Melissa M. Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, IN, US

Oversee development and delivery of Kiwanis Youth & Service and Leadership Programs' (SLP) education and training initiatives. Student member servant leadership curriculum and courses include Key Leader, Global Leadership Certificate, and Culture of Care. Adult volunteer training and education curriculum includes youth protection and advisory position..

Assist in the development, implementation and management of Kiwanis International youth protection initiatives for youth and adult audiences; oversee, develop and train in-person and virtually Kiwanis members and non-members volunteering with youth program members on abuse prevention and Kiwanis International youth protection policies and procedures..

Work in agile tech environment with in-house software developers creating and enhancing legislative administrative applications. Created a knowledge repository of all OTS business processes, procedures and protocols. Created several business process checklists, technology support guides and application user guides to share and increase staff and user.

Managed fiscal compliance of multi-million dollar grant funded state health projects, collaborating with agency program and other finance managers. Provided daily management and oversight of grants management staff, ensuring compliance with standardized grant development and award procedures and submission of accurate reporting requirements. Coordinated.

Managed $60+M DCS Fund and Federal Grant Award financial data for HHS/ACF Title IV-E Foster Care and Adoption Assistance funds. Ensured agency grant data was processed and reconciled in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and methodologies implemented with the State's Financial Account System (ENCOMPASS). Monitored and reconciled.

Supervised, instructed, trained, managed work assignments of Human Services Consultants II staff on the Centralized Eligibility team, who were responsible for daily Title IV-E Foster Care program eligibility determinations for JD/JS cases. Co-coordinated preparations for a federal Title IV-E Foster Care program audit as a federal reviewer of cases that.

Co-developed a tool to assess maturity levels of government grants offices using the Grants Management Assessment Process (GMAP). As part of a Performance Audit and Cost Savings Analysis for the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor, I analyzed business processes and procedures of their grant and financial staff. Served as Project Manager in development.

Strategic Planning Project, Marion County Information Services Agency, City of IndianapolisCo-facilitated a series of interviews and focus groups with approximately 60 city and county IT stakeholders, recording and summarizing participant feedback to identify current and future business needs. Researched industry best practices and comparable government.

Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS)Supported and prepared State of Indiana DCS for Federal Title IV-E Foster Care Audit conducted by federal Health and Human Services departments by reviewing hundreds of electronic/paper CHINS case files for policy compliance and enhancements.

Indiana Department of Child Services (client)Coordinated Indiana's Community Based-Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) Grantee network development, financial peer reviews and training presentations.Conducted Title IV-E Foster Care federal funding cost reporting financial reviews of over 100+ Indiana residential child care facilities to establish Indiana's.

Managed $2M+ state and federal criminal justice sub-recipient grant awards, including community prosecution, community court initiative and victim services advocate grants. Responsible for quarterly and annual program performance and financial reporting to state ICJI and federal DOJ awarding agencies. Participated on Marion County, IN city/county-wide.

Administered $60M+ federal and state Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant funds to 175+ Indiana sub-grantees and $2.5M federal STOP Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) grant funds to 40+ sub-grantees. Trained at the Bureau of Justice Assistance,Office of Justice Programs Federal Financial Management Training on A-133 and A-87 cost principles. Collected and.

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Provided support and collected qualitative and quantitative data on Indiana's victim services funded by federal grant, Office of Victim Services funds passed through by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute. Co-developed survey instruments and databases to collect data from local law enforcement and prosecutor's victim advocates, domestic violence.

B.A., Political Science

Activities and Societies: Christian Student Fellowship (CSF)

Graduate Certificate In Nonprofit Management

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