Amanda Rosado

I support the organization's strategic initiatives, operationalize the strategic plan, and ensure alignment between organizational goals and resources. I oversee Finance, Human Resources, Communications, and Operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Collaborate with the executive leadership team to ensure alignment of the Coalition's initiatives with organizational goals.
• Champion Affordable Housing: Engage and sustain a network of 5,000 members and partners to move the needle on advancing affordable housing.
• People First: Build, support, and equip a diverse and inclusive team of 25 employees.
• Work Culture: Promote equity, inclusion, and wellness to ensure staff are supported.
• Organizational Development: Identify and address emerging challenges and opportunities impacting the organization.
• Project Management: Ensure timely delivery of project and grant deliverables across multiple teams.
• Fiscal Responsibility : Oversee a $4 million annual operating budget, including monthly reporting to the Board of Directors on our financial position and projected growth.

Success Highlights:

• Championed the adoption of new technology solutions to streamline operations, automate manual tasks, and improve employee satisfaction.
• Established key performance indicators for each department to track progress towards the organization's strategic plan.

With a firm belief that communities can effectively and humanely addressed the unhoused crisis, I assisted communities in designing and implementing tailored solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Provided training, technical assistance, and consulting to support communities in developing a robust and effective housing crisis response system in 27 Continuums of Care.
• Served as a HUD Technical Assistance Provider for Continuums of Care throughout the United States to provide guidance on maximizing and leveraging HUD resources, including CoC Program and ESG funding.
• Developed curriculum tailored for frontline staff working with households experiencing homelessness.

Success Highlights:

• Developed and published the first Case Management training series and guidebook specific to case managers working with households experiencing homelessness. This curriculum and training has empowered thousands of case managers.
• Coordinated efforts during the pandemic to help communities quickly understand new federal guidance and implement ESG-CV programs to ensure rapid entry to shelter and rapid exit to housing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborated with a care coordination team to implement the first state-mandated housing care coordination for high utilizers of behavioral health services to improve health outcomes.
• Coordinated with 23 counties and over 30 providers in Northeast Florida to ensure mental health and substance use providers were connecting their clients to appropriate housing resources.
• Bridged the gap between homeless services providers and mental health/substance use providers by increasing communication and LSF's footprint in the community.

Success Highlights:

• Within a matter of months, several households with high acuity and utilization rates were housed with this housing care coordination initiative, saving the state thousands of dollars per household.
• Implemented a pilot program to offer housing vouchers to assist patients from the state psychiatric hospital to community living. This resulted in ensuring people received the care they needed in the least restrictive setting.

• Ensured continuity of care during crisis situations by coordinating emergency services, assessing risk factors, and creating safety plans for vulnerable clients.
• Enhanced client outcomes by developing and implementing personalized case management plans rooted in Housing First.
• Facilitated successful client transitions from institutional settings to community living through careful planning and coordination of services.

• Provided case management services under the HOPWA program for individuals and families experiencing chronic homeless, HIV, and co-occurring disorders.
• Served on an interdisciplinary team as a case manager in Columbia, South Carolina's first Permanent Supportive Housing pilot program for individuals and families experiencing chronic homelessness.
• Administered rental assistance under the newly developed Housing Prevention and Rapid Rehousing program (HPRP).

• Assisted individuals and families with available community resources, connecting them with essential services such as housing assistance, financial aid, or healthcare providers.
• Supported clients and families with empathy and compassion during difficult times.
• Advocated for members' rights, navigating complex systems to secure necessary resources and benefits.