Projects
Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority technical assistance
Through a technical assistance contract, a team of accomplished colleagues and I provide business planning, board training, grant coaching, fund development, facility needs assessment, and program support to Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority. My colleagues include Joy Bentley, CPA; Hilary Morgan, MPP; John Conway, PE; Doug Cobb, PMP; Joel Neimeyer, PE; Mark Truog, CPA; Fred Traber; Pam Miller, LCSW; Rain Van Den Berg, MPH; and Neisha Jones, M.Ed. To ask about eligibility, contact Kelda Barstad, Trust Program Officer.
Mat-Su Health Foundation technical assistance
Through a technical assistance contract, a team of accomplished colleagues and I provide business planning, board training, grant coaching, fund development, facility needs assessment, and program support to organizations in the Mat-Su Borough in Southcentral Alaska. My colleagues include Joy Bentley, CPA; Mark Truog, CPA; Hilary Morgan, MPP; John Conway, PE; Doug Cobb, PMP; Joel Neimeyer, PE; Pam Miller, LCSW; Rain Van Den Berg, MPH; and Neisha Jones, M.Ed. To ask about eligibility, contact Tracy Kalytiak, Mat-Su Health Foundation Program Officer.
Alaska Dementia Action Collaborative
Coordinating the work of a 50+ member coalition of subject matter experts and advocates, work to advance Alaska’s 10-year map to addressing dementia in our state. The vision: Alaska succeeds in meeting the needs of residents impacted by Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia through community-driven initiatives supported by a highly coordinated collective statewide effort that embraces cultural strengths and encourages innovation.
Ellangcarvik Xiq'udilanhoi Yix: Bethel's Sobering Center
Helped to identify the depth and breadth of alcohol-related problems as they impact the Yukon-Kuskokwim Regional Hospital's Emergency Department, the City of Bethel Police Department, and Yukon-Kuskokwim Correctional Center. analyzed 10 years of data, and identified potential solutions for consideration by the community. Our team interviewed key informants, convened community meetings, and held a summit with tribal and community leaders, state policymakers and funders. Under consultation to Bethel Community Services Foundation, coordinated leadership efforts with the State of Alaska, Alaska Mental Health Trust, and other policy and funding partners over two years resulting funding for and development of a unique sobering center and community service patrol. As a direct result of this effort, YKHC is deploying early intervention and treatment (SBIRT) in community health clinics across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
Dental Therapy Education Tours
Facilitated the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's educational tours to educate state, local, tribal and national policymakers about the nation's first dental therapy education program, offered through the University of Washington and housed at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.
Pacific Partners in Nursing
Under contract to the Rogosin Institute's Dreyfus Health Foundation, worked with the nursing education leaders of Guam, Palau, Northern Marianas Islands, Marshall Islands, and American Samoa to develop a program of sustainability to support their work. These leaders cross five US Affiliated Pacific Island jurisdictions, and focus on strengthening the professional nursing capacity and local public health needs using the Problem Solving for Better Health method.
Regional Senior Services Planning
Under contract to the Mat-Su Health Foundation, I worked with a team of highly skilled colleagues to support six regional senior centers in developing a Borough-wide plan for services. We conducted an organizational assessment of each center, and helped them identify areas for potential coordination. We assisted leadership of the six centers to develop consistent financial systems, the data from which helped regional funders make the most accurate and long-term decisions.
Foundation conversion
Staffed the conversion of Bethel Community Services Foundation from a supporting foundation for a nonprofit social service agency to a community foundation in 2004. Continuing work includes succession planning, endowment and donor advised fund policies and procedures, Individual Development Accounts, feasibility of capital projects, and facilitating initiatives that address community and regional problems.
Dental Therapist Program Evaluation
Supported the first-ever national evaluation of dental therapy by Research Triangle Institute, by staffing the Tribal Coordinating Committee comprised of representatives from five tribal health organizations compacted under PL 93-638. The Tribal Coordinating Committee provided program authority, guided Institutional Review Board processes, and oversight on methodology. Partners included the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation, Bethel Community Services Foundation in coordination with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, Norton Sound Health Corporation, and Bristol Bay Health Corporation.
Dental Health Needs Assessments
Prepared Dental Health Needs Assessments for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, in partnership with the Denali Commission, and Rasmuson Foundation. These reports are the foundation of the Denali Commission’s dental health clinic funding and the Rasmuson Foundation’s guideline for supplementing dental health clinic funds.
Alaska Partners in Nursing
Provided program support to Alaska's partnership for Partners Investing in Nursing's Future, a project of the Rasmuson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Northwest Health Foundation, Bethel Community Services Foundation, Mat-Su Health Foundation, the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association, and the UAA School of Nursing.
Community Asset Building Initiative
Worked with The Alaska Community Foundation to develop its Community Asset Building Initiative, supporting seven small Alaskan communities in developing their local community endowments and creating the infrastructure within the Alaska Community Foundation to support them.