A.C.S. – Our Story and Our Mission

This company was originally created to assist local law enforcement, fire, schools, municipalities and corporate entities with any and all issues related to federal, state and private grants. Unique in nature, A.C.S. provides grant research, writing, maintenance and support to our clients 24/7, 365 days a year. Our goal with any of our clients is to provide funding solutions through cost savings measures. The impact of our services is immediately seen through our low contractual fees, success in locating grants and our overall ability to allow our clients to focus on other administrative and leadership issues. It has been 20 years since we partnered with our first client and since then Administrative Consulting Specialists has evolved into a full-service administrative support system for government, educational, corporate and private agencies. With clients located throughout the Midwest, A.C.S. now provides a myriad of full-time administrative services at far less than part-time costs.

Connecting your agency to the administrative resources you need through outsourcing is the key to financial success

In today’s society, no organization is immune to the economically challenged environment that currently exists. Administrators are now forced to cut budgets by any and all necessary measures. With limited state, federal and private funding available, it is difficult to designate an employee(s) to locate, research, prepare and (if awarded) maintain the monthly, quarterly and annual budget requirements for your grant.

Administrative Consulting Specialists will provide these and many other services for your organization.

  • Accreditation
  • Policy/Procedure Overview
  • Ordinance Overview
  • School Safety Assessments
  • Crime Statistics/Analysis Reports
  • Selection Process – For any/all municipal government positions (Village admin, Records, Public Works, Police, Fire)
  • Emergency Operations Planning
  • Salary Survey & Pay Rate Comparison
  • Department Deficiency Assessments
  • Job Description Development & Maintenance
  • Media Relations
  • Field Training Manual Development

Benefits to Outsourcing with A.C.S.

  • Enabling your organization, whether large or small, to make the best impression on funding entities as its capacity is presented in the most professional way possible.
  • Relieving work overload on your staff.
  • Eliminating last minute deadlines and piecemealed grant proposals.
  • Enabling administrative staff to concentrate on leadership issues – not on the time consuming, tedious writing of a grant proposal or progress reports.
  • Reducing the cost of a salaried writer but gaining the same level of professional support and service through one time grant proposal development and retainer-based service activities

Types of grants we can help you with

  • AEDs
  • All Terrain Vehicles
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Boats
  • Body Cameras
  • CAD
  • Citation Management
  • Crash & Crime Reconstruction
  • Crime Analysis and Investigation Software
  • Drones
  • Drug and Alcohol Testing
  • Evidence Management
  • Explosives Detection
  • Firearms Training
  • Forensic 3D Laser Scanners
  • In Car Video
  • Less Lethal
  • License Plate Readers
  • Narcotics Identification
  • Network Solutions
  • NG911
  • Officer Wellness
  • Online Training
  • Personal Protective Equipment – PPE
  • Radios
  • Radio Systems
  • Rapid DNA Analysis
  • Risk Management
  • RMS
  • Rugged Computers
  • Specialty Vehicles
  • Training Simulation
  • Underwater, Search, Recovery & Survey
  • Video Surveillance
  • Virtual Reality Training
  • Art Projects administered by ArtPlace
  • Federal Grants Search Engine
  • State Grants Search Engine
  • Beautification Grants/Funding
  • Beautification/Clean Up
  • Brownfields Communities EPA
  • Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) HUD
  • Community Facilities Grant
  • Design and Main Streets in Rural Communities
  • Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant Preparedness Commission, Office of the Governor
  • Environmental Awards Program: Governor’s Community Achievement Awards
  • Historic Building Preservation Grant
  • Homeland Security Grants
  • Housing: Juvenile Re-Entry Assistance Program
  • Local Government Assistance and Grant Programs
  • Main Street Improvements
  • Parks and Recreation Grants
  • Public Transportation Grants
  • Public Safety Grants (anti-gang, anti-drug, community policing, hiring program)
  • Public Safety Grants: FEMA Grants
  • Reading Program
  • Recreation Grant: Community Outdoor Outreach Program
  • Recreation Grant for Soccer Fields
  • Traffic Safety Grants administered
  • Water and Wastewater Funding Resources
  • Community Development Block Grant.
  • Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Block Grant.
  • Local Law Enforcement Block Grant.
  • National Institutes of Health for bioscience research.
  • National Science Foundation for physical science research.