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Training
- Provided capacity building and technical assistance to grant recipients and fund seekers for The Cleveland Foundation’s faith-based Youth Preparation Program.
- Designed and led a three-day training session for faith-based liaisons in the U.S. Department of Housing.
- Developed and implemented a certified community development training program for College of Biblical Studie,s Houston, Texas.
- Facilitated training for the University of Delaware’s Community Development Program.
- Created a technical assistance model for Riggs Bank to assist faith-based organizations in community development.
- Developed a faith-based community economic development “Toolbox” – a practitioner’s resource of books, videos, and other helpful materials -- for the National Congress for Community Economic Development (NCCED).
- Directed training for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation.
- Prepared and participated in the first four-city, simul-cast broadcasting of a training workshop for the National Congress for Community Economic Development.
- Created a faith-based informational website with Fannie Mae and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
- Organized community economic development tracks at major ecumenical conferences, including the national Congresses on Urban Ministry and Christian Community Development Association.
- Built a capacity-assessment tool for faith-based organizations for Nueva Esperanza.
- Provided capacity-building training for regional meetings for Christian Missionary Episcopal Denomination.
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Program development
- Consulted and trained scores of nonprofit and for-profit organizations across the nation in all aspects of housing rehabilitation and construction, program development, volunteerism, marketing, and financing.
- Served as the primary consultant to develop the first tele-visitation and mentoring program for women in Ohio prisons (Project IMPACT).
- Created four, 501(c)(3) organizations.
- Assisted the Cleveland Foundation in forming and evaluating a grants program to support faith-based organization.
- Conducted the preliminary evaluation for The Pew Charitable Trust’s FASTEN program.
- Developed a medical center, restaurant, and office space as part of a community economic development strategy.
- Rehabilitated a local community theater in cooperation with Carnegie Mellon University.
- Researched options for an urban community supermarket strategy.
- Developed a marketing study for a bakery run by prisoners in Brazil.
- Served as an economic development consultant for projects in Ghana, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya.
- Taught an arts-based community development course to youth in Brazil.
- Researched and reported comparison of manufactured housing versus stick built housing.
- Developed a noncontiguous leasing cooperative with tax credit syndication.
- Initiated and managed a HUD-approved housing counseling program.
- Developed a housing rehabilitation program with local youth in partnership with the school district, the city and local banks.
- Launched the Christian Housing Partnership Program, CHPP, a success volunteer training program combining local and out-of-town church volunteers.
- Participated in the development of the Enterprise Foundation’s specification writing program, SpecMaster, now called Housing Developer Pro.
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Research
- Surveyed faith-based, CED training opportunities.
- Researched for the U.S. Conference of Mayors various cities’ best-practices for strengthening faith-based organizations.
- Tracked and evaluated public policy on faith-based community economic development.
- Assisted in market research for a supermarket development in a Pittsburgh community.
- Researched and presented models of faith-based community development for the US Conference of Mayors Read and evaluated proposals for the DOL Prison Re-Entry Initiative.
- Read and evaluated proposals for the DOL Prison Re-Entry Initiative.
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Funding evaluation and development
- Directed youth ministries for six years in Puerto Rico, Brazil and Jamaica.
- Promoted collaboration among religious groups and community economic development practitioners in workshops, publications and policy statements.
- Supported collaborative initiatives through technical assistance in five states.
- Linked faith-based CED practitioners to funders, technical assistance providers, and government agencies across the country.
- Served as a national project coordinator for World Vision US ministries in Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Benton Harbor.
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