my Mission:
Empower.
I’m a leading human services consultant helping municipalities, states and nonprofits in: Housing, Homelessness, Disaster recovery & resilience, and Racial equity.
Helping citIES, states, and organizations:
Strengthen local governance
Redesign large scale federal programs,
Reorganize housing portfolios
Strengthen grants management processes.
About Darlene
I am committed to the respect and dignity of all vulnerable populations. My mission, vision and thoughtful approach to human services work is shaped by this commitment. I help communities strengthen local governance, redesign large scale federal programs, respond to public health crises and natural disasters, reorganize housing portfolios and strengthen grants management processes. I devote myself to helping municipalities, states and nonprofits achieve their highest potential for the people they serve.
My Services
I understand that in order to provide compassionate services and innovative programming, strong infrastructure must be in place to achieve the greatest impact for the who need them most. My work focuses on delivering critical foundational elements needed to strengthen the systems and processes necessary to support programs and activities that provide housing stability.
Gaps Analysis
Program and diagnostic help. Innovative strategy, rigorous analysis. Results oriented
Monitoring Frameworks
Help communities develop their tools to respond effectively. Funders require robust processes to track and monitor the success of their sub-recipients. Efficient processes that provide consistent, desirable results are what create
Federal Grants Management
Process improvement, team performance, alignment of resources, develop and implement consistent processes identify key performance measures and work collaboratively
Portfolio Redesign
Sometimes communities require new conceptual structures to rebuild and strengthen human services and housing portfolios. I have supported communities in working collaboratively and methodically to define policy priorities, reorganize funding strategies and identify key performance measures.
Processes
I understand that in order to provide compassionate services and innovative programming, strong infrastructure must be in place to achieve the greatest impact for the who need them most. My work focuses on delivering critical foundational elements needed to strengthen the systems and processes necessary to support programs and activities that provide housing stability.
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FACILITATION
I employ authentic community engagement strategies to support community organization such as:
• Community Engagement Meetings
• Focus Groups
• Consolidated Planning Meetings
• Strategic planning
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RACIAL EQUITY WORK
Help communities develop their tools to respond effectively
Funders require robust processes to track and monitor the success of their sub-recipients.
Efficient processes that provide consistent, desirable results are what create
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TRAINING
• Housing First
• System Mapping
• Coordinated Entry
• Race Equity Analysis
• HUD Community Planning and Development