The District of Columbia Behavioral Health Association works to create a District of Columbia where all residents with mental illness or substance use disorders receive high-quality, whole-person health care services.Member agencies include mental health providers, addiction treatment providers, primary care providers, and consumer and family run organizations that deliver mental health services, addiction services, or both. These member agencies are joined by hospital, managed care and commercial health plans, academic institutions, and community-based service providers as affiliate members. Since 1983, the District of Columbia Behavioral Health Association has represented its members in policy advocacy with the DC Council and the DC Executive Branch, strengthened service quality through training and practice improvement assistance, and pursued community engagement to understand the needs of diverse stakeholders and to provide public education about prevention, early identification and intervention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery.

DutiesLead development of institutional giving team strategy and budget, cross-agency proposals, public testimony, special events and partnership cultivation activities, and practices and procedures. Lead proposal writing and funder relationship management for Department of Adult and Children’s Clinical Services – Anchor Mental Health Association / Behavioral Health Services community support services, ACT team, Children and Adolescent Mobile Psychiatric Services (ChAMPS), Catholic Charities Legal Network, Children Services – and Department of Family, Parish, and Community Outreach – Family Centers, Parish Partners, and Prison Outreach.Accomplishments• Exceeded $12.7 million team goal supporting agency $71 million budget by $1.6 million so far in Fiscal Year 2015 and previous goals by $2.4M in 2014, $2M in 2013, and $3M in 2010• Served on 2012 Financial Systems Redesign Task Force for selection of new financial management information systems and for implementation of project accounting• Provided advisory guidance to C-Suite during 2011 President and CEO transition• Hired three Grant Writers and supervise, discipline, and evaluate Managers of Institutional Giving and Grant Writers• Developed proposal and secured new funding for Children Mobile Crisis Stabilization Services for point-of-crisis intervention for District of Columbia children and youth at risk of foster home outplacement• Developed and secured Maryland State Bond Bill supporting redesign and construction of upgraded medical clinic• Led Grant and Contract Prospecting and Opportunity Evaluation Task Force and Implemented Revised Procedures• Led Development Department practices and procedures review for 2012 review by Council on Accreditation (COA)

DutiesLead development of grants team strategy and budget, cross-agency proposals, public testimony, special events and partnership cultivation activities, and practices and procedures. Lead proposal writing for Divisions of Adult and Family Services – Anchor Mental Health Association, Archdiocesan Legal Network, Archdiocesan Health Care Network – and Housing and Support Services – emergency shelter, transitional housing, and permanent supportive housing.Accomplishments• Exceeded $5.5 million team goal supporting $54 million agency budget by $3 million in Fiscal Year 2009• Developed team capability and hired new staff to bid for contracts instead of solely seeking grants• Hired four Grant Writers and supervised, disciplined, and evaluated Grant Writers and A.A. / Admin. Coordinator• Served as member of senior management team of Catholic Charities Foundation• Served on Archdiocese of Washington Papal Service Project Steering Committee, which developed and ran a food drive that raised over 400,000 lbs. of donated food for the food pantries of the Washington metropolitan area• Served as lead proposal developer for $10 million, five-year contract for permanent supportive housing case management, securing approximately 80% share of available work in new initiative• Selected for and completed agency Management Development Program

DutiesLead development of grant proposals for Division of Immigrant and Refugee Services – Spanish Catholic Center ambulatory primary care, dental services, pre-apprenticeship training program, ESOL, employment referral services, and family support, Refugee Center resettlement, placement, and employment services, and Immigration Legal Services – and support agency leadership in program development, revenue forecasting, and budget developmentAccomplishments• Served on agency Financial Systems Redesign Task Force as Chair of Budget Development Committee• Led Catholic Charities Foundation continuous quality improvement process• Supervised grants team in absence of Director of Grants and Research

DutiesLead development of grant proposals for Division of Immigrant and Refugee Services – research trends in funding and evidence-based best practices, support program design and development, develop compelling narratives, and provide relevant appendices and supporting documentation for Spanish Catholic Center ambulatory primary care, dental services, pre-apprenticeship training program, ESOL, employment referral services, and family support, Refugee Center resettlement, placement, and employment services, and Immigration Legal Services. Participate in Division leadership meetings and Hispanic and Latino Affairs Advisory Council.Accomplishments• Supervised grants team in absence of Director of Grants and Research

DutiesLead development of grant proposals for Division of Immigrant and Refugee Services – research trends in funding and evidence-based best practices, support program design and development, develop compelling narratives, and provide relevant appendices and supporting documentation for Spanish Catholic Center ambulatory primary care, dental services, pre-apprenticeship training program, ESOL, employment referral services, and family support, Refugee Center resettlement, placement, and employment services, and Immigration Legal Services. Participate in Division leadership meetings and Hispanic and Latino Affairs Advisory Council.Accomplishments• Increased grant revenue to over $1 million annually for $5 million Division of Immigrant and Refugee Services• Served on agency’s Continuous Quality Improvement Plan Design Task Force

DutiesProvide clerical and administrative support for litigation and regulatory investigations, including discovery production copying and redaction, electronic and manual keyword searches, electronic and manual file maintenance, and document deliveryAccomplishments• Provided support services for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, LLP (one month, intellectual property); Latham & Watkins, LLP (one month, healthcare whistleblower); and Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP (nine months, securities and corporate)• Managed electronic records, including use of advanced features of MS Excel, as well as specialized databases and software packages, including iManage, Concordance, Lexis-Nexis, GhostScript, and SEC Edgar• Coordinated scope of work and payment for third-party vendors, including temporary staffing and in-house and off-site record printing

Duties and Accomplishments• Temporary Program Assistant, Migration and Refugee Services—Developed best practices journal content and maintained correspondence with grantees submitting progress reports• Intern, Migration and Refugee Services—Drafted summaries of diocesan multicultural action plans, developed implementation resources, and conducted an online versus office resources review