Kevin Paulsen
Summary
Dynamic Community Development Professional with over 12 years of experience in program development, community relations and policy implementation. Skilled in grant writing, providing technical assistance and regulatory guidance, having secured over $2.8 million in funding for affordable housing and community development projects in competitive grants. Adept at 2 CFR 200, cross cutting requirements, and managing the life cycle of federal grants. Committed to leveraging expertise in federal programs to drive positive outcomes and foster collaboration in prospective role.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior CPD Representative
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
06.2022 - Current
- Supervisor: Lori Speckmeier (612-843-6460) May contact for reference.
- Provide technical assistance instruction, regulatory guidance in completing application and submission requirements, providing clear and concise interpretation of the regulatory requirements in the following programs: HOME Investment Partnership, Community Development Block Grant, Emergency Solution Grant, HOPWA, HTF, Continuum of Care (CoC), and financial management of programs.
- Provide ongoing support and guidance through policy directives, memos, regulations, and handbooks to grantees through my portfolio, peer technical assistance, trainings, and monitorings to meet their local community needs.
- CPD Team lead on city, county, and state grants for CDBG, HOME, ESG, and HTF.
- Monitor and evaluate subrecipients to achieve the maximum utilization of funds.
- Maintain schedule of due diligence in checking performance reports, flags, reporting, or other documents, as needed.
- Develop training tools and best practice policy and procedures for the field office staff to increase capacity building, efficiency and customer service. Examples include step by step process for completion of required plans.
- Lead resource representative in the CPD department for HOME, HOME-ARP, Written Agreements, CDBG - Co-lead, CoC – Tribes, Financial Management, Audits, IDIS, Section 3, File Retention, SharePoint, Grant Executions, eLOCCS, Process/Procedure Team, grantee meeting coordination, and formula technical assistance.
- Participate in the delivery, development and improvement of new/current training or workshops instructing grantees on program requirements, submission procedure, program interaction and capacity building.
- Peer coordination of analysis of reporting, system data, and metrics of the grantees, local field office, and region-wide data.
- Additional knowledge of the LIHTC program, Federal Home Loan Bank program, Section 8 program, and foundation grants.
- Provides expert level written and oral communication skills. Ability to meet individual, team, or locality where they are at and take blank slate to help them move forward into compliance.
- Ability to synthesize information at a programmatic and financial level through reports to find solutions to complaints, regulatory violations, sanctions, and fraud/waste/abuse.
Community Development Coordinator
Dakota County CDA
11.2018 - 05.2022
- Supervisor: Maggie Dykes (651-675-4464) May contact for reference.
- Provide technical assistance instruction, regulatory guidance in completing application and submission requirements, providing clear and concise interpretation of the regulatory requirements in the following programs: HOME, CDBG, and ESG to HOME Consortium, partner cities, and board of commissioners.
- Provided technical advice, guidance, and procedures for the new CDBG-CV and HOME-ARP initiatives.
- Reviewed CDBG applications that came in annually and HOME applications that came in on a first-come first-serve basis.
- Provide ongoing support and guidance to subrecipients in meeting their community needs.
- Implemented billing and reimbursement coordination.
- Completed performance reports for CDBG, HOME, and ESG programming with written narratives/results. Reviewed subrecipients' voucher submissions before payment.
- Managed all online application systems (IDIS, DRGR, SAGE) and tracking databases through Excel to ensure accuracy.
- Followed risk analyses to develop monitoring strategy.
- Monitor and evaluate subrecipients for regulation compliance to achieve the maximum utilization of funds. Monitoring strategy developed, conducted review, and formalized results of review.
- Develop policy manuals for federal programs to increase capacity building, streamline efficiencies, and make more effective customer service.
- Managed housing projects through the HOME Investment Partnership Program and CDBG program.
- Developed and wrote consolidated plan outlining five-year strategy, Annual Action Plan, CAPER.
- Collaborated with local county to participate in meetings, such as, board of commissioners' meetings, county fair, and various other public meetings to engage with local officials, stakeholders, and general public.
Community Coordinator
Affordable Housing Corporation
04.2011 - 02.2014
- Supervisor: Lorri Cox (765-662-1574) May contact for reference.
- Provide technical assistance, regulatory guidance in completing application and submission requirements, providing clear and concise interpretation of the regulatory requirements in the following programs: HOME and CDBG.
- Collaborated with local community by proactively participating in meetings with local officials, stakeholders, general public, and persons in poverty.
- Wrote and implementing federal and state grant funding: LIHTC, HOME, CDBG, Federal Home Loan Bank.
- Develop policy manuals for federal programs to increase capacity building, streamline efficiencies, and make more effective customer service.
- Managed housing and community development projects.
- Managed 19-unit senior, historic, HOME, tax credit property.
- Managed fundraising, janitorial, and up to three interns concurrently.
- Managed online software systems, ELOCCS and Housing Counseling software.
- Acquired and administered over $2.8 million in federal and state grant funding.
- Identified issues in programming, procedures, or activities and brought them to the attention of supervisor with recommendations to correct.
- Completed reporting and compliance requirements for properties and programs.
- Managed cash-based budget, leasing, and supportive services for local non-profit.
- Implemented goals from strategic plan
Education
Master of Public and Nonprofit Administration -
Metropolitan State University
St. Paul, Minnesota05.2022
Bachelor of Science Degree - Social Work
Indiana Wesleyan University
Marion, Indiana04.2011
Skills
- Grant writer
- Team lead
- Federal financial management
- Affordable housing funding: LIHTC, CDBG, HOME, FHLB, Historic Tax Credits
- Critical thinker
- Results-oriented
- Rural communities,
- Software Systems: LOCCS, SAGE, IDIS, DRGR, eSnaps
- Youth Mentor
- Relationally Driven
- Property Management
- Housing Laws, Regulations, and Cross Cutting Requirements
- Goal-oriented mindset
- Records management
- Paperwork processing
- Account servicing
- Network development
- Needs analysis
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of five staff members.
- Collaborated with team of 13 in the development of CPF Grant Policies and Procedures.
- Achieved up to date single audits and financial management.
- Achieved largest CPD formula portfolio in Minneapolis Field Office covering the State, several large counties in the metro and across the state.
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop programmatic tracking spreadsheets.
Affiliations
- HUD FedQ, Treasurer, Washington D.C. (Headquarters)
- Maintained records of the cash flow for group.
- Organized the Trans Awareness Week events
- National Association for County Community and Economic Development, Vice-Chair Housing Committee, Washington D.C.
- Organized monthly meetings with chair
- Attended several annual conferences and meetings
- Grace House for Transition and Recovery, Vice President, Marion, IN
- Organized four 5ks to raise funds for housing costs for men in recovery
- Kept minutes and produced agendas for meetings
- Grant County Economic Growth Council, Consultant, Marion, IN
- Consulted on the Strategy and Evaluation Committee
Timeline
Senior CPD Representative
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
06.2022 - Current
Community Development Coordinator
Dakota County CDA
11.2018 - 05.2022
Community Coordinator
Affordable Housing Corporation
04.2011 - 02.2014
Bachelor of Science Degree - Social Work
Indiana Wesleyan University
Master of Public and Nonprofit Administration -
Metropolitan State University
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