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• Computer literacy, technical training and leadership development seminars - OCP <br />provides training to 220 homeless and at risk service provider volunteers and staff <br />annually. <br />10 Year Plan to End Homelessness - OCP serves as the regional project manager for <br />the development of Orange County's Plan to implement regional, collaborative solutions <br />to ending homelessness. <br />• Specia! Projects - OCP facilitates/participates in numerous special projects including <br />serving on homeless workgroups, including HUD's national HMIS Privacy and Data <br />Standards Task Force, developing a recommendation for a multi-service resource center <br />in Orange County, the Laguna Beach Homeless Task Force, Anaheim Mayor's Task <br />Force on Motel Families, and a Strategic Plan for Motel Families. <br />OC Partnership was started in 1998 by a group of local homeless shelter executives because <br />they saw a need for a nongovernmental facilitative body that would bring the numerous social <br />service providers within the county together to share information and resources. We have also <br />built apublic/private partnership with the County to assist in bringing annual HUD Super NOFA <br />funding to service providers within the county. OC Partnership has grown to employ six staff <br />members and has an annual budget of $776,631. OC Partnership currently has four Board of <br />Director members and a CMIS Technical Advisory Board. At its essence, OC Partnership is <br />an organization dedicated to facilitating collaborative relationships among basic needs providers <br />in the county, and between providers, governmental agencies, and funders. <br />Our six dedicated staff members work to make OC Partnership successful: <br />Dawn Lee, Executive Director, works with service providers, public and government <br />stakeholders, funders, and the business community in coordinating resources and access to <br />services. Ms. Lee also takes a lead role in countywide strategic planning, advocacy, education <br />and in the development and implementation of public policy. She holds an MBA and brings over <br />20 years of information technology and business management experience to OC Partnership. <br />With a focus on planning, multi-group collaboration, efficiency and effectiveness, and the <br />implementation of best practices, Ms. Lee has built a successful track record in assisting partner <br />organizations in implementing sustainable service models. <br />Carmen Brooks, Project Manager, has more than 20 years of Information Technology <br />experience. She has extensive experience in building software support departments and <br />managing help desks. As the Project Manager for OC Partnership, she is responsible for <br />countywide integration of CMIS to homeless and at risk service providers. Ms. Brooks has a <br />Bachelors of Science in Information Systems Management and an MBA from the University of <br />Phoenix. <br />Shawn Kelly, Finance Director, has thirteen years of Project Management experience, which <br />includes coordination of project team efforts and project status reporting within a number of <br />project management systems. In addition, as an accountant, Ms. Kelly is responsible for the <br />financial recording and reporting of all OC Partnership grants.. <br />RFP HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION & RAPID RE-HOUSING SERVICES 6/11/09 <br />4 <br />