Service Delivery Youth Advocate
Resume:
Sandra Weiss
Easton Pa.*****
Education
Associate Arts Sales and Marketing; Brevard Junior College Florida 1974-1976
University of Miami, Florida; Business Degree 2 Years 1977-1979
Muhlenberg Evening College- Certificate Program- Human Resources in Small
Business 1997
Muhlenberg Continuing College- Certificate Program- Working Managers 1997
State Certified Preventionalist i.e. ; Blood borne pathogens
Volunteer Recruitment Series of Seminars- Presented by the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley
Member of the Peter Drucker Foundation with attendance at numerous seminars on Business Management for Non-Profits
Certification on non-profit management STSU by, COMPASS POINT San Jose
State University IES San Jose, California (August,2003 completed May 2004)
Trained in the “Communities that Care” concept through Shippensburg
University sponsored by the state of Pennsylvania
Trained in the implementation, through the data collection process, of the "Weed & Seed" Program
Trained in operational aspects of the “Elm Street project”, basis of the Main Street Initatative
Published in several publications, personal philosophies of Community Building, grass roots initiatives and the impacts of Welfare reform
Working knowledge of Community Development Block Grants and the
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
Knowledge of FEMA and other Government Emeregency Grants
Numerous Grant Writing Seminars and acted a Development Director for ``` Agency
Work History
SALES MANAGER- 1993- 1995 (CETRO CORP)
Responsible for supervision of Corporate Sales Office, involving selling blocks of rooms
(HOLIDAY INN) Routes 512 & 22
Planning and scheduling meetings for businesses and individuals
Duties also included creating PowerPoint presentations for CEO’s of potential corporate
clients
Acting Manager of entire hotel, when General Manager was unavailable
Wedding and special event planning
Trade shows, educational seminars, Chamber of Commerce events, fund raising events and Marketing for all other special events
Business to business sales and internal sales via phone contact; limited cold calling
PROGRAM SUPERVISOR/DEVELOPER October 1995- July 1996 Easton
Area Neighborhood Centers Inc.
Duties included supervision of all Centers’ programming to insure funding requirements
were being met and program outcomes applied to the data being collected
Research and development of potential new programs and fundingsour
Facilitated groups in and out of Northampton County Prison and Community
Supervised work release prisoners, including juvenile offenders who were performing a work related duty for their Community service
Supervised all center personnel at both office sites and trained case managers in all aspects of service delivery using a computer and software developed to electronically collect data, which included registering voters and ability to run report on individual Parties
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR- Easton Area Neighborhood Centers Inc.
July 1996- April 2002
Supervised and hired staff of 10-12 in accordance with standards set by EEOC and disability requirements as set by the Federal guidelines
Monitored the Senior Citizens programs: Insured advocacy- senior transportation, a service contracted through the county to provide response demand transportation for doctor’s appointments and grocery shopping. Other services were also offered, assistance with pace, rent rebates, taxes as well as medical seminars, and a great deal of work with the local Social Security Office
Recruited and trained volunteers, EANC had four positions that were constantly filled by volunteer staff
Prepared all budgets, developed measurable outcomes for all programming
Brought all staff salaries up to a living wage and developed salary ranges and redid all job descriptions to reflect current duties
Performed all grant writing and monitored EANC’s diverse funding, totaling up to about
16 different funding streams
Directed all of Centers’ programming that included a Summer Youth Camp, a Senior Transportation program, a Shelter for Homeless families, Food Bank, Representative Payee Program, as well as case manager services. HUD was a big portion of the budget since we were one of the first community based agencies that sub- contracted with Northampton County to provide housing case management.
Provided Federal Summer Lunch program for all Easton’s Agencies that had a summer
lunch program. Maintaining all FDA requirements and reporting
Utilized a tool in collaboration with the ALERT Partnership, called Asset Mapping, which involved door to door questionnaires, thus informing and involving residents of the Southside of Easton, including Delaware Terrace. The result being,increase in Block watch and the formation of the “Southside Stakeholders group”, still in existence.
Supervised an additional site office called :Dutchtown Gallows Hill, which was funded through the Community Development Block Grant of the City of Easton.This office provided case management services to over 50 families/individuals whose population consists of dually diagnosed individuals. Volunteers were an integral part of the day to day function of this office. A Representative Payee system I created, with assistance from
the accountant allowed approximately 50 or more households to learn through case management services, how to maintain daily living.
This was all on a database to show growth in the household which allowed me to report to the funder the necessary outcomes whether units of service or an increase in self- sufficiency.
EANC subcontracted with Northampton County to provide their entire Homeless Assistance Program, which had 3 components. Bridge Housing (Transitional Homeless Housing for families) Rental Assistance and Housing Case Management services. I instituted a program for the Transitional Housing portion (shelter) using local faith-based organizations and service clubs for volunteers to adopt each family to act as role models and a support system. This mentoring or “family adoption “ greatly increased the success rate of the family sustaining itself, using case worker follow up and the support system that was developed for each individual family.
All of EANC’s records were on a database called Clients to Success, which recorded the client’s growth towards self-sufficiency using a scoring system. This program was adopted by the United Way for use by all of the agencies in the Social Service Panel. EANC was commissioned to train those 10 agencies in the Lehigh Valley on this system. The program collected all necessary CDBG data and had the capacity to generate reports on any time frame.
EANC partnered with the Easton School District, Easton Hospital, and the Youth Advocate program to establish a series of programs funded by on Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency for 3 years. This was the largest award to go to a single non-profit in Northampton County. The results of which are ongoing as we (a team of community leaders) found funding sources to keep the program alive after state funding started to diminish.
A Family Center was created in Cheston Elementary School, led by the efforts of EANC and all Easton’s non-profit’s. A volunteer community board was created and the project was funded by the United Way. The Family Center Board volunteers drove all services. The school has benefited greatly from this initiative. This same process was created in the Slate Belt region. Since then numerous models have been recreated at most Bethlehem Elementary Schools and in the Allentown School District.
A mental health clinic run by the Youth Advocate program was located on the top floor of EANC’s south side location, where before parents and children had to travel to Bethlehem for services. EANC also partnered with the Allentown Diocese, to provide free office space to Catholic Charities to bring all of their programming to consumers in Easton, where before families had to travel to Allentown to receive service.
A home visitation program run by nurses from Easton Hospital which provided pre-natal and post-natal instruction was used as a model for other programming in the state. Dr. Daria Starosta and I had the pleasure of presenting our results in Harrisburg. We also initiated an immunization clinic in all of Easton’s summer programs that served as a model for use in an effort that was done in the school district. All of the immunization team was done by volunteer nurses recruited by the Doctor and myself. The grant that provided all of these services was for $395,000.
During my tenure as ED, through new funding and increases from the funders satisfied with the service delivery and new collaborations EANC’s budget increased from $425,000 in 1996 to 2002 fiscal year’s budget of
$712,000. 93% of which was in the form of direct service.
CONSULTANT FOR NON-PROFITS May 2002- ongoing
Grant writing, focus groups, creation of surveys, outcome development, and development of Volunteer programs. Provide assistance for small non-profits to supplement staff, computer training of staff and volunteers. Consultation with Agency Board of Directors and Executives and staff on mission development, training in assistance locating funding sources to fulfill mission/program. And promotion of collaboration to avoid duplication of services
G &S_CONSTRUCTION OFFICE MANAGER.
( current parttime position)
Duties: Keep filing system in order : Arrange for Certificates Of Occupancy, Insurance for Business,Co-ordinated with Sub-contractors to insure all were in compliance with local municipalities, arranged for permits etc. Responsible for accounts: AR &AP, job files, ordering of supplies, co-coordinating on site timeframe to insure customer satisfaction. Scheduling of regular meetings with job foreman or crew chief. Responsible for payroll and all other duties pertaining to operating a small business.
Skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office Professional, computer networking, basic computer repair, Strategic Planning, corporate training, Professional Presentation skills
using PowerPoint. Extensive knowledge of service providers, for many targeted populations. Volunteer recruitment and training.
Awards Received
United Way Agency Executive Award for Collaboration
Kiwanis of America Community Leadership Award
Letter of appreciation for volunteer work on “Summer Nights” a Weed & Seed initiative collaborative effort of the City Of Easton,Legacy Ministries and the Family YMCA.
Volunteer Efforts
Volunteer at the County Home at Gracedale, Notre Dame High School, and active
member of “Neighbors of Easton”
Work at local Neighborhood polls to assist Community oriented candidates’
positions in Local Government
Grassroots Community Organizing
Contact this candidate