Chestnut Health Systems: Behavioral health research and services organization with established work on MOUD in justice settings, criminal justice re-entry, and substance use treatment; long-standing CALLC research partner and a directly comparable specialty research firm.
• JBS International: Behavioral health and TTA consulting firm that competes for SAMHSA cooperative agreements and evaluation contracts serving federal and state agencies—directly comparable to CALLC's federal TTA and program evaluation work.
• Mathematica: Policy research and data analytics firm with a strong HHS, Medicaid, and behavioral health evaluation practice; competes for federal evaluation and technical assistance contracts in CALLC's space.
• Abt Associates: Large federal research and consulting firm with substantial behavioral health, criminal justice, and program evaluation practices—competes with CALLC for SAMHSA, DOJ, and state evaluation contracts at a larger scale.
• Westat: Employee-owned research and survey firm that performs large-scale program evaluations and survey research for HHS, SAMHSA, and DOJ—a directly comparable federal evaluation contractor to CALLC.

Broad incumbents

• The Lewin Group: Health policy and consulting firm (part of Optum) with deep federal and state behavioral health, Medicaid, and SUD financing expertise; overlaps with CALLC's behavioral health financing and policy consulting work.
• ICF International: Large global consulting and digital services firm with a substantial public health and behavioral health federal practice; competes with CALLC on larger federal contracts while serving a much broader portfolio of clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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