Leverage Our Expertise to Maximize Your Success
We will work with your organization to meet your specific needs to succeed in the world of Grants Management
If you are new to grants management, we can prepare you through an assessment of your organization prior to and during your grant proposal submissions to ensure you will have a strong established foundation at the point of grant award.
For those who currently manage grants, we are able to guide your through any challenges you may be facing or provide you with an array of services to help you optimize your success in all phases of your grant.
General Consulting
We can assess your organization structure and administrative capacity to determine if you have the necessary components in place to adequately manage grant funds and programs.
Grants Management
Effective Grants Management requires all components of the grant to operate effectively and effeciently. We can provide you with our expertise and guidance on how to make sure that occurs.
Capacity Building
Our technical assistance and guidance in all areas of grants management will help your organization build the capacity it needs to be successful.
Compliance
We know and understand grant requirements and will provide you with guidance as to what they are and what you need to have in place to ensure compliance with your funding sources.
About us
About Us
Since every organization is unique and their challenges may vary, we tailor our services to meet your needs and use our expertise to move you towards greater success.
As experts in federal, State and local government grants management, we offer an array of services to assist and guide you with all aspects of the grants you currently manage or during your grants application submission process and prior to grant award.
Let us provide you with peace of mind as a grant administrator and in your day to day grants management activities.
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From Our Clients
"Ms. Sakane provided us with expertise and guidance to be able to execute several federal awards. Her expertise was invaluable and, as a result, we successfully completed our first ever single audit"
Summer Moore, VP Operations California Community Foundation
"Jackie was instrumental to supporting the development of our internal controls and advising on audit compliance. We were new to government contracting and she really helped us build a solid foundation that we could apply to other opportunities"
Michelle O'Grady, CEO Team Friday
"I have had the pleasure of working with Jackie Sakane on complex financial and programmatic auditing projects over the past three years. Her professionalism, knowledge and collaborative approach make her a stand out financial auditing consultant.
Angie Loch, Chief Compliance Officer The People Concern
"Jackie has been such an invaluable resource to our consulting company and to our clients. She brings years of experience with government grants and compliance. I couldn't recommend Jackie enough!"
Rafe Pery, Owner Pery Consulting Group LLC
"Jackie's work supporting the Oahu Workforce Development Board was invaluable in our transition from WIA to WIOA. Her long experience working with state and local government gives her a practical breadth of knowledge, while her experience interpreting federal regulations makes her a critical asset"
Alison Lum, Former Executive Director
Meet Our CEO
Jackie Sakane has over 30 years of federal, State and local government grants management experience. For more than 22 years she worked in a high-level management position for the County of Los Angeles (County) and retired in July 2015 as the Compliance Officer over Department of Labor (DOL) and Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) grant funded programs.
During 2005 to 2015, she had compliance oversight authority for 75+ local government, non-profit, and for-profit entities with allocated funds of over $500 million. In her tenure, no grant funds were ever returned to the County's funding sources and thereby eliminated liability to the County.
Her consulting services have been provided to local Workforce Development Boards (WDBs) in the State of California and State of Hawaii and she has provided services to one of the largest community foundations in California in their administration of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) grant funds through the United States Treasury, as well as to non-profits and for-profits with grant funds through the DHHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
She is a subject matter expert in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Title 2 CFR Part 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements, as well as a subject matter expert in major workforce programs that include the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). and also its predecessor program under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) where she implemented the County's One Stop delivery system.
Ms. Sakane has a financial/audit background and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Accounting from California State University Dominguez Hills.
Based on her professional experience and upbringing in culturally diverse. marginalized and economically disadvantaged neighborhoods, Ms. Sakane understands the need for the services her clients provide. Her passion is to provide those organizations with what they need to be successful.
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