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Nancy Levy

Brooklyn,New York

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Executive Director

Blue Door ABA and Consulting
Brooklyn, NY
07.2020 - Current
  • Consulting and advocating for families of individuals with autism and diverse special needs, including working with families for school, residential and community placements
  • Management of overall program organization, development and services
  • Provide strong leadership that creates a collaborative team environment, promoting employee engagement and staff retention.
  • Organize client care coordination, from enrollment to discharge, for ABA home care services. Provide ongoing oversight to ensure quality clinical care and best practices occur for every client.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with families to provide guidance, coordinate training and comprehensive home supports.
  • Manage the recruitment, hiring, and training of team members while providing continued oversight of staff compliance with established policies and procedures.
  • Management of clinical supervisory staff to ensure all service providers receive optimal clinical support and clinical integrity is upheld.
  • Work with executive partners to establish long-term goals, strategies, and company policies.
  • Oversight of the billing processes to insurance payors, including confirming client eligibility and benefits, obtaining authorizations, assessment submittals, and medical billing for rendered services.
  • Designed, managed, and maintained the company website.
  • Orchestrate successful team and customer events to drive engagement, satisfaction and loyalty.

Administrative Director

Proud Moments ABA
New York, NY
12.2018 - 06.2020
  • Responsible for all NYC, Westchester, Bronx locations general management. Managed administrative and behavioral teams along with company intakes and existing clients
  • Prepared financial and administrative reports and statements for corporate management.
  • Prepared location budgets, analyzing of historical data, projected spending and actualized costs
  • Coordinated office activities and operations to secure efficiency and compliance with company policies.
  • Provided supervision to reinforce and apprise departments and divisions of corporate objectives and developments.
  • Supervision of all staffing, outreach and client care advocate teams.
  • Responsible for establishing and maintaining client and professional referral relationships.
  • Collaborated with assessments, authorizations, billing and training departments to maintain operational efficiency and success

Founder/General Director

Reach for the Stars Learning Center
Brooklyn, New York
03.2005 - 06.2017

Founded this private, non for profit, full time school for children with autism.

Served as General Director managing all general and everyday responsibilities of running the program including but not limited to:

  • Working with city and state agencies to establish program and maintain the programs compliance under NYS Laws
  • Worked with DOHMH maintaining student immunization and medical requirements, student and staff required paperwork, submissions, annual reports for compliance
  • Responsible for New York State Education Department reporting and surveys, dealing with BEDS, SEDDAS and Private School Surveys
  • Collaborated with technical staff to maintain program operating systems and security management for program
  • Responsible for safety procedures and initiatives
  • Responsible for all purchasing, budgeting and financial management; collaborated with financial officer for all expenses, accounts payable and receivables
  • Managed all aspects of staff and personnel responsibilities such as establishment and implementing of personnel policies, interviewing/hiring/termination, staff background clearances and fingerprinting, staff requirements and files, staff quality and performance evaluations, payroll, benefits manager, training and standards management
  • Worked daily with educational directors to maintain staff compliance of duties, high quality of education and therapeutic care for students, direct supervisory responsibility for team members in order to create and maintain an efficient and collaborative team environment
  • Managed and oversaw parent communications and involvement at every level (general, educational, medical and financial)
  • Collaborated with student advocates and lawyers regarding tuition reimbursements, hearings, pendency cases and settlements
  • Worked with DOE to insure student settlements processed and payments released
  • Responsible for day to day organization and scheduling of program along with all outings, trips, events and staff trainings
  • Established relationships with educational and community programs to facilitate inclusion and transitions for students
  • Organized and participated in fundraising efforts for program
  • Oversaw all aspects of administration, bookkeeping and office responsibilities for day to day and general management, as well as reporting
  • Experience with non for profit management and regulations

Summary

Dedicated professional with over 20 years of experience in supporting individuals with special needs and their families. Demonstrated passion for helping others achieve personal progress and success, with dignity. Possesses strong work ethic, organizational skills, and leadership qualities. Proven track record of success with direct support and in team management and leadership. Seeking an opportunity to bring expertise and genuine care to a supportive team environment. 

Affiliations

Sephardic Bikur Holim RFTS Program Brooklyn, NY- managed weekly Sunday respite program for children with autism. Responsible for organizing transportation, onsite activities and schedules, trips, volunteer assignments and scheduling and all payroll, cost and payment submittals. Organized all components of the program. Volunteered with children attending the program.

Sephardic Bikur Holim Brooklyn, NY- Weekly senior visits and various participation in organization events

Mitzvah Man Organization-Holocaust survivor visits

Prospect Park Alliance-volunteer for park committees and events

The McCarton School New York, NY-attended school 3x week to volunteer and train within ABA classrooms assisting and collaborating with behavioral staff

Private Homecare Brooklyn, NY- provided homecare services and ABA sessions to individuals with ASD

Sephardic Relief Brooklyn, NY-volunteer for organization that lends support when a loved one passes away

Reach for the Stars Learning Center- served as Vice President of Board of Directors

Strategies for Crisis Intervention and Prevention Certified (SCIP)

CPR Certified

DOI Fingerprinted

ABA Trained

NYS Capacity Building Trained

References available upon request

Timeline

Executive Director

Blue Door ABA and Consulting
07.2020 - Current

Administrative Director

Proud Moments ABA
12.2018 - 06.2020

Founder/General Director

Reach for the Stars Learning Center
03.2005 - 06.2017
Nancy Levy