United Communities Corp. · Consulting Services
Individual, Education & Family Consulting
Support for your ideas, questions, and next steps.
UCC offers focused guidance for individuals, families, and chosen supporters navigating a situation, developing an idea, or exploring an opportunity.
You do not need to have everything figured out before reaching out.
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Community Outreach & Support
For help finding resources, accessing community services, or connecting with UCC’s outreach programs, select Explore Community Support.
Paid Consulting & Coaching
Choosing UCC for consulting or coaching is another way to contribute to our community work. Your service fee supports UCC’s charitable mission while you receive support for your goals. We discuss your needs, budget, and fees before starting. Reduced fees and payment arrangements may be available.
Not every request requires a paid service. Learn more.
We talk with you about what you need and what support UCC can offer through our community programs before discussing paid options.
For example, you might be in recovery and ready to start your own organization, or you might want support turning your experiences into a book. These are just examples. UCC supports people with different backgrounds, circumstances, and goals.
Not sure? Reach out. We will help you explore your options. Asking for help does not commit you to paid services.
What Would You Like Support With?
The examples below are starting points, not a complete list. Reach out even if your request looks different.
Individual Consulting
Support exploring an idea, planning a project, or deciding what comes next.
Explore examples of individual consulting
- Exploring the steps involved in starting a business.
- Organizing ideas for a book or creative project.
- Developing a community group or personal initiative.
- Reviewing information, considering options, and planning next steps.
We begin with your goals and discuss where our experience can help. These are examples, not a complete list.
Education & Family Consulting
Support understanding educational processes, connecting with schools or programs, and communicating your priorities.
Explore examples of education and family consulting
- Navigating registration for a school, program, or service.
- Identifying and reaching out to appropriate contacts.
- Understanding school communications and information.
- Organizing questions and preparing for meetings.
- Preparing for IEP or student support conversations.
- Helping family members and chosen supporters understand next steps.
The support we provide depends on your request and our experience. We discuss that together before beginning.
Communication & Self-Advocacy
Support preparing to express your needs, share an idea, ask questions, or request clarification.
Explore examples of communication and self-advocacy support
- Preparing for an important conversation or meeting.
- Organizing what you want to communicate.
- Drafting or reviewing an important message.
- Reaching out to an organization or service.
- Communicating accessibility and support needs.
- Preparing questions and requesting clearer information.
Your voice and decisions remain yours. We work with you to communicate what matters to you.
Our Approach
Your experiences, priorities, and circumstances matter.
We bring professional preparation, community knowledge, and lived experience. We begin by understanding what you are looking for and discussing support that fits your situation.
You choose what to share and who you want involved. Family members, partners, guardians, or other chosen supporters can participate when you want them included.
Our Process & Fees
A clear understanding before paid work begins.
- 1Reach Out
Share your question, idea, or situation. You do not need to include private financial or personal details in your initial message.
- 2Explore Together
We begin with a complimentary introductory conversation, approximately 20 minutes, to discuss your goals and whether UCC is a good fit.
- 3Agree on the Details
We confirm the support, timeline, fees, and what is included before paid work begins.
Fees & Flexible Payment Options
The fees below are examples of potential base rates, not a finalized price list. Your total cost will depend on the support, preparation, and scope of work involved.
We recognize that financial circumstances vary. Reduced fees, payment plans, or other arrangements may be available based on financial need, the request, and UCC’s available resources.
View example base fees
| Service | Example base fee |
|---|---|
| Introductory conversation, approximately 20 minutes | Complimentary |
| Individual consulting | $125 per hour |
| Education and family consulting | $125 per hour |
| Communication and self-advocacy support | $125 per hour |
| Reduced-fee consulting, when available | $75–$100 per hour |
These examples help you understand possible costs. We confirm your fee and what it includes before services begin. Defined projects may also be quoted at a flat fee.
What does the fee cover?
Consulting may include meetings, agreed preparation, document review, drafting messages, meeting attendance, and follow-up.
We discuss and obtain your agreement before completing paid work outside a scheduled appointment. For hourly work, time may be billed in agreed 15-minute increments.
For example, at a base rate of $125 per hour, an agreed 30 minutes of preparation and a one-hour meeting would total $187.50.
For longer requests, we can agree on an estimated total or spending limit before starting. Any proposed changes to the work or cost are discussed with you first.
Reduced fees and payment arrangements
If cost is a barrier, please contact us. We consider requests individually, based on circumstances and availability.
A reduced fee lowers the total cost. A payment plan spreads the agreed cost across scheduled payments.
You do not need to share financial details in your initial inquiry. If additional information is needed to consider your request, we will explain what is needed and how to provide it privately.
We welcome a conversation about cost and what may be possible.
Your Services Support Community Work
100% of revenue from UCC’s consulting and training services supports our charitable mission, including community programs, staff time, materials, and the operations that make this work possible.
Not Sure Whether You Need Consulting or Coaching?
Start by reaching out. You do not need to choose a service first.
Consulting focuses on a particular question, situation, or project. Coaching offers ongoing support as you work toward goals and develop approaches that fit your life.
We can discuss whether consulting, life coaching, executive functioning coaching, or another resource would be the most useful next step.
Request UCC
Tell us what you would like support with.
This initial form helps us understand your question, idea, or situation. You do not need to choose the right service before reaching out.
Asking for help does not commit you to paid services. We discuss available community support and any proposed fees before paid work begins.
Please leave out sensitive personal or financial details in this initial request.