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Kristy Michael

Kristy Michael, an Associate at HCBS Strategies, has extensive project management, product development, marketing, and grant writing experience.  Prior to joining HCBS Strategies, she managed the development and implementation of projects for non-profit organizations and a knowledge management software company.  She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Bucknell University.  

Her experience overseeing projects from initial conception, execution and launch enable her to navigate easily through the often difficult issues that arise during the development process.  She was responsible for training clients on new software releases, collecting and interpreting their feedback into new releases, as well as the management of software updates and creation of training manuals. 

As a Development Specialist Ms. Michael has re-vamped non-profit development departments to include best practice standards and the use of information technology by which to organize and manage fundraising programs, the restructuring of annual campaigns, capital campaigns, grant support, membership, major gifts, and planned giving to afford them the ability to meet their annual budget expectations. She has worked with board of directors to analyze annual budgets and prepare fiscal budgetary spending reports. 

As an Associate for HCBS Strategies, Ms. Michael has been involved in projects for the District of Columbia, State of Minnesota, and the State of Illinois. She has written policies and procedures for a systems change grant that provides transition services to dual diagnosed adults and foster care youth, as well as various marketing materials for that project to include brochure, website text and various other tools to be used in house for the processing and management of those transition services.  She has participated in analysis of district service systems and focus groups gathered to discuss those systems for youth transition out of foster care. She has done statistical data analysis, database creation, research and literature review as well as policy analysis.  In addition, she has contributed to the development of multiple comprehensive assessment tools.

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