Grant Compliance Advocate

About Amity

Amity Foundation is an internationally acclaimed teaching and therapeutic community dedicated to research, development, implementation, and dissemination of information regarding community building. Amity is a safe place where people can change in an environment that fosters trust; where new values can be formed; responsibility developed, and lasting relationships built. Amity is committed to the inclusion and habilitation of people marginalized by addiction, homelessness, trauma, criminality, incarceration, poverty, racism, sexism, and violence.

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The Grant Compliance Advocate position for the Third-Party Administrator project supports and monitors a network of community-based organizations and non-profits as sub-recipient/subgrantee service providers for Care First, Community Investment Funds (CFCI), and non-Care First, Community Investment (CFCI) Funds. This role manages a portfolio of grantees to ensure compliant grant administration and programmatic support. Responsibilities include reviewing fidelity to awarded service providers, service quantity and quality, licensure, certification, facility conditions, staff qualifications, background checks, training in data entry, data assistance, and monitoring, and staffing requirements such as adherence to COVID-19 protocols and any requirements specified in individual grant agreements.

• Monitor and provide technical assistance to subcontracted Service Providers and activities to ensure compliance with administrative and fiscal regulations in accordance with contract provisions and grant deliverables.
• Liaise and provide direct support to the network of subcontracted Service Providers (SP).
• Provide on-the-ground evaluation and responsive support to a diverse representation of service provider organizations across Los Angeles County that experience barriers to access to traditional County funding.
• Participate with Grant Administrator and Grant Development Team in the development and issuance of grants or service contracts in accordance with Exhibit 1, Administered Programs of the TPA project.
• Work with a portfolio of subgrantee service providers to ensure access to training for monthly data entry and all grant reporting.
• Work with a network of service providers to establish ongoing quality assurance monitoring processes and reviews including ongoing quarterly meetings.
• Conduct Program Reviews of subcontracted Service Providers and supervision implementation of corrective action plans to ensure high-quality services are provided under CFCI and non-CFCI funding.
• Participate in work groups and departmental communication to inform senior management team on matters relating to contract compliance.
• Develop, initiate, maintain, and revise policies and procedures for the general operation of the data collection, entry, required reporting, and compliance program for individual Service Provider organizations (as needed).
• Respond to alleged violations of rules, regulations, policies, and standards of conduct by initiating investigative procedures.
• Regularly report to keep the Grant Administrator, Project Manager, and senior management informed on the operation and progress of compliance efforts and grant administration.
• Maintain positive collaborative relationships with subgrantee Service Provider organizations.
• Support the needs of the Program Manager or Grant Administrator as needed.
• Additional duties as assigned.

• Four (4) year degree in Social Sciences or related fields; AND
• Two (2) years of full-time administrative or programmatic experience working in a community-based environment delivering social services to vulnerable populations (e.g., housing, employment support, reentry services).
• Additional experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.
• Lived experience with incarceration, addiction recovery, poverty, foster care, or other systems involvement is considered an asset.
• Experience collecting and entering data to demonstrate the achievement of deliverables to funding sources is a plus.

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