Candace Moreno Ferguson

Candace Moreno Ferguson serves as a training and technical assistance senior research associate for the Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance (TA) Center and the Title IV, Part A Technical Assistance Center (T4PA Center) where she provides written, in-person, and virtual technical assistance in support of both centers. Mrs. Ferguson has over 22 years of experience in the local, regional, state, federal, and nonprofit sectors, most of which has been spent working on behalf of economically disadvantaged students. Mrs. Ferguson has a wealth of experience working with the U.S. Department of Education and other federal partners to provide support to cohorts of grantees on several important grant-funded initiatives including afterschool, dropout prevention, juvenile justice, educator evaluation, human capital management systems, performance-based compensation, emergency management for schools, school safety and violence prevention, alcohol and drug use prevention, well-rounded educational services, effective use of technology, and mentoring and youth development. Mrs. Ferguson has also been integral in developing and managing several innovative and robust data management systems.