Nassau County MWBE-Certified OMA-24-063
Creative engagement • Strategic program development

Big ideas. Meaningful connections. Lasting impact.

We help organizations turn ideas into actionable programs, build purposeful partnerships, and create experiences that educate, motivate, and connect.

Built around your audience
From concept to implementation
Local & nationwide collaborations
Diverse children completing educational activity sheets in a welcoming waiting room with parents nearby
Illustrative scene of children engaging with creative learning activities in a family waiting room.
What we do

One purpose. Three ways to engage.

Choose the solution that fits your goals, or combine services to create a connected initiative.

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Strategic Engagement & Program Development

Create and launch community engagement initiatives, corporate social impact programs, strategic partnerships, and workforce or education projects.

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Creative Engagement Solutions

Develop custom activity books, placemats, wellness resources, and branded take-home materials that people actually use.

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Literacy & Educational Experiences

Discover family literacy experiences and storytelling partnerships through Reading Worldwide, a distinct educational initiative.

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Our approach

Purposeful by design. Practical by nature.

Engagement is more than visibility. It is about meeting people where they are, understanding what matters, and creating a reason to participate.

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Designed for real audiences

We tailor activities and initiatives to the people, language, setting, and purpose.

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Education that invites participation

We transform messages into approachable, interactive experiences.

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Support from idea to delivery

Project design, implementation planning, creative products, and partnership support.

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Featured initiative

Stories that connect children across communities.

Reading Worldwide brings children, authors, and families together through interactive virtual read-aloud experiences—with books in hand and shared discovery on screen.

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One child reading along at home with an author presenting the same picture book on a video call

Illustrative concept image, not a photograph from an actual Reading Worldwide session.

LET'S EXPLORE

Have a goal, idea, or audience you'd like to reach?

Tell us what you're envisioning. We'll explore how to turn it into a meaningful engagement experience.

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Supplier diversity & contracting

A certified partner for purposeful work.

The VSS Group, LLC is a Nassau County MWBE-certified business (OMA-24-063), led by Principal Consultant Vicki Sylvain, MPA.

We welcome project-based consulting, program development contracts, vendor and subcontracting opportunities, and corporate partnerships aligned with our capabilities.

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Business credentials

The VSS Group, LLC

Principal Consultant
Vicki Sylvain, MPA

Certifying authority
Nassau County, New York

MWBE certification
OMA-24-063

Certification is specific to Nassau County and does not imply separate New York State, New York City, or federal certification.