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RESPONSE TO 2010-2015 CONSOLIDATED PLAN -DECEMBER 2009 1. WFN, Inc. Introduction a. Contact Information Company Name: W. Frank Newton. Inc. Street Address: 127 Church Street. Suite 225 City: Marietta State: GA Zip Code: 30060 Telephone: (770) 420-5634 Fax: ~) 420-5635 E-mail: wfnincC~aol.com Name of Contact Person: Nick Autorina Title: Vice President Office Phone: (770)420-5634 Mobile: (678)467-1425 Business License in the State of Georgia: License #: 00049875 Renewed: 2/19/09 Proprietor (SS #): N.A Federal Tax ID Number: c. WFN, Inc. - Proiect Performance and Experience WFN, Inc. has 38 years of administration and management experience working with federal, state and local grant programs. WFN, Inc. collectively prepares four Action Plans annually for our four CDBG Program Management client jurisdictions, as well as fourteen Consolidated Plans over the past thirty-eight years. Our staff of 40 employees provides the company with a broad range of education and experience in various aspects of grants administration, including program planning, proposal writing, program development, program implementation, program evaluation, monitoring, financial management and legislation. In addition to these general administrative qualifications, WFN, Inc. employees also possess specific programmatic technical qualifications, including construction management, housing rehabilitation, lead-base paint, NSP, CDBG, HOME, ESG, HPRP, HOPWA, economic development, and community planning. WFN, Inc. has fulfilled planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting responsibilities in administering State and Federal CDBG Programs and other HUD related grant programs in Cobb County, Georgia since 1982, Gwinnett County, Georgia since 1986, and Clayton County, Georgia since 1998. During the years that WFN, Inc. has administered Clayton County, Gwinnett County and Cobb County's grant programs, WFN, Inc. has provided all aspects of program planning, design, implementation, and administration services. The programs have been managed efficiently through WFN, Inc.'s focus on innovation and streamlined efficiency through its creative use of existing personnel WFN 5necial CDBG Achievements Under WFN, Inc.'s administration, Gwinnett's and Cobb's CDBG Programs have received eight HUD National Best Practices Blue Ribbon Awards and HUD State of Georgia Awards: 1997: 1. Gwinnett County Human Service Center at Buford and Norcross 2. Cobb Children's Center - A Comprehensive Approach to Child Abuse Treatment. 1998: 1. Gwinnett County Consolidated Plan -Creative Citizen Participation 2. Cobb County -Roosevelt Circle -Integrated Resources for Neighborhood Revitalization 3. Cobb Housing, Inc. Homeownership Access Program