Joe Martinez
Fresno,CA
Summary
- Experienced program manager of federal RHY programs (Shelter, Street Outreach and Drop In Center) and contracts
- Started up new programs including: HUD housing programs, Drop In Center Services, Parenting Program for Fathers, and Safe Place.
- Experienced with management of HUD programs: Rapid ReHousing, HomelessPrevention and Permanent Housing in partnership with local landlords and private owners.
- Experienced in grant contracts, budgets and reporting with city, county and state funders
- Experienced in staff supervision with volunteers, interns and outreach workers
- Familiar with data collection and reporting data using HMIS data system
- Familiar with Coordinated Entry System and experienced in all aspects of point of entry into housing first model
- Experienced with tracking program performance and outcomes and submitting progress reports to funders
- Trained in Evidence Based Programs, Trauma Informed Care and Motivational Interviewing Skills and applied these approaches and techniques as best practices in serving runaway and homeless youth
- Trained in culture competence with a focus on LGBTQ population and other disenfranchised and marginalized youth populations
- Familiar with program delivery of services in shelter and drop in center operations
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
City Council Assistant
CITY OF FRESNO
Fresno, USA
08.2019 - 04.2020
- Assisted Councilmember with community outreach and public events
- Conducted community outreach at various public events
- Collaborated with city departments to provide services for constituents
- Handled majority of constituent calls for service
- Led the Young Councilmember Program and mentored high school students in public service careers
- Organized and led annual Fall Festival for families with children
Program Manager
Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission
Fresno, USA
04.1992 - 08.2019
- Company Overview: the nation's largest community action agency
- Oversight of the federal street outreach grant serving runaway and homeless youth ages 12-24 years old
- Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the program
- Supervised outreach workers on the streets
- Collected and reported data using a data system (HMIS)
- Wrote performance progress reports to our funders
- Managed all program contracts
- Worked with program accountants to ensure budget was spent and on time
- Managed all outreach activities
- Implemented a new outreach program, Safe Place to help youth in crisis and connecting them to help through a network of 300 sites serving as temporary safe places in partnership with schools, city parks and buses, boys and girls clubs, and other youth friendly sites
- The Fresno Safe Place program was the only program to receive national recognition in all eight award categories including Safe Place Program and Coordinator of the Year
- Led a campaign to save the outreach program after it lost its federal funding
- Helped write a new outreach grant securing $300,000 each year for three years
- Assisted in the management of a drop in center for homeless youth ages 18-24 providing supportive and basic services including food, clothing, showers and counseling
- Supervised the outreach team who operated the drop in center
- Management experience with HUD programs including permanent supportive housing, homeless prevention and rapid rehousing and familiar with coordinated entry and housing first model
- The nation's largest community action agency
Education
Bachelor's - Criminology
CSU, Fresno
Fresno, CA06.2002
Skills
- Communication skills
- Leadership
- Supervising experience
- Data collection
- Grant writing
- Microsoft Office
- Case management
- Microsoft Word
- Community Relations
- Community Outreach
- Team Work
- Budgeting
- Contracts
- Problem-solving
Additional Information
Alcohol and Drug Counseling
Awards
- Community Service, 12/01/18
- CalWalks, Board President
- Families for Safe Streets, member
- Fresno County FosterCare Standards and Oversight Chair, Fresno Board of Supervisors
- Nation's Longest Standing Safe Place Coordinator, Fresno Board of Supervisors
- Educator of the Year, Mexican-American Educators Association
- National Safe Place Program & Coordinator of the Year, National Safe Place Office, Louisville, KY
- Community Service Partner of the Year, CSU, Fresno
Personal Information
- Emeryville, CA
- Oakland, CA
- San Francisco, CA
- Authorized To Work: US for any employer
Timeline
City Council Assistant
CITY OF FRESNO
08.2019 - 04.2020
Program Manager
Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission
04.1992 - 08.2019
Bachelor's - Criminology
CSU, Fresno