Felicia Cash
Detroit,MI
Summary
Highly-motivated visionary team member with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Program Specialist
Detroit Parent Network
Detroit, MI
09.2018 - Current
- Hours Per Week: 10-20 per week (Projects and Advocacy Needs Based Hours)
- Provided educational resources and access to post-secondary opportunities for youth and adults that allowed them to catalyze economic development and help transform their lives by improving social and economic mobility
- Uplifted parents as their child’s first teacher and servant leader/mentor, and provided resources for the parents as well as children including: 6-a-Day, a daily practice of habits and routines for parents and children to promote positive mental and physical development; Talking is Teaching, a local campaign designed to increase awareness through a strength based approach across the community about the importance of talking, reading, singing and playing from birth believing that these early connections are the foundation for healthy relations and future success;
Volunteer Agency Liaison Specialist, Emergency Management Specialist
Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA
Detroit, MI
10.2021 - 09.2023
- Assisted and collaborated with the community towards it’s being able to develop Long Term Recovery Groups (LTRGs) from concept to actualization in response to the federally declared disaster DR-4607-MI for southeast Michigan; my having represented FEMA within four counties to include the City of Detroit, with one-hundred thousand plus FEMA Registrations
- Supported LTRGs and related organizations as they worked to deliver needed services to individuals and households impacted by the Summer 2021 floods under DR-4607-MI
- Collaborated with colleagues on providing information sharing sessions and trainings for disaster impacted communities, to help build capacity in the areas of disaster recovery, resiliency, and preparedness
- Researched and provided resource referrals and information to supporting national, regional, and local response, recovery, and resiliency organizations to best facilitate addressing unmet needs of disaster survivors
- Performed targeted home visits to disaster survivors with access and functional needs, to assist with their FEMA appeal processes, resource referrals, additional technical assistance, follow-ups as needed
- Provided guidance and technical assistance in developing LTRGs through: information gathering via assessment reports, analysis of communities affected, and discussions with Regional and State partners; relationship building with community leaders, local government, community action organizations and volunteers wishing to support LTRGs; advising on fundraising and grants possibilities and ways to plug into the same; and preparing and providing materials, FEMA statistical information and information mapping tools used for important decision making processes within LTRGs, the Disaster Case Management Program, and supporting Organizations
Basic Needs Organizer
Mothering Justice
Detroit , MI
09.2022 - 08.2023
- Recruited and trained volunteers for special projects or events.
- Created materials such as flyers, brochures, newsletters., to promote initiatives in the neighborhood.
- Provided technical assistance on policy issues affecting the community.
- Established relationships with local media outlets to increase awareness of campaigns.
- Represented organization at conferences, trainings, networking events.
Organizer Associate
Mothering Justice
Detroit , MI
07.2021 - 08.2022
- Hours Per Week: 20/25
- Assisted in preparing reports by gathering data from various sources.
- Compiled information from multiple sources into a single document or report format.
- Provided administrative support to internal departments when needed.
- Planned events and activities to drive community interest.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team to deliver support to participants and community members.
- Inspired communities and individual citizens to mobilize and coordinate forces and develop tools to accomplish social change.
Family Advocate
Matrix Human Services-Head Start
Detroit, MI
02.2019 - 12.2021
- Hours Per Weeks: 35
- Utilized The Head Start Parent, Family, and Community Engagement (PFCE) Framework, as a Family Advocate (FA), having worked and collaborated directly with parents on the family partnership process, to identify goals and to provide available resources that will benefit families and support each child’s growth and school readiness
- Using a strengths-based approach, Family Advocates collaborate with early childhood professionals and community resources to promote parent and family engagement outcomes.
Community Organizer
Community Organizer, Global Detroit
Detroit, MI
03.2018 - 12.2020
- Hours Per Week: 20-30 (Need and Seasonal Based Hours)
- Provided access and resources to basic needs services, municipal services, employment, entrepreneurship, and homeownership for low-income immigrants
- Stimulated community prosperity via organizing community members, development of the community via asset building, fostering engaged and equitable communities (inclusive of immigrants, African Americans and other minorities), providing technical assistance to organize community task force, economic and small business development training and homeownership resources, bringing forth opportunities to thrive.
Adolescent Prevention Facilitator
Black Caucus Foundation
Detroit, MI
11.2016 - 06.2017
- Hours Per Week: 25 per week
- Facilitated substance abuse screenings and linking youth to primary care, mental health services, and other supportive services
- Administered pre-and-post awareness test to analyze results and create programmatic adjustments
- Promoted making positive decisions and healthy living through teaching substance abuse prevention and facilitated participant service-learning projects (e.g., Pledge Drives, Safe Routes & Designated Driver Campaigns) to ensure program performance goals and deliverables were met
- Maintained records and logs of prevention activities, including events, number of persons served and outcome of referrals to primary care, mental health, and other support services
- Worked closely with the prevention program participant’s parents, to assist the parents with providing reinforcement of the student’s new life skills at home
- Provided health education to youth, parents, and other stakeholders
- Built and maintained relationships with assigned schools’ principals, teachers, parent leaders, student leaders and counselors
- Recruited guest speakers/presenters who could educate and motivate youth to make positive attitude shifts toward healthy living and making positive decisions.
Parent Organizer
Detroit Parent Network
Detroit, MI
07.2015 - 07.2016
- Empowered parents and students in the Detroit Public Schools District and throughout the Metropolitan area via training, providing resources, and creating a safe and constructed landscape for their voices to be heard regarding education standards, equitable access & delivery of education and related programs, policies, and expected outcomes for being able to meet life and life opportunities in the best possible way
- Increased parental engagement in Detroit Public Schools, built relationships with community partners, and assisted parents with receiving needed services and improving the quality of life for families
- Improved student successes through coaching/mentoring, higher education, and vocational training awareness, boosting self-confidence and developing both achievable and visionary goals for the future.
Family Service Worker
Community Development Institute
Detroit, MI
09.2011 - 01.2015
- Recruited children/families, interviewed applicants, completed applications, developed best practices, processes and procedures to receive documents used to verify eligibility and maintained site waiting list as required by the Office of Head Start
- Registered new enrollees, completed intake forms, provided program information to parents, and assisted teachers in orienting parents to program requirements to help build and advance a solid onboarding foundation and experience in support of successful service delivery and program participant outcomes
- Conducted home visits and telephone calls to maintain effective and impactful communication channels with parents regarding attendance, school program, services, activities, and outcomes
- Implemented the provisioning of social services to families via assessments of family needs, developing, monitoring, and updating ongoing individual and family plans, assisting parents in connecting with appropriate community resources, and providing information on community resources to families
- Gauged and evaluated parental interests and needs, using data metrics and interpersonal assessments, to then develop, plan, schedule, coordinate, and implement a workable plan of parent educational activities, meetings, and special parent events to help empower and uplift parents and families
- Encouraged and recruited parents to participate in various program activities and coordinate parent participation in program activities such as classroom volunteers, field trips, parent volunteer recognition programs, and special school events
- Promoted parent and community involvement and positive public relations for programs and services; and served as a trusted and recognized resource person to human service agencies, including those within the health, social services, and education sectors.
Education
Early Childhood Mobile Education, Community Development
Michigan State University
Skills
- Detail Oriented
- Complex Problem Solving
- Public Speaking
- Advocacy Background
- Mobilization Support
- Data Collection
- Program Planning
Timeline
Basic Needs Organizer
Mothering Justice
09.2022 - 08.2023
Volunteer Agency Liaison Specialist, Emergency Management Specialist
Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA
10.2021 - 09.2023
Organizer Associate
Mothering Justice
07.2021 - 08.2022
Family Advocate
Matrix Human Services-Head Start
02.2019 - 12.2021
Senior Program Specialist
Detroit Parent Network
09.2018 - Current
Community Organizer
Community Organizer, Global Detroit
03.2018 - 12.2020
Adolescent Prevention Facilitator
Black Caucus Foundation
11.2016 - 06.2017
Parent Organizer
Detroit Parent Network
07.2015 - 07.2016
Family Service Worker
Community Development Institute
09.2011 - 01.2015
Early Childhood Mobile Education, Community Development
Michigan State University
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