About EMSI

EMSI provides integrated regional economic and labor market data, web-based analysis tools, data-driven reports, and consulting services. EMSI specializes in detailed information about regional economies for assessment and planning purposes, bringing together industry, workforce, and education perspectives.

Who We Are

EMSI's expertise is centered on regional economics, data analysis, programming, and design so that it can provide the best available products and services for regional decision makers. EMSI has recently merged with its long-time sister company CCbenefits Inc. to offer an integrated portfolio of solutions for college, workforce, and economic development professionals.

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Specialties

• Data: Current, detailed regional economic and population data (EMSI Data)
• Web-Based Analysis Tools: Tools for assessing and analyzing regional economies
• Regional Input-Output Modeling: Tools for simulating the full impact of industry change on regional economies
• College Return on Investment: Reports that quantitatively demonstrate the positive economic and social benefits of postsecondary education for taxpayers and students

Clients

EMSI's client base includes hundreds of colleges, workforce boards, economic development organizations, governmental agencies, economists, consultants, and academics. With over four thousand current clients in the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom, EMSI's products and services are critical for informing regional policy.

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Partners

EMSI forges relationships with nonprofits, associations, and consultants in order to better serve its clients with complete solutions. If your organization would like to partner with us or obtain a consulting license for Strategic Advantage, please contact us.

Association of Community College Trustees: ACCT is dedicated to promoting the mission of community colleges through effective governance. It supported initial development of CCbenefits' SEIM model, and EMSI still sits on ACCT's corporate council.

Community College Leadership Initiative: CCLI assists community colleges to successfully expand their workforce development capabilities and partnerships with school systems -- focused on the objective of developing a highly skilled and competitive workforce in the regions they serve.

Maher & Maher is a consulting firm that specializes in project management services for large corporations and government agencies. It has worked on major projects for the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), and the New Jersey Department of Labor, among others. Maher, EMSI, and FutureWork Systems have recently announced a partnership to serve WIRED regions with an integrated, end-to-end solution.

FutureWork Systems provides out-of-the-box solutions for workforce program performance management. Their software facilitates performance measure tracking and reporting for Workforce Investment Act (WIA) requirements.

Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER): A membership organization that promotes "excellence in community and economic research by working to improve data availability, enhance data quality, and foster learning about regional economic analytic methods." EMSI's Strategic Advantage is a key component of C2ER's data analysis toolkit.

Workforce Strategy Center (WSC) of New York, New York is a national nonprofit that shapes policy and institutional change to create a market-driven workforce system. WSC brings their workforce and policy-shaping experience to EMSI's economic development expertise to facilitate deployment of EMSI's StrategicAdvantage, which is designed to equip economic planners and workforce investors to make data-informed decisions.

Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW): This Michigan-based nonprofit specializes in "helping stakeholders across the country in business, government, education, economic development, human services and philanthropy find ways to adapt and thrive." They use EMSI's tools to perform in-depth data analysis for a variety of projects.

Workforce 1 Partners: A national network of experts in various Human Resource and Workforce Development areas, Workforce 1 Partners leverages EMSI's tools and data to provide outstanding services to its clients.

Madrid Consulting Group: This information integration firm relies on EMSI/CCbenefits' detailed data and tools to complete large data-driven projects for a variety of clients in education, workforce, and economic development.