Melissa Dang Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles County, California, United States

Coordinating international and domestic grantmaking activities for the program department. Monitoring current grants and supporting the development, review, and presentation of grant proposals related to the Disaster Relief and Recovery and Avoidable Blindness program areas, as well as the emerging work to support refugees. Support with strategic grant planning, budgeting, project tracking, and design and implementation of MEL framework.

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

Support in the opening of a new branch location of the foundation, including staff recruitment, orientation, and capacity building through training on social work counseling, child protection, and case management. Developed and maintained relationships with funding partners, developing CSR partnerships with businesses for advocacy, support outreach to local NGOs, public institutions, and government embassies and ministries to support children's access to education, health and safety. Ensured implementation of programs and supported collection of monitoring data, developing impact monitoring tools for long-term advocacy.

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

Support creation and development of tools and training which build staff capacity and improved quality of program services, with a focus on child protection and case management.

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Provide technical support to Thai & Burmese social advisors in improving the health, education, and safety of migrant children and families in Chiang Mai and surrounding areas. Contribute to the development of safety and case management programs, developing training modules, led regular case management meetings to support services for families that included needs assessment, service plan development, home visits, and child protection planning, supporting implementation and monitoring of outcomes, developing Standard Operating procedures, supporting grant-writing.

Oakland, Ca

A co-founding organizer and partner of the Breakaway Swing venue in Oakland, CA. Support with marketing, design, finances, and volunteer coordination.

San Francisco Bay Area

Primary counselor and care coordinator for families in Integrated Family Services, a program to prevent child abuse by strengthening families’ protective factors through connecting children and adults to multiple coordinated services. Working collaboratively with families and a team of therapists, parent educators, playroom staff, and other direct staff to assess family functioning, support development of goals, connect families to appropriate services, and monitor progress. Facilitated weekly service delivery team meetings. Supervised interns for drop-in and crisis counseling. Assisted in program development including data tracking and intake tools.

New York, Ny

Support refugee families resettling in NYC through intensive case management, including conducting ongoing assessments, supporting housing safety, health and mental health needs, medical checks, accessing culturally and linguistically appropriate services, application for Social Security, Food Stamps, and cash assistance. Support development of a Community Health Program, finding trainers, developing curriculum, evaluation tools, and drafting a proposal for grant submission.

Oakland, Ca

Created training curriculum and communications material for the Early Admit Program, a college readiness program supporting high school students through mentorship, skills development, and community building. Developed a 9 module curriculum for mentors, assisting in group and one-one-one training. Supported designing the program logo, brochure, and manual.

Brooklyn, Ny

Social work counselor at Khalil Gibran International Academy, a public school in Brooklyn, and group coordinator for ENACT, a trauma-informed drama therapy program supporting students' social-emotional development. Provided counseling to local and international students, assisting with goal setting, running and after-school clubs. Developed a monitoring system to track student participation. Conducted home visits and school meetings with parents, supporting access to Arabic translation and community resources.

San Leandro, Ca

Collaborated with county workers, educators, psychiatrists, and therapists at a day treatment school to support students with emotional disturbance, protecting records within HIPAA regulations, assisting with safety, and supporting student events. Tracked, monitored, and reviewed educational and clinical documents, assessments, treatment plans, and notes to ensure continued mental health services, billing school districts and counties through Medi-Cal. Trained staff in administrative front-desk duties.

Orange County, Ca

Managed and taught classes of 5-15 elementary school students in an after-school program on music theory and piano skills. Planned weekly lessons, assessed student performances, set up recitals, and outreached to parents.

Santa Ana, Ca

Served as a Community Outreach liaison for Families and Communities Together (FaCT), a network of Family Resource Centers administered by the Orange County Social Services Agency to support high-risk communities access supportive services. Facilitated communication between first generation Vietnamese families and community service providers to decrease barriers in accessing free community resources and health information. Coordinated meetings with local organizations, doctors, public health nurses, and Family Resource Centers. Maintained and updated outreach material, editing ads, printing & translating services.

Santa Ana, Ca

Outreached to 75 clinics across Orange County raising awareness about human trafficking and providing resources. Researched, planned outreach events, and designed communications material. Met with government and immigration officials and community service professionals.

Berkeley, Ca

Under the Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program, conducted research with UC Berkeley Sociology professor to compile a longitudinal study on social development indicators of 20 industrialized countries using national and international social statistical databases, thematically looking at American exceptionalism and international wealth accumulation. Calculated and analyzed social statistics, organized data on Microsoft Excel and drafted report of findings and analyses.

Master Of Science Social Work (Mssw), Advanced Generalist Practice & Programming, International Social Welfare

Activities and Societies: Columbia Social Work Review, AGPP Caucus, CSSW Anti-Racist Action NetworkDegree Concentration: Advanced.

B.A., Sociology

Coursework: Social Theory, Research, Development & Globalization, Policy, Economy, & Society, Social Change, Population and Poverty.