Jimiyu Evans
Interim Treasurer, NAEHCY Board of Directors
co-ceo, Project Community Connections Inc.
Jimiyu Evans has been with Project Community Connections Inc. since 2008 and currently serves as the Co-CEO, directing PCCI’s programs, overseeing organizational culture, managing the PCCI facility, evaluating program performance and providing support with board development, business management and strategy, fundraising, and community relations.
He started his career working with juvenile delinquents as a therapeutic assistant, team leader and then unit coordinator at DISC Village “JUST Program” in Florida and Lima Juvenile Detention Center in Pennsylvania. Jimiyu then rose to Social Services Supervisor at the Douglas County and then Carroll County Departments of Family and Children Services. In those roles, he partnered with community agencies to develop and implement best case practices in homeless service delivery.
A sought after thought-leader, Jimiyu has presented at organizations like the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the Georgia Alliance to End Homelessness, and the Global Health and Humanitarian Summit.
When working with people experiencing homelessness, it’s critical to open a window of opportunity and reach into it quickly to successfully inspire change. If we can open that window even a crack, we can set in motion an endless opportunity to thrive.
Degrees, Certificates, Awards & Accomplishments
- B.S., Criminology, Florida State University