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Department Of Family And Support Services

Collaborate with staff to identify, track, and report on program metrics and outcomes across all DFSS divisions.Update and streamline processes across a variety of database systems and software for tracking and reporting program metrics using PowerBI, Excel, Smartsheets, SharePoint, and R/Python.Support program managers with various elements of the.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Provide research and support for federal funding dashboards to track COVID pandemic related economic recovery and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funds dispersed in Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago.
• Analyze survey data and changes in housing types by neighborhoods over time to support initiative to increase homeownership access for neighborhood residents in Chicago’s East Garfield Park and Humboldt Park.
• Lead point of contact for CCT collaboration with graduate students to identify methods of measuring and tracking racial and ethnic equity metrics in Chicago through a Harris Policy Lab

United States

• Develop guidelines, policies and procedures for multiple programs utilizing federal funds, including compliance and procurement manuals.
• Develop materials used to provide technical assistance and trainings to grantees and subrecipients of federal grant funding on various aspects of applicable requirements including procurement, affordable housing.
• Project lead managing and developing 4-5 staff while providing grant management and technical assistance to recipients of federal funds.
• Conduct compliance monitoring and provide ongoing guidance to grantees and subrecipients of federal funds to ensure funds are utilized and spent in accordance with federal, state, and local requirements by identifying.
• Train Procurement & Section 3, Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher Specialist and Rent Calculation certification classes which cover HUD regulations on multiple areas of the program including waitlist, leasing.
• Develop and conduct ongoing training to over 100 staff for the Housing Choice Voucher program at the Chicago Housing Authority including new hire and ongoing trainings pertaining to all aspects of the program through.

Chicago IL

• Created solicitation packages including small order bids and RFP’s for projects at over 20 communities of over 5,000 units and awarded and executed over $1 million in contracts for projects with the Chicago and St..
• Worked with The Chicago Housing Authority to certify that The Habitat Company and the contracted vendors were compliant with HUD and The Chicago Housing Authority WMDBE and Section 3 requirements
• Ensured that The Habitat Company public housing portfolio was compliant in various program areas including resident files, rent calculation, rent collection and HUD and Chicago Housing Authority monthly and annual.
• Updated and created new training material to use while conducting training sessions for both new and existing employees on Chicago Housing Authority and HUD regulations and procedures.
• Assisted with planning and creating compliance score card to monitor 10 different areas of compliance in accordance with CHA’s incentive-based contract.

Greater Chicago Area

Assisted with several consulting projects for public housing authorities across the country. Projects include analyzing and correcting payment ledgers, assisting with waitlist and intake procedures, and processing comparable unit reports. Also trained multiple Housing Choice Voucher Specialist classes of 15-20 Nan McKay new hires for the Chicago Housing.

Greater Chicago Area

• Reviewed payment ledgers and process payment adjustments to ensure accuracy for the Chicago Housing Authority’s housing choice voucher program as well as create reports showing payment summaries.
• Reviewed files processed by staff for the Chicago Housing Authority to ensure that files were completed with 100% accuracy based on HUD and CHA regulations and requirements.

• Supported professor of sociology's research related to the equality and efficiency of Chicago's Tax Increment Financing (TIF) distribution.
• Collected data on economic characteristics of Chicago communities currently receiving TIF funding for various school, business, and public transportation development.
• Compiled quantitative reports on past distribution of Chicago TIF funding for current and potential TIF recipients.

Chicago IL

• Oversaw development of youth-produced community newsletter encompassing essays, poems and skits related to the student’s views about their families and life in the community.
• Tutored the students in the areas of writing, speech, and graphic design as they developed newsletter content.
• Aided the newsletter’s distribution throughout the local Englewood community to help promote students achievement to parents and family friends.

Master Of Public Policy, Data Analytics And Municipal Finance

Activities and Societies: Data Analytics Certificate Municipal Finance Certificate Behavioral Science and Public Policy student.

Bachelor Of Arts And Sciences, Economics & Sociology

Activities and Societies: President of Economics Club President of Sociology ClubCourses Taken Include: Price Theory, Macroeconomics.