Aarin Edwards, MPA
President at California Community Colleges CalWORKs Association
President, California Community Colleges CalWORKs Association & Director, CalWORKs Parents Program
California Community Colleges CalWORKs Association
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California, United States
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President
Glendale Community College, CA 91208
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Glendale, CA
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Director, CalWORKs Parents Program
Union Station Homeless Services
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Pasadena, CA
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Director, Community and Volunteer Programs
SRO Housing Corporation
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Community Builder on Los Angeles' Skid Row
Constitutional Rights Foundation
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Los Angeles, CA
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Program Coordinator
AmeriCorps
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Compton, CA
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AmeriCorps Member
The international honors society dedicated to the study of nonprofit management, philanthropy, and social entrepreneurship.
Nu Lambda Mu
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The global honors society for public administrators
Pi Alpha Alpha
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LAC-5
Chairperson and Steering Committee Member
Final project in the Capstone course of the USC Master of Public Administration Program was the design of a needs assessment for the Los Angeles County Area Agency on Aging.
A Roadmap for Needs Assessment
December 10, 2014
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Created a website examining the South Park Neighborhood of Los Angeles as a directed research project for Masters of Public Administration degree, University of Southern California; www.thegumboofitall.wordpress.com
The Gumbo of it All: An Exploration of the History, Street Art, and Cultural Forces in South Park, Los Angeles
Dec 2014
http://www.thegumboofitall.wordpress.com
Case study examining change processes and strategy development at homeless services organization was selected for inclusion in the reader for  a USC Non-Profit Management and Leadership course.
Case Study: Organizational Change
Sol Price School of Public Policy--Non-Profit Management & Leadership
In an effort to make Iowa’s mental health care system more “uniform,” the state is wresting control of mental health programs from Iowa’s 99 counties and cutting funding for nonprofits that provide help for the mentally disabled. In doing so, Iowa joins California and Maryland in the “realignment shuffle,” a new dance craze sweeping the country in which states attempt to solve financial, political, and policy problems through a process of shuffling funding and programs between county and state levels.

Until recently, Iowa counties had funded local nonprofits to provide a safety net of services for clients with “mental health issues, brain injuries, or certain developmental disabilities,” according to the Associated Press, but realignment will eliminate this county funding to nonprofits and reduce communities’ ability to serve Iowans who now may be in danger of “fall[ing] through the cracks.”

Mental health services defunded will include subsidized jobs with nonprofits for mentally disabled clients. This loss of income may harm many households that include mentally disabled members, making it even more difficult for such families to make ends meet. Rep. Renee Schulte, (R-Cedar Rapids), who helped push the realignment through Iowa’s legislature, said counties and the nonprofits they have historically funded will “…have to make choices to live within their means based on the money they have for non-Medicaid services. How they choose to get there is up to them.”

It sounds like the “realignment shuffle” may leave some social service nonprofits in Iowa alone on the dance floor. –Aarin Edwards
"Realignment Shuffle" May Leave Nonprofits Alone on the Dance Floor - article written by Aarin Edwards
NPQ, Nonprofit Quarterly
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/20486-in-iowa-realignment-shuffle-may-leave-nonprofits-alone-on-dance-floor.html
University of Southern California
"Winning Project, " Student Exhibition Awards, USC's Price School of Public Policy
County of Los Angeles
Commendation
City of Glendale
Mayor's Commendation
Adaptive Leadership: Mobilizing for Change
+Acumen
Lean Data Approaches to Measure Social Impact
+Acumen
Capstone in Public Administration
PPD 546
Contract Management
PPD 664
Directed Research: An Exploration of the History, Character, and Cultural Forces in South Park, Los Angeles
PPD 590
Economics for Policy, Planning and Development
PPD 501
Human Behavior in Organizations
PPD5 45
Intersectoral Leadership
PPD 500
Leadership Development in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors
PPD 684
Nonprofit Management and Leadership
PPD 675
Policy and Program Evaluation
PPD 542
Public Administration and Society
PPD 540
Public Financial Management and Budgeting
PPD 540
Sociology of Education
Education M108
Special Topics: Fundraising
PPD 499
Strategic Planning and Management
PPD 673
Teaching Internship - 2 quarters
Education 193F
The Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy
PPD 689
Workshop Presenter: H.O.T. Communication: The ABC's of Student-College-County Collaboration
Leadership in the Symbolic Frame provides special opportunities to experience a CalWORKs Program as a mission and a movement, rather than just a series of policies and forms.  Learn how Glendale Community College used an accidentally-grown tomato plant outside their office to articulate a powerful program vision to students, staff, and the entire campus. In this workshop you will learn about Bolman & Deal’s Symbolic Frame of Leadership, identify the traditions, ceremonies, rituals, and symbols of your CalWORKs Program, and share them with your CalWORKs colleagues.
"How is a CalWORKs Student Like a Tomato Plant?
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Workshop Presenter: "Case Management"​ at the 2016 California Chancellor's Office New Directors'​ Training
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Workshop Presenter: "New Student CalWORKs Orientations"​ at the 2016 CalWORKs Institute
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Presented case study on the process of transforming the largest college CalWORKs office in the state to a paperless system.  Analyzed functional, human, symbolic, and political aspects of project and change theories used to succeed.
Workshop Presenter: "Piles of Files to Paperless"​ at the 2015 and 2016 CalWORKs Institutes
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Education
CalWORKs Association
www.calworksassociation.org • Lifting California families out of poverty through education! The mission of the CalWORKs Association is to provide professional development and leadership, promote statewide collaboration, influence policy, and to advance CalWORKs families’ success and self-sufficiency through educational excellence and workforce training.
President
Civil Rights and Social Action
Los Angeles City Attorney's Neighborhood Justice Program
Developed by Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer, the Neighborhood Justice Program (NJP) allows some first-time, non-violent offenders to take responsibility for their actions, and instead of going to court, appear before a panel of community volunteers to discuss the crime, its harm to the victims and community, and to determine an appropriate punishment.
Panelist and trained mediator/facilitator
Education
South Pasadena Unified School District
The mission of the committee is to ensure the proper expenditure of Measure S revenues. The committee consists of nine members that meet to review expenditures and to provide for communication to the community on issues related to Measure S regarding the review of parcel tax funds. The committee reports to the Board by October 31st of each year on all Measure S expenditures. All business of the committee is conducted in compliance with the Brown Act.
Vice Chair, Measure S Citizens' Oversight Committee
Los Angeles City Attorney
Trained Mediator
California  Community College Chancellor's Office
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Trained for CalFresh College Student Enrollment and Outreach
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California Department of Social Services
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Mandated Reporter, Educator Training
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California Department of Social Services
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Mandated Reporter, General Training
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Fullerton, CA
Michael Beener
Award-Winning Creative Designer
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Long Beach, CA
Katrinka Foster
airport operation at JetBlue Airways
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Garden Grove, CA
Tyler Garcia
Mechanical Engineer at Raytheon
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Washington, DC
Christopher Harrington
Associate Vice President at University of California Office of Federal Governmental Relations
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Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
Briana Castaño
National Managing Director of STEM at Teach For America
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Plainview, NY
Evelyn Gomez
UFT Chapter Leader/Teacher at NYC Department of Education
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New York City Metropolitan Area
Gregg Lundahl
Chapter Leader  at United Federation of Teachers
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Mineola, NY
Jeffrey Miller
member at Miller Law Offices, PLLC
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New York City Metropolitan Area
Venus Devnani McClelland
Organizational leader fighting for social justice and human rights around the world
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Greater Chicago Area
Stephanie Fisher
Engagement Director, Midwest Region at ClassLink
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New York, NY
Richard Bellis
Executive Director at NYC DOE
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New York, NY
Jessica Kaplan
Deputy Executive Director, Strategic Planning, Office of School Programs & Partnerships, NYC Department of Education
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Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Narak Mirzaie, Esq.
Managing Partner at M Law Attorneys, APC
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Atlanta Metropolitan Area
Shaun Lain
College Campus Tours, LLC
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Spring, TX
Dr. Kelly Weller
Program Director at Lone Star College
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Brooksville, FL
Joseph Heinzman
Director
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Greater Boston
Biz Bracher
Director at Boston College
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Toledo, OH
John J. Schlageter, III, Esq
Program Director, University of Toledo Paralegal Studies Program
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Omaha, NE
Greg Smith
Kids and Company Program Director, Council Bluffs
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Richmond, VA
Elizabeth J. Moran
Retired
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