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Rr,SPON$E TO 2010-20 ~ S CONSOLIDATED PLAN -DECEMBER 2009
<br />1. WFN, Inc. Introduction
<br />a. Contact LZformntiorc
<br />Company Name: W. Frank Newton, Inc.
<br />Street Address: 127 Church Street, Suite 225
<br />City: Marietta State: GA Zip Code: 30060
<br />Telephone: (770) 420-5634 tax: (770) 420-5635
<br />E-mail: wfninc@aol.com
<br />Name of Contact Person: Nick Autorina Title: Vice President
<br />Office Phone: (770)420-5634 Mobile: (678?467-1425
<br />Business License in the State of G ot•~,ia: License #: 00049875 Renewed: 2/19/09
<br />Proprietor (SS #): NSA rederal Tax ID Number: 58-1411938
<br />c. WFN, bac. - P!•olect Performance aitcl Exyerience
<br />WFN, hie. has 38 years of adnunish•ation and management experience working with federal, state
<br />and local grant programs. WFN, Inc. collectively prepares four Action Plans annually for our four
<br />CDBG Program Management client jurisdictions, as well as fourteen Consolidated Plans over the
<br />past thirty-eight years. Our staff of 40 employees provides the company with a broad range of
<br />education and experience in various aspects of grants administration, including program planning,
<br />proposal writing, program development, program implementation, program evaluation, monitoring,
<br />financial management and legislation.
<br />In addition to these general adnunish'ative qualifications, WFN, Inc. employees also possess specific
<br />progranunatic technical qualifications, including construction management, housing rehabilitation,
<br />lead-base paint, NSP, CDBG, HOME, ESG, HPRP, HOPWA, econon-tic development, and
<br />community planning.
<br />WFN, Inc. has fulfilled plamting, implementation, monitoring and reporting responsibilities in
<br />administering State and Federal CDBG Programs and other HUD related grant programs in Cobb
<br />County, Georgia since 1982, Gwinnett County, Georgia since 1986, and Clayton County, Georgia
<br />since 1998. During the years that WFN, Inc. has administered Clayton County, Gwinnett Coultty and
<br />Cobb County's grant programs, WFN, Inc. has provided all aspects of program planning, design,
<br />implementation, and administration services. The programs have been managed efficiently through
<br />WFN, Ino,`s focus on innovation and sh'eamlined efficiency through its creative use of existing
<br />personnel.
<br />. Wh'N St~ecial CDBG Achievements
<br />Under WFN, htc.'s administration, Gwinnett's and Cobb's CDBG Programs have received eight HUD
<br />National Best Practices Bhte Ribbon Awards and HUD State of Georgia Awards:
<br />1997:
<br />t. Gwimtett County Huntan Service Center at Buford and Norcross
<br />2. Cobb Children's Center - A Comprehensive Approach to Child Abuse Treatment.
<br />1998:
<br />1. Gwinnett County Consolidated Plan -Creative Citizen Participation
<br />2. Cobb County -Roosevelt Circle -Integrated Resources for Neighborhood Revitalizatio^
<br />3. Cobb Housing, Inc. Homeownership Access Program
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