Jessica W.

I am an expert grant writer who works exclusively with nonprofits. I have a master's of public health degree and am passionate about healthcare, mental health, health equity and disparities, mental health, and housing. I have worked as a grant funder, a manager of grant-funded programs, an independent evaluator for a federally funded (SAMHSA) grant, and have been applying to grants since 2017. I've been in the nonprofit sector since 2008. My expertise includes: Funding: identification of grant/funding opportunities, development of grant application materials, grant proposal writing, submission, application tracking and more. Program planning: program design, background research, identification of evidence-based practices, budgeting, timeline creation, logic models, goal setting, and so on. Evaluation: quantitative and qualitative methodology, outcome evaluation design, process evaluation design, instrument selection or creation, implementation fidelity guidelines, data collection procedures, protection of subjects/participants, data analysis plans, and reporting results to multiple audiences. Areas of expertise include: ✅ nonprofits ✅ public health ✅ healthcare ✅ mental health ✅ substance use disorders ✅ housing/homelessness ✅ social justice ✅ LGBTQ+ issues