Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
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Volunteer

NANCY J. DANKO

Venice,FL

Summary

Program manager with experience in community-based awareness, resource, and counseling enterprises. Able to lead and facilitate program/project design, planning, and budgeting with a background in stakeholder and client/customer service, outreach, and marketing. Familiar with government compliance and quality control systems and managing/training large groups in a public or professional setting. Program Management | Compliance | Budgeting | Communications | Resource Management | Customer Service

Overview

44
44
years of professional experience

Work History

OMAP Case Manager

Sarasota and Manatee County, Jewish Family and Children’s Services
Sarasota, FL
10.2021 - Current
  • Provides outreach and case management to 20+ homeless Veterans for SSVF housing initiatives
  • Assess Veterans to provide case specific community referrals while keeping all action documented in CSIS and JFCS server
  • Works with Veterans to remove barriers specific to homelessness
  • Generates funding requests to maintain stable housing
  • Completed paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing for resolution

Quality Assurance Lead

School Youth, Impact Community Action
11.2019 - 12.2020
  • Lead Quality Assurance Special Project Coordinator for youth services for current and past participant files
  • Manages individual case files for youth both current and prior in excess of 300
  • Prepare and supervise quality of customer services files to account for project compliance and auditing by state and local government to ensure future program funding
  • With management approval, responsible for distribution of $3,000,000 in funding and grants to community projects
  • Investigated variances, performed root-cause analysis and documented corrective actions to resolve complications
  • Established metrics, applied industry best practices and developed new tools and processes
  • Identified potential product risks and developed plans to mitigate or eliminate hazards
  • Communicated directly with QA team to resolve user-reported problems and questions
  • Acted as key point of contact for all QA aspects of releases by providing QA services and coordinating QA resources internally and externally
  • Established and updated QA processes and metrics in line with industry best practices and project goals

Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinator, Civilian

OHARNG
10.2017 - 12.2018
  • Lead coordinator for key employee retention and resource referral program.
  • Manages over 50-60 clients/cases per year; coordinates counseling, assistance, and follow-on care for organizational substance abuse violators
  • Provides at risk training seminars for three subordinate organizations comprised of over 1,800 Soldiers; creates curriculum and provides detailed instruction and assistance to first line supervisors
  • Manages encompassing organizational wellbeing assessment and compliance report; analyzes and provides recommendations on corporate culture to senior leaders

Family Assistance Center Specialist, Civilian Contractor

OHARNG
05.2016 - 09.2017
  • Located, coordinated, and maintained connections to resources for Ohio Army National Guard members and their families
  • Responsible for Family Management Program (FMP) database system; assisted 300 service members and their families annually in finding access to essential public/private/non-profit services and resources
  • Maintained comprehensive understanding of regulations, policies, and procedures governing family assistance; ensured 100% compliance for assistance and services provided
  • Served as primary point of contact for service member and their families; communicated to audience of over 150 families while collaborating with over 200 stakeholders providing services/resources
  • Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems
  • Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents

Military Family Programs Assistant, Civilian Contractor

OHARNG
08.2014 - 05.2016
  • Coordinated resource support, volunteer recruiting, and maintained service documents for executive leaders and staff
  • Oversaw 25 volunteers - their training and work; maintained communication and connections with service members and their families while organization was deployed overseas
  • Ensured Federal guidelines and compliance standards were enforced for volunteers, funds, and activities; maintained budget ledgers and receipts
  • Maintained and provided volunteer training programs; trained 125 volunteers annually
  • Developed team communications and information for meetings

Program Manager, National Guard

Ohio Army, OHARNG
09.1989 - 01.2014
  • Senior military law enforcement manager, training instructor, and operations supervisor.
  • • Managed a Military Police training program - supervised eight instructors responsible for training 270 Soldier; coordinating nine classes per years while forecasting and managing an operating budget worth $45,000.
  • • Designed and instructed courses in professional development, individual resilience/wellness, and law enforcement; selected as Instructor of the Year in 2010
  • • Led, trained, and mentored 10 Soldiers in Iraq (2003-2004); responsible for providing security for key leaders, US military members, and Iraqi citizens

Suicide Prevention Program Manager

OHARNG
10.2011 - 10.2013
  • Primary consultant to executive leaders of the OHARNG for suicide prevention, mitigation, and response efforts
  • Provided resiliency training to over 400 service members and their families; responsible for scheduling training venues and managing an annual training budget of $45,000
  • Maintained a suicide intervention and post-intervention training certification program for over 11,000 service members
  • Supervised and completed all arrangements for returning service member remains – ensured family needs were understood and met

Entrepreneur

Medusa Hair Salon
11.1994 - 10.2006

Owner and proprietor. Managed all aspects of business development, payroll, marketing, and recruiting/training of team members.
• Achieved $300K in revenue while expanding the business from six stylists to 16 in less than five years
• Developed and oversaw all training programs for trends and style
• Continued to maintain my own book of clients while managing the business

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Multidisciplinary Studies

Grantham University
Lenexa, KS
03.2018

Senior Leader Course -

U.S. Army Senior Leader Course
Kentucky

Skills

  • Complex patient cases
  • Managing cases
  • Case documentation
  • Case reviewing
  • Managerial finance
  • Skilled community-based case manager

Timeline

OMAP Case Manager

Sarasota and Manatee County, Jewish Family and Children’s Services
10.2021 - Current

Quality Assurance Lead

School Youth, Impact Community Action
11.2019 - 12.2020

Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinator, Civilian

OHARNG
10.2017 - 12.2018

Family Assistance Center Specialist, Civilian Contractor

OHARNG
05.2016 - 09.2017

Military Family Programs Assistant, Civilian Contractor

OHARNG
08.2014 - 05.2016

Suicide Prevention Program Manager

OHARNG
10.2011 - 10.2013

Entrepreneur

Medusa Hair Salon
11.1994 - 10.2006

Program Manager, National Guard

Ohio Army, OHARNG
09.1989 - 01.2014

Bachelor of Arts - Multidisciplinary Studies

Grantham University

Senior Leader Course -

U.S. Army Senior Leader Course
NANCY J. DANKO