Kathryn Wolfe Farmer

Experience

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  Waco Independent School District

  Oct 2009 - Jun 2011

  Program Coordinator, Waco Even Start

  I coordinated the Waco Even Start Family Literacy Program which included GED/ESL classes, Early Childhood Education Classes, Parent Education classes, Interactive Literacy Activities, and Home Visits. We collaborated with AVANCE Waco and McLennan Community College Adult Education Department and primarily served the Hispanic population in Waco.

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  City of Waco

  Sept 2011 - Apr 2012

  Intern for Housing and Community Development Department

  I completed my Master's of Social Work Advanced Practice Internship at the City of Waco Housing and Community Development Department. I focused my efforts on socioeconomic development, specifically the creation of a Community Development Bank or Community Development Credit Union in Waco to serve individuals and communities in poverty. I also started working to develop a collaborative microcredit program in Waco that would be housed in an already existing agency. Finally, I conducted focus groups with youth living in poverty to gain a better understanding of life in Waco from their perspective. Show less

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  WACO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

  Feb 2012 - Aug 2014

  Community Organizer

  Mission: To help inspire and cultivate healthy neighborhoods. Vision: We consider a healthy neighborhood to be one that is safe, clean and diverse; one in which it makes economic sense for people to invest and one where neighbors manage change successfully. My primary role as a community organizer is increasing leadership development and engagement within schools, churches, businesses and neighborhoods to help mobilize individuals together to create sustainable change within our community. Show less

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  Crime Victim Services

  Nov 2014 - now

  • Deputy Director at Crime Victim Services

    Dec 2021 - now

  • Director of Day One at Crime Victim Services

    Nov 2014 - Mar 2022