Three ways this shows up in practice
Cohort training that leaves teams with working tools. Design work for a state office building a program from scratch. And compliance defense when an award is already in trouble.
COHORT TRAINING · DELIVERED
Grant management & reporting
Local First Arizona
Arizona Economic Resource Center (AZERC)
60-minute virtual workshop
Post-award step-by-step checklist and right-sized systems for small teams
Allowable vs. unallowable costs taught through real cautionary scenarios — board member conflict of interest, unapproved construction on leased property, board decisions that drifted outside grant scope
Procurement, conflict of interest documentation, and sub-award pass-through requirements
Outputs vs. outcomes — data collection methodology and funder communication
LEFT BEHIND
Grant burndown workbook, compliance checklist by award type, project management outline, and a participant reference guide — branded, formula-driven, and usable the next morning.
STATEWIDE PLANNING GRANT · ACTIVE
Youth behavioral health service-to-career-pathways
Arizona Governor’s Office of Youth, Family and Faith · Youth Mental Health Corps funded planning grant
Four phases · 2026–2027 · Sole consultant
Landscape analysis of Arizona's behavioral health workforce, credentialing, and training ecosystem — including which state surveillance instruments structurally exclude foster-involved, justice-involved, and opportunity youth
Subgrantee mapping and geographic gap analysis across rural and Tribal communities
Corrected a stale statewide funding figure carried forward in prior documents, reconciled against three primary source records
Flagged a live programmatic overlap with a separate state behavioral health expansion award before it became a duplication finding
BUILDING TOWARD
Pathway models, a subgrantee toolkit framework, host-site TA structure, and the implementation plan components that feed the state's implementation grant application.
COMPLIANCE DEFENS · CONFIDENTIAL
Federal & State award dispute & closeout
Nonprofit subrecipient · ARPA/SLFRF
Workforce training facility on leased property
Organization in leadership transition
Post-award step-by-step checklist and right-sized systems for small teams
Allowable vs. unallowable costs taught through real cautionary scenarios — board member conflict of interest, unapproved construction on leased property, board decisions that drifted outside grant scope
Procurement, conflict of interest documentation, and sub-award pass-through requirements
Outputs vs. outcomes — data collection methodology and funder communication
WHAT IT PROTECTED
A seven-figure approved construction budget, the organization's exposure to lease termination costs, and a board making decisions without a documented record.