I’m a leading human services consultant helping municipalities, states and nonprofits in: Housing, Homelessness, Disaster recovery & resilience, and Training & Education.
About Darlene
I am committed to the respect and dignity of all people. 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.
I understand that in order to provide compassionate services and innovative programming, strong infrastructure must be in place to achieve the greatest impact. 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.
Program and diagnostic help. Innovative strategy, rigorous analysis. Results oriented.
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.
Process improvement, team performance, alignment of resources, develop and implement consistent processes, identify key performance measures, and work collaboratively.
Sometimes communities require new conceptual structures to rebuild and strengthen human services and housing portfolios. I have supported communities by working collaboratively and methodically to define policy priorities, reorganize funding strategies, and identify key performance measures.
I employ authentic community engagement strategies to support community organization such as:
• Community Engagement Meetings
• Focus Groups
• Consolidated Planning Meetings
• Strategic Planning
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.
• System Mapping
• Coordinated Entry
• HUD Community Planning and Development
