Managing a Budget at a Neighborhood Networks Center

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Date: Friday, August 10, 2007
Time: 10 a.m. — 12 Noon

With funding at a premium, proper budgeting is the foundation for any successful Neighborhood Networks center. An accurate budget helps set program and staff goals, and also helps track the center’s financial progress towards those goals throughout the year. Budgets are also essential for securing additional funding, as donors expect to see well-crafted financial planning. Budget managers from Neighborhood Networks centers review and offer tools for managing various types of budgets, ensuring that attendees are able to create an actual budget upon completing the session. This workshop is provided by the NNNC.

Materials:
Managing a Budget presentation 1
Managing a Budget presentation 2

Presenters:

Miles Graham
Vice-President
Intrepid Management, Inc.

Since 1998, Miles Graham has worked hard to change the lives of people and families living in subsidized housing in Arkansas and around the country through his support for the Neighborhood Networks Initiative. He served at one of the most successful, nationally recognized Neighborhood Networks centers. Graham serves as president of both the Community Builders of Arkansas, and the Arkansas Neighborhood Networks Consortium, and is treasurer and executive board member of the Neighborhood Networks National Consortium. He is also involved with many community organizations and was previously the Governor’s appointee to the School Education Reevaluation Project. Graham is the co-owner of Intrepid Management, Inc., a management agent specializing in troubled Section 8 properties. With the help of his two business partners, Graham is changing the way Section 8 projects are being managed. Graham obtained his Ph.D. in 2003 in psychology.

Cynthia Knoerr
Administrator
Intrepid Management, Inc.

Cynthia Knoerr has been involved with Neighborhood Networks since its inception, having successfully opened the first Neighborhood Networks center in Arkansas in 1995. Knoerr is currently co-owner of Intrepid Management, Inc., which specializes in troubled Section 8 properties. Knoerr and a business partner own two of the largest Section 8 properties in North Little Rock. Knoerr earned a degree in public administration, and is a Certified Grant Specialist and Certified Grant Administrator.

Craig Knusdvig
Client Service Manager
Grand Forks Housing Authority

As the client services manager for Grand Forks Housing Authority, Craig Knudsvig is responsible for the operation of four Neighborhood Networks centers; two of which are open to the greater community. One of the centers, the LaGrave Learning Center, opened in 1996 and was the first Neighborhood Networks center in HUD’s Denver region. With a team of resident service coordinators at five properties, Knudsvig oversees an afterschool program partnership with the Grand Forks School District and manages the Family Self Sufficiency Program, several homeownership programs, and the housing counseling services for the Grand Forks Housing Authority. Previously, Knudsvig spent 10 years with the North Dakota Job Service system managing JTPA and other training programs. Knudsvig is a member of the North Dakota Extension Service Citizens Advisory Group for Families and Children and the Grand Forks Mayor’s Cabinet for Health and Human Services. He also serves as secretary for the board of directors of the National Neighborhood Networks Consortium, and has been a member of the board since the Consortium’s creation in 2005. Knudsvig earned a marketing degree from the University of North Dakota.

Dipo Mosadomi
Executive Director
Kedila Family Learning Center

C. Carl Schultz
President
Intrepid Management, Inc.

Carl Schultz is part owner of Intrepid Management, Inc., as well as other business interests throughout Arkansas. Trained as an accountant, Schultz has worked closely with HUD on many projects and has been a major supporter of Neighborhood Networks in Arkansas.