About us

  • Customized software

  • Prospectus software support

  • Tailored insights delivered by Prospectus research team

Our Values

  • Honesty

  • We will always be honest and up-front. If we promise something, we will deliver.

  • Effectiveness

  • We provide high-quality services and practices that are evidence-based and have been proven to be effective.

  • Service

  • We aim to provide you the best service in the field, so that you can continue to do what you do best-- serving your community.

Our Team

High quality research is not an accident…

Our people are the heart of what we do. We’ve spent a decade building a team of experts who bring their expertise and wisdom to whatever they tackle. From web developers, project managers, research writers, to our founders, we bring the best.


Bringing good application design and functionality takes skill and hearing our users.



Our disciplines include:

  • Senior Public Health

  • Web-Developers

  • Database Architects

  • Project Managers

  • Researchers

Our Mission

Yeah... we have been around for a while, gaining a lot of experience dealing with the public health monsters on local, state, and federal levels. Here are some of the highlights!

2008

Ben Gleason and Marcus Bouligny found the Prospectus Group with a vision to empower communities with current and relevant information, tools, and research. Together, they bring 15 years of experience, expertise, and commitment to public health.

Progroup teams with Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) to provide training to states and communities. Progroup teams become master trainers for the national curriculum Substance Abuse Prevention Skills Training (SAPST).

First version of Ecco was developed with one function: Track and provide notes on Technical Assistance events.

2009

Ecco Version 2 launches with advanced features, most notably, external user sign on and notes.

2010

Ecco Version 3 launches with the ability to capture public health implementation plans from contracted prevention providers in the field

2014

Ecco Version 4 goes through a multitude of looks and feature updates focused on making a better user experience.

2015

Prospectus looks into gaining a better understanding about why prevention providers struggle entering process data on prevention programs. Prospectus conducts focus groups and interviews with prevention providers. The inquiry yields important, valuable information about the challenges to gathering process data. Some takeaways: Data entry systems often ask redundant questions and don’t offer the ability to pull report data in a flexible and useful way.

2016

Ben Gleason completes PhD program and Prospectus re-organizes, officially opening its research division. Ben Gleason leads a team that puts together tools that help public health practitioners become more effective.

2017

Using information gathered from the focus groups and key informant interviews Prospectus expands Ecco to include the gathering and reporting of process level data, providing one touch and custom reporting options for clients as well as a streamlined process for entering data at the provider level. Launching Ecco as an Electronic Records System (ERS).

2018

Progroup expands Ecco once again to help contract administration for Title 4e Programs for the state of Georgia, through Georgia State University.