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Yvonne Miller

Champaign,IL

Overview

40
40
years of professional experience

Work History

Director-Founder

A Cry For You
07.2023 - Current
  • A Cry For You is a nonprofit community-based organization whose purpose is to provide support groups, comfort, counseling, and supportive services to families in Champaign County Illinois that has been affected by gun violence
  • The organization strives to promote comfort, financial services, and supportive services for parents through the provision of coping skills and supportive services
  • Services to be provided include mentoring, counseling, support groups, as well as financial assistance and other supportive services
  • The main goal of our organization is to enable parents to cope with their “new life” daily
  • The organization will target the families who has been impacted due gun violence in Champaign County, Illinois
  • I oversee the day-to-day operations of the organization and ensure its overall successful long-term operations
  • Organize, motivate, and mentor internal team leaders to strategically grow the organization’s impact, programs, fundraising, and to effectively fulfill its important mission
  • Apply innovative thinking and performance measurements to analyze and support strategic decision-making
  • Communicate effectively with the Board by providing members with all information necessary to continually function properly and make informed decisions in a timely and accurate manner
  • Attend all Board meetings and provide reports and updates on staff as well as all current work, project timelines, and project and organizational progress

Placement Supervisor

Lincoln Challenge Academy
07.2022 - Current
  • Supervise and direct assigned personnel in the goals and objectives of the post resident case management issues, to include mentor contacts
  • Work with over 120 Cadets from a variety of racial, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds who have been impacted by troubles from their home school and home environment
  • Prepares reports of caseloads, follow-up reports for periodic review and prepares plans for improving guidance counseling and placement services
  • Complete initial intake forms with cadets and conduct extensive evaluation, of the cadet progress and adjustment at the Academy
  • Using the SASS procedure, participate in crisis intervention to resolve urgent cadet needs and assists cadets in developing insight relative to personal issues and their resolution
  • Prepares a tentative plan based on cadet evaluations and make recommendations for placement in work, educational, or vocational training programs
  • Responsible for career day activities work with community partners & military recruiters
  • Ensures post resident mission is properly and efficiently executed through the management and supervision of pre and post resident programs
  • Conduct training for employees with a focus on policy, computer services and computer systems
  • Oversees curriculum development and instruction of life skills and job skills in a classroom environment
  • Serves as Workforce Advisor during periods of reduced class times
  • Provides extensive automated file management utilizing the National Guard Bureau Cadet Tracking System to update and maintain cadet data for tracking by the National Guard Bureau
  • Monitors and conducts reviews of subordinate case files for accuracy and completeness and monitors case management progress to ensure timeliness.

Site Property Manager

Leasing and Management Champaign
Urbana, IL
09.2014 - 06.2022

Treasurer

Greater Newlight Missionary Baptist Church
Rantoul, IL
04.2014 - 11.2016
  • Collects, sorts, and record tithes each Sunday after services
  • Accepts donations on behalf of the church and records the amount and the donors name for tax purposes
  • Issues receipts for large donations
  • Keeps detailed records of all financial transactions
  • Deposits the funds into the church’s bank account and maintains receipts for records
  • Pays employees from the church’s accounts
  • Maintain employee files
  • Maintains tax records of employee salaries, donor information, spending habits, and more
  • Maintain payroll using ACH transactions
  • Files the church’s taxes with and keeps and files all records regarding such transactions
  • Reconciles church bank statements with the church’s ledger, making note of any discrepancies and bringing them immediately to the church’s board, pastor, or deacon
  • Invests large donations to supplement the church’s trust
  • Tracks investments and delivers quarterly earnings statement to the church’s board
  • Presents a quarterly statement on the church’s finances to church members and donors
  • Participates in any financial audits
  • Prepares tax forms such as W-2 and 1099 for church employees
  • Attends meetings with the church executive staff to go over finances and stay aware of any upcoming expenses, events, or changes to the church’s operation.

Teacher/Counselor

Columbia Alternative School
Champaign, IL
09.2004 - 09.2007
  • Taught and counseled troubled, and High School students that were expelled or suspended from their home school and sent to an alternative school
  • Responsible for helping people who were in difficult situations with advice, figure out what kind of help they need, help them find the services they need, create plans for treatment or recovery, worked with other health and human service providers, and kept tabs on their progress with treatment plan
  • Conducted home visits on students who were not attending classes.

Tax Credit Specialist, Licensed Leasing Agent

University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
01.1994 - 08.2004
  • Demonstrate ability to understand financial goals, operate asset in owners’ best interest in accordance with Policies & Procedures Manual
  • Maintain accurate records of all community transactions and submit on timely basis (i.e., rent rolls, delinquency reports, move-in/move-outs, etc.)
  • Prepare annual budgets and income projections in a timely and accurate manner
  • Ensure that all rents and late fees/check charges are collected, posted and deposited in a timely manner
  • Generate necessary legal action, documents and process in accordance with State and Company guidelines
  • Provide constant vendor/contractor communications concerning scheduling, billing, vendor relations and certificates of insurance
  • Ensure that A/P invoices are submitted to the corporate office for payment, handle petty cash and all funds
  • Ensure property is rented to fullest capacity
  • Utilize marketing strategies to secure prospective residents
  • Confirm that leasing staff techniques are effective in obtaining closing
  • Confirm that leasing staff gather information about market competition in the area and file
  • Continually monitor and analyse traffic logs, conversion ratios, budget guidelines, renewal information, marketing data, etc., to be able to give up-to-date and proper information when requested by others
  • Represent the company in a professional manner at all the times
  • Consistently use successful techniques and company directives to screen, hire, orient and train new personnel
  • Ensure efficiency of staff through ongoing training, instruction, counselling and leadership
  • Plan weekly/daily office staff schedules and assignments
  • Coordinate maintenance schedule and assignments with Maintenance Supervisor
  • Administer action plans consistently, and on a timely basis with performance problems
  • Provide support to staff to encourage team work and lead as an example in creating a harmonious environment
  • Ensure all administrative processes involving personnel are handled on a timely basis (i.e., performance evaluations, salary reviews, time sheets, change of status forms, etc.)., Accounting
  • Verified account numbers to make sure adequate monies were available for use, made corrections of account numbers that were kicked out of the system due to account freeze or deletion
  • Handled accounts for all University equipment over $2500.00 purchased through purchase orders, departmental purchase orders, and various other vouchers
  • Worked with leases and fixed assets
  • Entered inventory on the university financial accounting system (UFAS) database (Property Accounting System (PAS)) P-Card, and Banner to verify account numbers
  • Reconciled state accounts so that payments can be made to the university

Housing Choice Voucher Specialist

Housing Authority of Champaign County
Champaign, IL
08.1989 - 04.1994
  • Worked with a case load of over 400 low-income individuals of various social and ethnic backgrounds in finding them adequate and low-income housing
  • Worked with the Move to Work Program and helped put it into place with the Housing Authority of Champaign County
  • Performed various safety inspections on houses, apartments, and townhouses to insure they were up to housing codes
  • Worked with various tax credit properties
  • Worked with the supervisor in managing HCV Specialist
  • Ensured that case managers understood and complied with regulations, policies, and procedures
  • Coordinated and scheduled appointments
  • Conducted regular staff meetings with case managers
  • Assigned projects and tasks to case managers and prioritized projects/work assignments
  • Assisted HCV Director with establishing department goals and objectives
  • Researched and resolved complaints from landlords and program participants
  • Reviewed client files for termination based on current HCV policies and HUD regulations
  • Reviewed and approved HAP contracts on behalf of the Authority
  • Reviewed changes in family composition requests and requests for voucher extensions
  • Reviewed client files for unreported income based on current HCV policies and HUD regulations
  • Assisted HCV Director in reviewing the monthly HAP register and pending payments report
  • Helped developed, prepared and updated all HCV Program Standard Operating Procedures.

Job Training Specialist/On

Champaign Consortium/JTPA
01.1989 - 01.1994
  • The Job Training
  • Trained employees for specific jobs, developed, organized, conduct and evaluated training programs for both adults and youth, created teaching materials, conducted surveys, taught skills such as computer applications, phone systems, product assembly, policies and procedures, and inventory planning, directed structured learning experiences, met with managers and supervisors to ascertain needs, held meetings and presentations on learning material, created learning literature, planned, organized, and implemented a range of training activities, conducted sessions to teach resume writing, interview skills, and how to dress
  • Conducted orientation sessions to assess level of skills, Identified and assessed training needs within a company Evaluated training effectiveness, created monitored simulations and problem-solving scenarios, interactive, multimedia presentations, held workshops and lectures
  • Worked with the disadvantaged population in securing jobs.

Office Manager/HR

Sears Roebuck and Company
06.1984 - 12.1988
  • Responsible for entire payroll, issued checks and calculated timecards
  • Processed personnel transactions by gathering information, filling out and/or distributing forms and/or documents; processing personnel requisitions and modifications either manually and/or electronically
  • Compiling and generating data for reports; Worked directly with the public, departments and employees concerning various personnel matters
  • Worked with Insurance claims, and benefits
  • Worked with management on hiring and firing employees; Creating and updating personnel files
  • Conducted all training for newly hired employees and continued educational training for current employees 1

Education

Masters of Business Administration - Public Administration

Strayer University
2012

Counseling

Eastern Illinois University
2004

Bachelor of Science - Career Occupations (HR

Eastern Illinois University
1999

Affiliations

Community Involvement Neighborhood Service Advisory Board Board Member. 9/2023-Present Aa a Board member in an elected seat by the Mayor of Champaign, IL my duties are to provide input and feedback on the City’s Neighborhood Wellness and Community Development programs. As a Board member I also review the development of the Consolidated Plan to include the Community Development Block Grant Allocation and the Home Partnership Fund Allocation.

Timeline

Director-Founder

A Cry For You
07.2023 - Current

Placement Supervisor

Lincoln Challenge Academy
07.2022 - Current

Site Property Manager

Leasing and Management Champaign
09.2014 - 06.2022

Treasurer

Greater Newlight Missionary Baptist Church
04.2014 - 11.2016

Teacher/Counselor

Columbia Alternative School
09.2004 - 09.2007

Tax Credit Specialist, Licensed Leasing Agent

University of Illinois
01.1994 - 08.2004

Housing Choice Voucher Specialist

Housing Authority of Champaign County
08.1989 - 04.1994

Job Training Specialist/On

Champaign Consortium/JTPA
01.1989 - 01.1994

Office Manager/HR

Sears Roebuck and Company
06.1984 - 12.1988

Masters of Business Administration - Public Administration

Strayer University

Counseling

Eastern Illinois University

Bachelor of Science - Career Occupations (HR

Eastern Illinois University

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