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Ann K. Tomcho
8256 W. Dickerson Road
Akron, Michigan 48701
Phone: 989-691-5380
OBJECTIVE:
To assist non-profit agencies obtain out-side funding for the development and
implementation of innovative and necessary programs and projects for at-risk and special
population groups. The intent is to improve the quality of life for those who are facing
challenges, those who have "fallen through the cracks", and those who are
seeking a means for self-improvement and self-realization.
BACKGROUND:
Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and now residing in Michigan’s rural Thumb area. Education includes 5 years at Ohio State University with a major in English and a minor in Sociology, and a BA degree from Saginaw Valley State University also with a major in English and a minor in sociology.
While serving in the Peace Corps in Honduras, Central America, after outward-bound training in Puerto Rico, as well as Community Development training at the University of Illinois, New Harmony, Indiana, returned to Cleveland to establish, with a grant from the Cleveland Foundation, a self-help agency for the Spanish speaking population.
In Michigan, developed and wrote a Title VII nutrition grant for Bay County, which became the first senior citizen nutrition program in Michigan, and one of the first twenty in the nation. As Director of the Bay County Council on Aging for 7 years, started the program with a staff of 3 and a $60,000 grant, and left the agency with a budget of l/2 a million dollars, a staff of sixty and serving in excess of 2,000 senior adults weekly. Developed and won voter approval for the first Senior Citizen Millage in the State of Michigan.
For the Human Development Commission
(HDC) in Caro, Michigan,
wrote successful grants for:
Michigan Department of Education, pre-school grants
Michigan State Housing and Development Authority (MSHDA)
Social Security Administration (SSA)
D.A.R.E.
Detroit Edison Foundation
Federal Housing Authority (FHA)
GRANTS AWARDED IN PAST 5 YEARS:
As an independent grant writer writing under the name of The Fourth Dimension Consulting Services, developed and wrote the following successful grants:
For Scheurer Hospital (Pigeon, Michigan)
Rural Transition Grant Program (Department of Health and Human Resources)
$150,000 over a 3-year period
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $25,000
Michigan State Medical Society, $4,000
USF&G Foundation, $5,000
Barth Community Trust, $13,000
U.S.D.A. Telemedicine Grant Program, $54,000 cash, $83,000 federal loan
For Created for Caring (Bay City, Michigan)
Michigan State Housing and Development Authority (in a partnership with the Bay County Womens Center) two grants: $74,500 and $68,000
Consumers Power Foundation, $3,000
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $25,000
Dow Corning Foundation, $43,000
For the Bay County Department of Social Services
Developed and wrote the community plan for the Strong Families/Safe Children Initiative, resulting in $600,000 over a 3-year period
For Hills and Dales General Hospital (Cass City, Michigan)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $25,000
Michigan Loan Forgiveness Program, $30,000
U.S.D.A. Distance Learning Grant program, $308,000
For the First Baptist Church in Beaufort, S. Carolina -
$50,000 from the Presser Foundation. The Foundation received 1,200 applications from which 3 were funded.
For the Regional Educational Media Center (REMC #10) in Cass City, Michigan,
Public Telecommunications Facilities Program, $198,000
REMCs Thumb Area Television (TATV)
Wrote and produced a 2-hour live special, "Winter Weather Preparedness in Michigans Thumb Area" which was also aired on 3 local radio stations. Involved was the National Weather Service, Emergency Managers, the United States Coast Guard, a local Physician and the NBC-25 meteorologist.
For West Shore Community College, Scottville, MI
USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program $291,296
Ludington Area Foundation $2,000
Oceana County Community Foundation $1,500
Dow Chemical Company Foundation $10,000
West Shore Bank Foundation $2,000
Great Lakes Casting Foundation $1,500
For Baldwin Family Health Care, Inc., Baldwin, MI
USDA Telemedicine Grant Program $82,919
For Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association, Juneau, Alaska
Due to the grant request, the project is now in the 2004 Congressional Budget
The request was for $900,000
For MidMichigan Health Services, Houghton Lake, Michigan
$334,462 from the U.S.D.A Telemedicine Grant Program
For Volunteers in Action, Tuscola County, Michigan
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $35,000
For the Aberdeen First Pentecostal Church, Aberdeen Mississippi
$300,000 from the U.S.D.A. Public Facility Grant Program (the
grant/loan combination was approved but the program did not begin due to changes created by Hurricane Katrina)
REFERENCES:
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Darrell Milner, MPH Executive Director MidMichigan Health Park 9249 Lake City Road Houghton Lake, MI 98629-8902
Phone: 989-422-5122 |
Dr. Mark Jones Executive Director Saujanya Ayuervedic Charitable Trust 125 130th Street SE Suite 204 Everett, WA 98208
Cell Phone: 360-202-0320 |
Paul Kirisitz Project Director Director
of The Division of Program Implementation,
Phone: 202-205-6733 |