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Charisma C. Smith
Professional Experience
Program Director The Family Partnership 032015 – Present
 Preserve 8 grant funding sources totaling nearly $700,000: the largest budget being nearly $300,000
 Oversee program compliance with funding contracts and obligations.
 Manage 11 programs, designed 4 out of 11 programs under limited supervision
 Oversee recruiting, training, and supervision of volunteers and interns as needed to support programs and
foster community involvement.
 Provide direct supervision for 7 staff members creating and implementing work plans that guide staff
responsibility
 Manage the transformation of existing programs and creation of new programming to address emerging
capabilities and needs.
 Implement 5 community projects that required inter-agency collaboration
 Re-design programming to offer specialized advocacy with cross training which allows all advocates to
provide informed direct service and referrals across disciplines
 Engage in public leadership and policy advocacy around the issues of commercial sexual exploitation,
trafficking, prostitution, domestic violence, and sexual assault.
 Oversee quality assurance of programming
 Maintain positive and regular contact with current partners and funders.
 Develop new partnerships and collaborations with community organizations/businesses to enhance program
services.
 Implement marketing/public relations strategies to increase public awareness of the program, including public
speaking, conducting workshops, preparing reports, and developing content for promotional materials.
 Participated in collective efforts with colleagues to secure new funding for existing programming and
program expansions, which includes identifying new funding sources
TeenPRIDE Coordinator The Family Partnership 10/2011 – 032015
 Promoted April 2014 after demonstrating and maintaining leadership skills that sustained collaborations and
partnerships.
 Demonstrate community relations competency through training and development of community partners
raising community awareness around issues of domestic minor sex trafficking, commercially sexually
exploited children, and other various crimes of violence against women and children.
 Provide direct services to program clients; ensuring documentation is submitted and accurate into the client
track data base, and perform additional (various) duties as instructed and permitted
Front Desk Youth Advocate Youth Link 4/2005 – 01/2013
 Provide on-call supervisor duties upon request by program manager
 When necessary ensure payroll was entered accurately and on time
 Assist with the development and maintenance of policies and procedures for providing program services
 Assist program manager with community relation duties which included maintaining positive and regular
contact with current partners and funders
 Assist program manager with administrative duties as requested and permitted.
Education
Human Services BS (in progress) May 2017
Metropolitan State University
Course Work Includes:
 Organizational Development & Change
Human Services AAS May 2010
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Course Work Includes:

2.  Technology Applications in HSER
 Program Evaluation
 Women offenders in correctional
institutions
 Conflict Resolutions
 Morals and ethics in Human Services
 Case Management, Individual Counseling,
and Group Skills
 Systems of Change and Intervention
 Multicultural Aspects of Human Services
 The dynamics of Family Violence