Eric Evans Email & Phone Number

Merrillville, Indiana

• As the Director of Prevention Services, I provide operational leadership to employees' responsible for providing a variety of Youth Services and Social Services programs throughout Northwest Indiana. Specifically, I:
• Successfully written and secured grants equaling a $1.5 Million annual budget
• Oversee 3 Federal grants and 3 State grants
• Manage a network of regional and statewide substance abuse prevention and mental health awareness initiatives
• Identifies and leverages state and federal funding to support community based programs for an array of initiatives to strengthen mental health promotion and substance abuse prevention programming for youth, elder.
• Developed, tested, and implemented an evidence-inspired LGBTQ+ Cultural Diversity Training

Indiana

Provide oversight, recruit, train and manage a statewide youth leadership and Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug prevention program with a yearly budget of $200,000. Responsible for program implementation including training over 400 youth leaders in Refusal/Resistance Skills, Normative Education, Community Service, Advocacy, Mentoring and Philanthropy as.

I am a dependable course Facilitator with experience delivering educational assistance and instruction to various levels of learners. Committed to providing all students with the necessary tools to achieve their academic goals, instilling a love of learning, and cooperative teamwork. Adept in application of excellent communication and problem solving skills.

I have extensive experience in the applications of communication studies including teaching communication courses for Ivy Tech Community College for 3 years. During this time, I have taught both in-person and online for 8-week and 16-week courses. I have had the opportunity to teach the following courses: Fundamentals of Public Speaking, Introduction to.

Graduate Certificate, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

Master Of Arts - Ma, Communication And Media Studies

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Organizational Communication, General