What EMT Associates does

EMT Associates, Inc. is a privately held professional services consulting firm founded in 1990 and headquartered in Folsom, California, with a secondary office in Nashville, Tennessee. The firm provides evaluation, technical assistance and training, survey research and data analysis, and multimedia communications services to public-sector organizations at the federal, state, and local level. Its primary client base includes the U.S. Department of Education, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, and state agencies in California, Tennessee, and more than 20 other states, alongside tribal governments and nonprofit partners. Over its 30-plus-year history, EMT has completed more than 250 state and local projects, executed dozens of multi-year national federal contracts, and supported evaluation and training programs reaching hundreds of thousands of participants and beneficiaries.

EMT's service delivery combines conventional consulting methods with a modest proprietary technology stack developed primarily through a 2004 NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant. Core technology components include the EMT Online University (EOU), a learning management system hosting more than 40 self-paced interactive courses; the LearnLinc virtual classroom and EMT Live videoconferencing platforms for synchronous training; and a data warehouse and analytics system used to coordinate multi-state evaluation datasets. The firm uses SPSS and Microsoft Excel for quantitative analysis and produces multimedia outputs including the Road to Recovery television series. EMT has received industry recognition, including the American Evaluation Association's Outstanding Study Award in 2000 for a national cross-site evaluation of high-risk youth programs.

The business operates on a professional services revenue model, earning fees through competitive federal, state, and local government contracting as both a prime contractor and a subcontractor (notably to ICF International, Westat, and Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory). Pricing is contract-determined through government procurement processes and is not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market motion is enterprise field sales: direct engagement with government program offices, complemented by a professional website (emt.org), dedicated technical assistance center websites, and phone/email outreach. EMT is bootstrapped with no disclosed outside investment, no parent company, and no funding rounds. Its competitive positioning rests on three decades of specialized evaluation expertise, established federal-agency past performance, and a track record of large-scale multi-site studies across behavioral health, education, criminal justice, and public health domains.

Name

EMT Associates

Legal name

EMT Associates, Inc.

Website

https://emt.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Short description

EMT Associates is a privately held consulting firm founded in 1990 that provides evaluation, technical assistance, training, survey research, and multimedia communications services to federal, state, and local public-sector agencies in health, human services, and education across 20+ U.S. states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Folsom

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Consulting Contracts: EMT generates revenue through federal, state, and local government consulting contracts for evaluation, training, and technical assistance services. Projects include multi-year national contracts with federal agencies and shorter-term engagements with state and local organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

EMT Associates provides consulting services to public sector organizations in the fields of health, human services, and education. The firm delivers four core service capabilities — evaluation, technical assistance and training, survey research and data analysis, and multimedia communications and technology — through direct contracts with federal, state, local, and tribal government agencies, supplemented by subcontracting partnerships with larger consulting firms.

Product overview

EMT Associates operates as a consulting firm offering four core service capabilities: Evaluation, Technical Assistance and Training, Survey Research and Data Analysis, and Multimedia Communications and Technology. These services are delivered through distinct program offerings including the Readiness for Emergency Management in Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance Center, Mentoring Resource Center (MRC), and Center for State Data Support (CSDS). Their multimedia capabilities include EMT Online University (EOU) for self-paced online training and EMT Live for videoconferencing. The company does not offer a unified software platform; rather, it provides consulting services with embedded technology components such as learning management systems, analytics tools, and video production capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EMT Online University (EOU): Online training platform for self-paced interactive training courses developed by EMT Associates.

Products and services

• Evaluation Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 250 state and local projects completed across more than 20 states
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ICF InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2007EMT partnered with ICF International as subcontracting partner on multiple major federal contracts including the REMS Technical Assistance Center (2007-2012), Center for State Data Support, and National Cross-Site Evaluation of HIV and Substance Abuse Prevention Programs. ICF served as EMT's subcontractor on these government evaluation contracts.
• Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEMT and NWREL jointly managed and operated the Mentoring Resource Center (MRC) under contract to the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. NWREL served as EMT's partner for technical assistance and training services to school and community-based mentoring program grantees.
• WestatminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEMT subcontracted with Westat on the Adult Treatment Drug Court (ATDC) multi-site evaluation, which was a response to SAMHSA's initiative to enhance practice and expand treatment slots in Adult Treatment Drug Courts. EMT provided evaluation support as part of Westat's prime contract.
• UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and CommunitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEMT partnered with UCLA's Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities to conduct the statewide evaluation of California's Mental Health Services Act. This comprehensive evaluation profiled services, costs and outcomes statewide and for each of California's 58 counties.
• ICF InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEMT and ICF International were awarded a contract from SAMHSA/CSAT to produce multi-media consumer education products including the Road to Recovery Television Series. ICF served as subcontracting partner for this National Recovery Month program.
• AIDS Healthcare FoundationminorOthersListed as a foundation partner/customer of EMT for social service and behavioral health programs.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Westat: Employee-owned research firm specializing in statistical survey work and large-scale program evaluation for federal agencies. EMT has worked as Westat's subcontractor (e.g., ATDC evaluation) on shared federal contracts.
• Abt Associates: Large federal research and consulting firm with broad program evaluation, survey, and TA work for HHS, ED, and DOJ. Significantly larger than EMT but directly competes for the same federal evaluation contracts.
• ICF International: Global consulting firm with a large federal public-sector practice. ICF is both a competitor on prime contracts and EMT's documented subcontracting partner on REMS TA Center and HIV cross-site evaluations.
• RAND Corporation: Large nonprofit research institution conducting policy research, program evaluation, and technical assistance for federal agencies in education, health, and criminal justice — broader scope but overlapping with EMT's federal evaluation domain.

Direct peers

• IMPAQ International: Policy research and evaluation firm serving federal agencies in health, education, workforce, and social programs. Comparable to EMT in scale, federal contract dependence, and evaluation methodology focus.
• JBS International: Mid-sized consulting firm focused on behavioral health, substance abuse, and HIV program evaluation for HHS/SAMHSA. Closely mirrors EMT's behavioral health and public health federal evaluation niche.
• NORC at the University of Chicago: Independent research organization conducting survey research, program evaluation, and technical assistance for federal health, education, and justice agencies — directly comparable to EMT's evaluation and data analysis services.
• American Institutes for Research (AIR): Major nonprofit behavioral and social science research organization with strong evaluation and TA practice in education, health, and workforce. Closely aligned with EMT's K-12, school climate, and behavioral health federal evaluation work.
• RTI International: Nonprofit research institute performing program evaluation, survey research, and technical assistance for federal agencies in health, education, and criminal justice — overlapping almost exactly with EMT's service portfolio.
• Mathematica: Major nonpartisan public policy research and evaluation firm with deep federal agency relationships across HHS, ED, and DOL. Highly comparable to EMT's evaluation and technical assistance work for federal health, education, and human services clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/emt-associates-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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