DENISE M. BROWN, MSW, LSW
Bloomfield,USA
Summary
Dynamic and results-driven Licensed Social Worker and Program Director with a robust background in social services and community health initiatives. Proven ability in program management, stakeholder engagement, and strategic planning, with a strong record of accomplishment of achieving measurable goals and ensuring compliance with agency and funding policies. Adept at leading and supervising diverse teams, building effective partnerships with community organizations and funders, and driving advocacy efforts to enhance service delivery. Skilled in data analysis and reporting, grant writing, and training ability building, with a focus on addressing community needs and fostering collaborative environments. Committed to promoting health equity and improving outcomes for underserved populations through innovative program development and effective leadership.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Health Care Coordination
Community Health Action of Staten Island
Staten Island, NY
04.2024 - Current
- Provide management of the programs including monitoring, reporting, and quality assurance activities.
- Monitor program performance and develop action plans to ensure that program targets and deliverables are achieved.
- Provide directions of the day-to-day operations of the site and programs.
- Manage program personnel, including collaborating with Human Resources on recruitment, orientation, ongoing supervision, evaluation, and corrective action, as needed.
- Serve as a liaison between agency and program funders and other key players. Participate and represent CHASI in conferences, task forces, coalitions.
- In collaboration with the Department head, develop annual work plans that clearly articulate measurable quantitative and qualitative goals and strategies that are coordinated with funder objectives.
- Prepare monthly and as-needed reports for submission internally to management and externally to funders on combination prevention efforts.
- Ensure compliance with agency, government, and funding source policies.
- Ensure timely and accurate reporting of the programs and that they are meeting pre-determined deliverable targets.
- Provides oversight and management of the HIV care coordination grant funded programs, staffing, and initiatives across the Department.
- Responsibility to ensure that each contract is understood, implemented, documented, and reported on to its respective funder, with all the activities and workers supported by each contract working collaboratively.
Director
AIDS Resource Foundation for Children
Newark, NJ
03.2022 - 11.2023
- Attends meetings with stakeholders in the housing and social services fields.
- Systems Administrator for systems that serve the homeless population.
- Provides leadership, coordination, and support to ensure the collective success of the New Jersey Housing Collaborative.
- Drives internal and external functions, including strategy, communications, community engagement, and data functions.
- Oversees operations of the 24/7 Homeless Hotline.
- Supports and expands the statewide network of community partners.
- Leads the statewide housing strategy to expand housing opportunities for PLWH.
- Leads, manages, and directs staff and resources in development, programs/policies, finance, compliance, and reporting.
- Establishes effective working relationships with other public and private partners.
- Builds and leads local or regional Working Groups while integrating the work of the initiative in its processes.
- Builds partnerships and keeps relationships with housing and service providers.
- Coordinates research and other activities with Housing Ambassadors and other partners to align strategies and actions to find housing opportunities, gaps, and barriers.
- Works with the Executive Director to update strategies as new needs emerge.
- Coordinates with other related groups, projects, efforts, and coalitions to maintain a full understanding of the current landscape of local and regional resources and activities.
- Maintains an understanding of work implementation challenges and develops solutions to address them.
- Develops, supports, and monitors set of pending and potential local or statewide legislative and policy priorities to support recommendations for the NJHHC.
- Coordinates advocacy activities with Housing Ambassadors and other community partners.
- In partnership with the Executive Director, acts as a neutral arbiter to resolve disputes or disagreements in direction among Working Groups and community partners.
- Communicates the objectives of NJHHC to the community and potential partners, including sharing the Common Agenda, and other information.
- Facilitates ongoing communication between Housing Ambassadors and other community partners by hosting regular conference calls, in-person meetings, or coordinating regular email updates to ensure alignment of activities.
- Plans and manages logistics of, and attending, community events.
- Worked with the Executive Director to identify potential funding sources to support community partners with their grant applications.
- Secures letters of support from elected officials and community partners for applications.
- Data collection, analysis, and reporting.
- Collect, update, and refine data and indicators.
- Works with the Executive Director to ensure all partners are aware of data targets and indicators.
- Shares and integrates data across community partners.
- Creates and manages creation of quarterly and yearly summary reported.
Statewide & Regional Community Partner Specialist
AIDS Resource Foundation for Children
Newark, NJ
02.2021 - 03.2022
- Establish working relationships with service providers that can provide stabilization services (medical and mental health, emergency financial assistance, substance abuse services, etc.)
- Attend CoC/CEAS and other homeless service provider group meetings.
- Inventory existing services to homeless population (Asset Mapping).
- Report existing needs in local communities (Needs Assessment).
- Design workshops around best practices for homeless housing services to HIV-positive individuals.
- Lead and coordinate trainings to local participating Ambassadors, including training in the creation of individual Housing Case Plans.
- Coordinating with statewide 'Ambassadors' found within other service provider organizations to successfully transfer homeless individuals into housing and care.
- Work within a team setting to show clear communication, share information effectively, and work collaboratively towards the benefit of the client always.
- Secured a program attachment with the City of Newark's EHE department that added two dedicated Housing Ambassadors to the existing program along with 24 months of housing support for clients.
Director of Grants and Program Development
YMCA of Newark and Vicinity
Newark, NJ
06.2018 - 12.2019
- Prepared key proposal documents, created budgets, and managed submissions for all grant applications, sub-contracts and quarterly reports.
- Developed departmental grant strategy.
- Maintained proposal calendar.
- Submitted report for Chief Executive Officer.
- Resolved all queries from NJ Department of Community Affairs regarding licensing issues while simultaneously reducing cost for the company.
- Individually completed six new budget packages for the agency four of which were attained, creating housing opportunities, employment, and revenue for the agency.
- Implemented processes to SSH billing to ensure more efficient practices.
Program Manager
Project Access
Newark, NJ
10.2018 - 06.2019
- Oversaw the Syringe Access Program, Arch Nurse and Harm Reduction Drop-In Center.
- Developed new programs to support the strategic direction of the organization.
- Created and managed long-term goals.
- Developed a budget and operating plan for the program.
- Developed an evaluation method to assess program strengths and identify areas for improvement.
- Authored program funding proposals to guarantee uninterrupted delivery of services.
- Managed a team with a diverse array of talents and responsibilities.
- Responsible for data collection, and for meeting the objective requirements prescribed by the Department of Health.
- Managed the quality of the Harm Reduction program as it relates to quality of assessment, and staff productivity.
- Managed departmental budget and inventory ensuring that staff allocated budget lines appropriately as it relates to program supplies and other operational expenses.
Education
Doctorate - Social Work
CAPELLA UNIVERSITY
Minneapolis, MN05.2027
Masters - Social Work
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
05.2018
Bachelors - Social Work
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
05.2016
Skills
- Program Management
- Leadership and Supervision
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Strategic Planning
- Data Analysis and Reporting
- Advocacy and Community Engagement
- Grant Writing and Fund Development
- Training and Capacity Building
- Crisis Management
- Compliance and Quality Assurance
Websites
Certification
- LSW expiration 8/2026
- ACT-Substance Use Disorder Certification, MSW
- SIFI Certification
- National Association of Parliamentarians, Certified Parliamentarian
- Professional Leadership Development Training, Completed, Gaining Influence, Conflict Resolution, Setting departmental norms
Affiliations
- National Association of Parliamentarians
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Parliamentarian, 2022, Current, Standards Chairman, 2020, 2022, Community Service Chair, 2017, 2019
- NJ HIV Planning Group, Bylaws Co-Chair
Timeline
Director of Health Care Coordination
Community Health Action of Staten Island
04.2024 - Current
Director
AIDS Resource Foundation for Children
03.2022 - 11.2023
Statewide & Regional Community Partner Specialist
AIDS Resource Foundation for Children
02.2021 - 03.2022
Program Manager
Project Access
10.2018 - 06.2019
Director of Grants and Program Development
YMCA of Newark and Vicinity
06.2018 - 12.2019
Doctorate - Social Work
CAPELLA UNIVERSITY
Masters - Social Work
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
Bachelors - Social Work
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY