SSRE

What SSRE does

SSRE (Social Science Research and Evaluation) is a privately held, non-profit research and evaluation firm founded in 1984 and headquartered just outside Boston, Massachusetts. The firm conducts basic and applied social science research and provides evaluation services to federal, state, and local government agencies, private foundations, and community organizations. Its work centers on public-health and behavioral-health prevention, including substance misuse prevention, opioid overdose prevention, injury prevention, suicide prevention, mental health promotion, training/technical assistance center evaluation, and community health surveillance.

The firm's service portfolio spans four interlocking areas: (1) research and evaluation design — including literature reviews, instrument development, and statistical analysis specification; (2) conducting research and evaluation — including interviews, focus groups, on-site/electronic/telephone/mailed surveys, data collection management, and management information system design; (3) data analysis and reporting — including preparation, selection and execution of analyses, interpretation, automated and interpretive interim and final reports, and presentations to professional and lay audiences; and (4) materials development — including manuals, guides, journal articles, and books for planners and policy makers. The underlying technology stack consists of state-of-the-art statistical software packages, online survey and database technologies, and reporting and presentation software.

SSRE's business model is grant- and contract-driven rather than commercial. Revenue is generated through three documented streams: government grants and contracts (federal/state/local), foundation funding, and community-agency contracts — all awarded on a project-by-project basis with no publicly disclosed pricing. The firm operates with 1–10 employees and leverages staff expertise in both quantitative and qualitative methods, supported by professional memberships in organizations such as The Society for Prevention Research and the American Evaluation Association. Distribution is direct to clients via contract engagement, with marketing primarily conducted through professional networks rather than traditional channels.

Name

SSRE

Legal name

SSRE

Website

https://ssre.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SSRE is a Boston-area research and evaluation firm, founded in 1984, providing study design, data collection, analysis, reporting, and materials development services to government agencies, foundations, and community organizations focused on public-health and behavioral-health prevention.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Burlington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Grants and Contracts: Federal, state, and local government agencies provide grants and contracts to fund research and evaluation projects focused on public health and social welfare issues.
2. Foundation Funding: Private foundations fund research initiatives addressing substance misuse prevention, opioid overdose prevention, injury prevention, suicide prevention, and mental health promotion.
3. Community Agency Contracts: Community agencies and organizations engage SSRE for evaluation and research services on various health and behavioral health initiatives.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

SSRE is a research and evaluation firm that delivers applied social science research services to government agencies, foundations, and community organizations. Its work spans research and evaluation design, conducting research (surveys, interviews, focus groups, observations), data analysis and reporting, and development of manuals, guides, journal articles, and books focused on public health and behavioral health topics including substance misuse prevention, opioid overdose prevention, injury prevention, suicide prevention, and mental health promotion.

Product overview

SSRE is a research and evaluation firm offering professional services rather than a software product. The company provides four core service areas: Research/Evaluation Design, Conducting Research/Evaluation, Data Analysis and Reporting, and Materials Development. These services are delivered by staff trained in quantitative and qualitative research methods using statistical software, online survey technologies, and reporting tools.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Research/Evaluation Design Services

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Direct peers

• JSI (John Snow, Inc.): JSI is a public health consulting and research organization serving government and foundations — directly comparable in public health research and community-level evaluation.
• Abt Associates: Abt Associates is a research and consulting firm with deep public health and behavioral health evaluation practices — directly comparable in evaluation scope and federal contracting.
• ETR Associates: ETR is a non-profit focused on health promotion, prevention research, and evaluation — directly comparable in substance misuse and broader prevention research practice.
• RTI International: RTI International is a research institute providing research, evaluation, and technical services across health and social programs — directly comparable in public health research scope.
• Westat: Westat is a research and evaluation firm providing survey, statistical, and evaluation services to government agencies and foundations — directly comparable to SSRE in service mix, methods, and customer base.
• RAND Corporation: RAND is a research organization with substantial behavioral health and social policy evaluation work — directly comparable in social science research for government clients.
• NORC at the University of Chicago: NORC is an independent social science research organization serving government, foundations, and other clients — directly comparable in methodology and public health focus.
• American Institutes for Research (AIR): AIR conducts behavioral and social science research and evaluation for federal agencies and foundations — directly comparable in health prevention research and government contracting.
• Mathematica Policy Research: Mathematica conducts social policy, health, and human services research and evaluation for government and foundations — directly comparable to SSRE's evaluation and research design practice.

Emerging players

• Chestnut Health Systems: Chestnut Health Systems conducts addiction and mental health prevention research alongside treatment programs — partially comparable through its prevention research practice focused on substance use.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/social-science-research-and-evaluation-inc.

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Investors

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Investments

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