Community of Learning: Grant Writing Series - Session 2: Introduction to Managing Grants and Setting Yourself Up for Success (February 6, 2020)

February 6, 2020 from 2 - 4 pm ET

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Join NCUIH for an educational opportunity designed to help inform Urban Indian Organizations (UIOs) and non-UIO leadership and staff about Managing Grants. NCUIH hopes to provide a set of culturally competent, practical knowledge tools and best practices for the audience to manage grants and set yourself up for success.

Topics

• How to divide responsibility
• Keeping the team accountable
• Preparing for planning, implementation, and evaluation
• Resources to help you stay accountable to your funders

Presenter

• Jamie Ishcomer, MPH, MSW (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) Deputy Director, National Council of Urban Indian Health

Jamie Ishcomer (Member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) has extensive experience serving Indian Country at the regional and national level. Before joining NCUIH, Ms. Ishcomer had the honor of working at the California Rural Indian Health Board and the National Indian Health Board (NIHB) where she provided training and technical assistance to support Tribal public health infrastructure development. Most recently she was a Senior Analyst at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) where she supported state and territorial public health infrastructure development through a quality improvement lens. Ms. Ishcomer is passionate about addressing health disparities for American Indians and Alaska Natives and is devoted to transdisciplinary problem solving and systems and performance improvement. She received her BS in Community Health and minor in American Indian Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with her Masters of Public Health and Masters of Social Work where she was a Scholar with the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies. 

Audience

• Urban AI/AN leadership looking to engage private funders
• UIO’s Programmatic and Development Staff
• Behavioral Health Community of Learning Members