Technical Assistance for Measure 110 Providers and Allies

The Health Justice Recovery Alliance is proud to offer technical assistance and capacity building support free of charge for community-based providers of Measure 110 services! Technical Assistance workshops will take place regularly to support those setting up organizational operations and financial systems as they prepare to absorb Measure 110 funding.

Technical Assistance (TA) is broadly defined as support to help non-profits acquire any specialized service or skill that is not currently resident within their organization, but which it may need in order to operate more effectively or strengthen sustainability. HJRA has created a TA program specifically to support Measure 110 grant recipients, and in-turn, support the effective implementation of Measure 110.

HJRA’s TA consultants specialize in a range of non-profit and government contract experience. TA support can include but is not limited to:

OHA Grant Reporting
Gov. Contract Requirements
Grant Sourcing and Writing
Board Development
Fundraising
Fiscal Responsibilities
Program Development
Strategic Partnerships
Strategic Planning
Organizational Development
Executive Coaching
Board Development
Accounting and setting up Books
Staffing and Hiring

HJRA’s TA consultants have been utilized by community addiction and recovery support organizations in a variety of areas, including the development of grant reporting, HR policies and procedures, board development, and fundraising and strategic planning, to name a few. Does your organization need one-on-one support? Or do you have suggestions for a future workshop topic? If so, please submit a request email for TA to discuss the unique needs of your organization.

Upcoming workshops

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Recordings and Materials from Past TA Workshops

Google Sheets/Excel 101

Job Descriptions and Hiring Basics

Presenter Slides
Supporting Materials

Organizational Budget Development Refresh

Grant Management 101 and How to Track Expenses in Preparation for Grant Reporting

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Quickbooks 101

*Due to technical difficulties, only part 1 of this workshop was recorded. We apologize for the inconvenience!

Basics of Nonprofit Funding

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About the Educators

La’Velle Reynolds

CEO, Secret2YourSuccess, Inc.

La’Velle Reynolds is a Pacific Northwest native. Her knowledge of business administration and operations is backed by 30+ years of experience in all facets of both the corporate and small business segments. She maintains an expert level knowledge of all office software packages and continues to grow that knowledge with continuing education. She is the founder and CEO of her own small business; Secret2YourSuccess, Inc. which specializes in administrative support and back office management for small businesses and nonprofits. Her mission is to find creative solutions for small businesses to compete on a corporate level while using technology to facilitate those processes.

Diana Nuñez

HJRA Technical Assistance Program Director

Diana has dedicated her career to unearthing and dismantling racism and inequity through policy and government reform. Diana has worked for the span of her career working with the community either in government leadership roles or leading nonprofit organizations advocating for equitable policy. She then went on to be the President of the Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber, and the Executive Director of Oregon Environmental Council. In each role, she brought her passion for dismantling racism, and inequitable systems and other forms of oppression, with the goal of creating true and lasting justice in our region. Prior to her time leading statewide non-profit organizations Diana served as Community Outreach Director and later the Deputy Director for Portland City Mayor Charlie Hales with a focused multi-sector systemic change by bringing community voices to the policy table. She sits on a number of statewide nonprofit and foundation boards. Diana holds a bachelor’s degree from University of Portland Austin and Master’s in Library and Information Sciences from the University of Washington . She lives with her wonderful partner, teenage daughter, and their two parakeets, 20 pound cat, and three pound dog in North Portland.

Amanda Green (she/her)

Chief Financial Officer, Oregon Consumer Justice

Amanda is an enthusiastic nonprofit CPA with fifteen years of experience in nonprofit financial management. She got her start in nonprofit work in the feminist anti-violence movement. She has worked for many nonprofits throughout her career, notably, SMART Reading, Bitch Media, Pro Choice Oregon, Northwest Earth Institute, SurvJustice and PAVE. She also taught nonprofit finance and budgeting in WVDO's Certificate in Nonprofit Fundraising Program for five years. She has an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin in Consumer Affairs in Government, a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Portland State University, and a post-baccalaureate accounting certificate from Linfield College.

Auburn Harrison (she/her)

Founder & Owner, Raising Heart

Auburn is the Founder & Owner of Raising Heart, a solution to helping charitable organizations bring their missions to life to maximize their revenue and impact. Auburn is a former journalist and nonprofit Executive Director with a proven record for building capacity, getting results, and fighting for work-life balance and fair pay on behalf of her hard-working clients. Auburn has 17 years of combined experience in effective communication, fundraising, nonprofit leadership, journalism, public & media relations, event planning and community-building. Her specialties and talents include taking a nurturing and donor-centered approach to telling meaningful stories of nonprofit work. She is proud to have helped and inspired over 25 different nonprofit organizations in Portland, Eugene, Nevada, and California since her company was founded, advocating for leaders to build upon their passions while running a smart & sustainable nonprofit business.

AJ Wheeler

Manager, Tyee Carr Advisory

Currently a Manager for Tyee Carr Advisory, Wheeler serves as a contract Director of Finance and Controller for growing Nonprofits. Prior to his current role Wheeler served local nonprofits for eight years as an external auditor at a local CPA firm, managing 100 audits a year for various nonprofits and governmental entities across the state. Wheeler is also host of "Profitless on Purpose", a podcast dedicated to nonprofits and their unique accounting challenges.

Kyle White (she/her)

Principal, Launch Operations & Consulting

Kyle has over 20 years of nonprofit experience working in a variety of roles. She currently maintains a portfolio of clients providing a wide variety of services from bookkeeping to financial, project, operational, and HR management. Prior to and in conjunction with founding Launch Operations, she served as Director of Operations and Finance for five different organizations where she built and managed financial and operational systems improving the overall functionality of each organization.

Kristen Cooper (KC) (she/her)

With over two decades of experience, Kristen Cooper has a mapmaker’s understanding of every twist and turn employee benefits present. But after watching her industry grow more corporatized and less compassionate, she resolved to make a difference by serving clients with an oft-forgotten feature called ‘humanity.’ KC's style combines a strong technical background in financial/data analysis, with a creative and heart- centric approach that fuels her to deliver awesome results, and develop lasting partnerships with her clients – across the organization – be it the CEO or production line. Kristen holds fast to the belief that you can get your hands dirty, nimbly adapt to a change in course, and triumphantly overcome a challenge – with moxie, grace, and ideally, a sense of humor.

Leslie Yan (she/her)

Leslie Yan has worked in the nonprofit industry for the last 15 years, serving as Finance Director for 10 of those years. During her tenure at Open Signal she developed the organization's budget, and managed the accounting department — including all financial reporting and policy development. Leslie is also certified in Human Resources. She is a graduate of Portland State University with a major in Accounting. She lives in Portland with her family.

Mona Jones-Romansic

Birch Consulting

For over a decade Mona has worked with organizations, ranging from start-ups to national foundations, to improve organizational strategy, operations, and culture. In 2016 Mona founded Birch Consulting, which specializes in serving collective impact initiatives, collaborations, and organizations that are focused on solving complex social and environmental problems. Birch Consulting provides a range of services including strategic planning, business planning, organizational development and grant writing. Birch Consulting balances relationships, process and outcomes for high-impact, sustainable results.