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CurrentHMA provides health and human service consulting services to build organizations, communities and ecosystems so that racial, ethnic, sexual and gender minorities, persons living in areas of rural and urban disinvestment, and populations with complex health and social needs can achieve their optimal health. My projects include:> City of LA Homeless Prevention Program Evaluation 2023> Substance Abuse Prevention Control Strategic Plan 2023 - 2026> Assessment of Los Angeles County Getting to Zero Initiative 2022> Assessment of Unmet Mental Health Needs of PLWH in Los Angeles County 2022> LGBTQ+ Quality of Life Study, City of Austin Texas, 2020-2021> LGBTQ+ Health Survey for the Arizona Department of Health Services, 2018-2019> Medication Assisted Treatment Expansion, Department of Health Care Services, State Opioid Response, 2019-2022> FamilySource System Evaluation, Los Angeles Housing+Community Investment Department, 2019β2022> Breaking the Cycle of Poverty: Defining Innovation & Equitable Strategies β Los Angeles Poverty Summit, Los Angeles Housing+Community Investment Department, 2019> Evaluating the Effectiveness of Los Angeles Countyβs Strategies to Expand and Enhance Interim Housing and Emergency Shelter Services, Chief Executive Office, County of Los Angeles, 2019> Examining Child Care Needs of Families Experiencing Homeless, Child Care Resource Center, 2019> Act. Watch. Prepare: A County-level Vulnerability Assessment of HIV or Hepatitis C Outbreak Among People Who Inject Drugs in California, Harm Reduction Coalition, 2018> Developed business plans for the San Francisco AIDS Project, Desert AIDS Project, and a community health needs assessment for North East Valley Health Corporation> Facilitated a year-long trauma-informed approach and healing learning collaborative for community development organizations convened by Neighborworks America
