Develops, collects, maintains, and disseminates information essential to TANF programs under the auspices of the TANF Bureau. Identifies program trends among grantees, documents grantee achievements, and develops best practice briefs of grantee outcomes and works to identify, research, and analyze statutory, regulatory, and policy issues related to the TANF program and grantees. Assesses and analyzes the needs of states, territories and tribes, program grantees, and stakeholders, including… Show more Develops, collects, maintains, and disseminates information essential to TANF programs under the auspices of the TANF Bureau. Identifies program trends among grantees, documents grantee achievements, and develops best practice briefs of grantee outcomes and works to identify, research, and analyze statutory, regulatory, and policy issues related to the TANF program and grantees. Assesses and analyzes the needs of states, territories and tribes, program grantees, and stakeholders, including needs for technical assistance or policy clarification. Identifies, evaluates, and promotes successful TANF program practices, grants implementation, and grantee outcomes suitable for transfer to other grantees. Assists with presentations, administrative tracking procedures, logistics, agendas and material development for grantee technical assistance and program support. Communicates regularly with TANF program staff, ACF regional offices and staff, and grant representatives to provide guidance on policy, program implementation, and technical assistance issues. Responds to questions from the field, including grantee inquiries and stakeholder inquiries. Works with TANF staff and contractors to ensure quality, timelines, and inclusion of ACF's goals and priorities. Provides guidance to junior staff in the development of work plans, assignment of projects, and timely and satisfactory completion of work. Attends national, regional, and state conferences, professional meetings, symposia, and seminars as a representative of the agency.Expertise includes strong knowledge on various policies and regulations related to ACF-funded activities, including the PRWORA (PL 104-193), DRA (PL 109-171), CRA (PL 111-291), MCTRJC (PL 112-96), ARRA (PL 111-5) and the TANF Final Rule and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (PL 113-128) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148). Show less

Chief policy analyst with major responsibility for analyzing pending, new, and proposed legislation and regulations for agencies responsible for services for children and families to determine impact on the program strategies, populations, and communities and potential impact on early childhood development, welfare, child support enforcement, asset development, and child careProvide policy analysis, program management, and technical assistance for the OFA, ETA, Head Start, OCS, ODEP… Show more Chief policy analyst with major responsibility for analyzing pending, new, and proposed legislation and regulations for agencies responsible for services for children and families to determine impact on the program strategies, populations, and communities and potential impact on early childhood development, welfare, child support enforcement, asset development, and child careProvide policy analysis, program management, and technical assistance for the OFA, ETA, Head Start, OCS, ODEP, ORR, HUD, and on a series of activities targeted to improve the economic and social well being of low-income populationsServe as information and research specialist with a broad and relevant understanding of past, current, and proposed research relating to child well-being, poverty, welfare, and serve as a liaison with stakeholders, including internal ACF leadership to address technical assistance needs of State, County and Tribal programs, agencies, and program operators and assist in the development of nationwide program standards, program models, and guidance material that focus on improving collaboration and program outcomesProvides technical expertise to a technical assistance and training team responsible for implementing a wide range of complex research, policy analysis, report documentation, and training and technical assistance activities relating to poverty reduction and economic self-sufficiency, while directly providing information on initiatives to the public through interactive presentations at publically and privately-funded conferences; during on-site gatherings and on regional and national teleconferences/webinarsServe as a technical assistance and field engagement specialist responsible for reviewing and analyzing various regional, state, and local correspondence, technical assistance plans, needs assessments, public comments, and other documents to identify specific program-related challenges Show less

Lead internal evaluator for all CDC, HRSA, and SAHMSA funded programs and coordinated all evaluation activities including operation and performance audits and compliance management for all funded programs. Developed internal evaluation criteria and methods, and established out-of-compliance methods to ensure that once issues are identified that they can be immediately resolved.Developed an improvement benchmarks matrix and tracking system utilized to ensure that all funded… Show more Lead internal evaluator for all CDC, HRSA, and SAHMSA funded programs and coordinated all evaluation activities including operation and performance audits and compliance management for all funded programs. Developed internal evaluation criteria and methods, and established out-of-compliance methods to ensure that once issues are identified that they can be immediately resolved.Developed an improvement benchmarks matrix and tracking system utilized to ensure that all funded programs are achieving funded objectives, while increasing overall quality control. Show less

Lead a team in program design, research and evaluation, technical assistance and strategic planning for community-based initiatives and organizations, private/public partnership development, public policy research, technical assistance, and program evaluationPlanned, applied, and evaluated various prevention methodologies and marketing techniques for HIV/STD prevention campaigns targeting underserved populations, including Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM), cultural, language, and… Show more Lead a team in program design, research and evaluation, technical assistance and strategic planning for community-based initiatives and organizations, private/public partnership development, public policy research, technical assistance, and program evaluationPlanned, applied, and evaluated various prevention methodologies and marketing techniques for HIV/STD prevention campaigns targeting underserved populations, including Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM), cultural, language, and racial/ethnic minorities to achieve optimal program results and promote positive health outcomes aligned with the Minority AIDS InitiativeConducted a regional community needs and resource assessment of issues related to HIV prevention, leadership development, and community mobilization; developed a regional plan of action to mobilize community and agency resources to meet priority needs related to Community Capacity Building for HIV prevention; co-authored with Concerned Black Men a training curriculum on HIV Community Planning, Leadership Development and Community Mobilization utilizing a “train the trainer” model; and developed and implemented a plan for targeting, engaging, and maintaining long-term capacity building relationships with CBOs serving communities for color and specific stakeholdersDeveloped issue papers on prevention messaging, programming, and mobilization of communities of color, factors affecting the delivery of services to marginalized populations, and racial/ethnic disparities in service coordination and provision; policy proposals on innovative training methodologies and culturally fluent foci; and policy interpretations for private and public stakeholders Show less

Lectured on Political Science, Black Political Theory, Electoral Politics, Political Theory, and Public Policy