Current Work
Planning and Leadership
 

Family Self-Sufficiency Centers: Analysis of models and potential SF Bay Area target sites for implementation of an integrated center-based family self sufficiency model. Funded by regional intermediaries and foundations
Strategic Funding Business Plan: Assistance for SF Bay Area regional funder for development of a five year strategic funding business plan focusing on long term services that help move working families towards permanent self-sufficiency
CalWORKs Career Path Employment Interim Coordination and implementation of a career path vocational training program targeting CalWORKs participants entrenched in minimum wage employment in medical front office, biotechnology, and as social services paraprofessionals
Immigrant Nurse Reentry: Development of a sector initiative assisting foreign trained RN's to reenter health care workforce in United States as licensed vocational or registered nurses

Grant Development
 

Workforce Development
Immigrant Nursing Planning Grant: $77,000
CalWORKs Post-Employment Svs: $500,000
Education
Tobacco Use Prevention Education: $86,000
Pre-Kindergarten Family Literacy (2): $123,000 California HealthyStart Planning : $50,000
School Community Violence Prev: $500,000
School Readiness Initiative: $100,000
Community Development/Capacity Building
Community TA Initiative: $750,000
Comm Dev Financial Intermediary: 2 million
Evaluation
 

Evaluation
Rural Technology Distance Learning Project
Tobacco Use Prevention Education
Middle School Safe Schools Initiative
  Red Letter Mission
The mission of Red Letter Consulting is to provide comprehensive assistance to human service agencies to increase their ability to help vulnerable populations.
I founded Red Letter based on my experience in 25 years of work in human services program delivery, development, management, and consultation. What I've observed is that while every agency has areas of strength relative to their service mission, most agencies have limited capacity for fund development and organizational planning to help them access shifting Federal, State, and Foundation funding sources.
I have direct-service and planning experience in diverse Funding and Policy Areas with particular focus on Education and Youth Programs, Family Economic Self-Sufficiency, and Community Building and Development. My philosophy towards grant development and capacity can be summed up in the following four principles:
Proper planning yields better projects that your agency can implement more effectively and sustain down the road,
 
The pursuit of grants or other funding sources is a goal that needs to be embraced at every level of your agency's culture,
 
This year's grant is really for where you want to be three years from now!
 
Honestly evaluating the effects and outcomes of your programs is the best route to long term agency success.
The purpose of Red Letter is to help agencies understand how to embrace these principles and integrate them into a strong and effective growth and fund development strategy. While I have incredible success pursuing grants for my clients, I find that the most valuable thing I offer to clients is how to use grants more effectively more more effective programs and better services for their target community.