Maryam Kiefer, Msw Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

•Develop, strategically plan, and implement United Way’s bi-annual anti-poverty public policy agenda•Advocate for the allocation of state, county, and city American Rescue Plan Act funds towards health and human service projects and organizations in Cuyahoga and Geauga counties•Monitor health and human service legislation and budget allocations at the federal, state, county, and city levels and write and submit public testimony•Organize and host virtual and in-person federal, state, county, and city advocacy days with elected officials•Cultivate and maintain relationships with external stakeholders including federal, state, county, and city elected and appointed officials and leadership from statewide and local health and human service organizations•Coordinate and develop virtual community conversation events focused on racial equity, education, healthcare, behavioral health, and civic engagement featuring community leaders, elected and appointed officials, academics, and non-profit and private sector leadership

Greater New York City Area

Contemporary Social Welfare Policy, Master of Social Work Program

Greater New York City Area

•Worked with the leadership team at The Coalition, Coalition members and other stakeholders to develop and implement The Coalition’s policy and advocacy agenda and action plan to achieve legislative and advocacy goals•Met with City and State elected officials to advocate for policies impacting The Coalition's membership•Researched and analyzed New York State and City budgets, legislation, and policy proposals and developed memos•Cultivated and maintained relationships with Coalition members, care coordination networks, managed care organizations, behavioral health organizations, and government agencies•Organized meetings and advocacy events with key officials and affiliated organizations•Produced reports for stakeholders on policy and advocacy initiatives

Greater New York City Area

• Managed, planed, and facilitated monthly and bi-monthly stakeholder meetings with high-level leadership from managed care organizations, Health Homes, and behavioral health providers• Facilitated the RPC Advisory Board meeting, and provided updates from all RPC groups and communication with State agencies• Co-led meetings with Office of Mental Health (OMH) and Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), developed agendas for the Plan/Provider Roundtable meetings, and tracked issues arising out of each meeting• Collaborated with other bureaus within the Division of Mental Hygiene to conceptualize solutions for issues raised during RPC meetings and determined follow up with State and City agencies• Collaborated in developing consumer and provider education and awareness projects to increase Health and Recovery Plan and Health Home enrollment in New York City, and facilitated discussions with the Medicaid recipients to obtain recommendations on enhancing consumer education• Supervised RPC Coordinators

Greater New York City Area

● Planed and facilitated Regional Planning Consortium (RPC) stakeholder meetings with Health Homes, care management agencies, consumers, and peer advocates● Analyzed and synthesized comments and feedback gathered from stakeholder meetings● Prepared and developed the RPC Community Town Hall

Greater New York City Area

● Planed and developed community workshops and large events focused on childhood education, health and wellness, parenting skills, and safety, and surveyed participants after events● Met with federal, state, and city elected officials to advocate for increasing funding and awareness of community food and nutrition programs, including food pantries, soup kitchens, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)● Built relationships with vendors, local businesses, city agencies, and social service providers to establish sponsors and speakers for community events● Developed and analyzed surveys to understand the effectiveness and impact of events and services, and to learn the community’s unmet needs

Greater New York City Area

● Conducted intake, assessment, and provided long term case management to individuals and families in Brooklyn affected by hurricanes Irene and Sandy● Advocated and interacted with other city, state, federal, and community agencies on behalf of clients ● Worked with clients to create a disaster recovery plan and provided information and referrals on available recovery resources offering counseling, health, legal, housing, financial, and repair and rebuild services● Entered client information and services provided in the Coordinated Assistance Network database

Greater New York City Area

● Designed digital and print communications, alumni, and development materials using Adobe Creative Suite 5● Recorded all incoming donations and updated constituent records in Raiser’s Edge● Managed, wrote, and designed the North America quarterly newsletter, LAU Matters● Designed and sent invitations and annual fund solicitation HTML emails using MailChimp

Amman, Jordan

Conducted a nine month qualitative research study on the ways faith-based organizations improve the psychosocial well-being of Iraqi widow refugees.

Master Of Social Work (Msw), Community Organization, Planning, And Development

Activities and Societies: Global Social Work Alliance, Vice PresidentAwards and Honors Graduated with Honors Dorothy North McNeal Fund.

Bachelor Of Arts, Middle East Studies

Awards and Honors Graduated Cum Laude, Departmental Honors in Middle East Studies, Lafarge Fellows Scholarship, Matteo Ricci Summer.

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