{"id":2051,"date":"2024-05-28T15:07:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T15:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/?p=2051"},"modified":"2024-05-29T14:39:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T14:39:48","slug":"isd-staff-spotlight-winnie-crouch-helps-office-of-farm-to-fork-grantees-receive-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/2024\/05\/28\/isd-staff-spotlight-winnie-crouch-helps-office-of-farm-to-fork-grantees-receive-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"ISD Staff Spotlight: Winnie Crouch helps Office of Farm to Fork grantees receive funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" data-attachment-id=\"2052\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/2024\/05\/28\/isd-staff-spotlight-winnie-crouch-helps-office-of-farm-to-fork-grantees-receive-funds\/04-24-24-staff-spotlight-crouch\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04.24.24-Staff-Spotlight-Crouch.png\" data-orig-size=\"2825,2505\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"04.24.24-Staff-Spotlight-Crouch\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04.24.24-Staff-Spotlight-Crouch-300x266.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04.24.24-Staff-Spotlight-Crouch-1024x908.png\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04.24.24-Staff-Spotlight-Crouch-300x266.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04.24.24-Staff-Spotlight-Crouch-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04.24.24-Staff-Spotlight-Crouch-1024x908.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04.24.24-Staff-Spotlight-Crouch-768x681.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04.24.24-Staff-Spotlight-Crouch-1536x1362.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04.24.24-Staff-Spotlight-Crouch-2048x1816.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>NAME:<\/strong> Winnie Crouch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>YEARS AT CDFA:<\/strong> 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>PROGRAM:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/cafarmtofork.cdfa.ca.gov\/\">Office of Farm to Fork<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>TITLE:<\/strong> Budget Analyst<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>USUAL DAILY ACTIVITIES ON THE JOB?<\/strong> <em>A lot of my time is spent on reviewing grantee invoices for reimbursement and helping grantees with invoice submission. However, most days, my mind is to stay on top of our encumbrances, expenditures and billings!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>HOW DO YOU WORK FOR THE CALIFORNIA FOOD SUPPLY?<\/strong> <em>Our grants help further a lot of entities\u2019 farm to fork mission. Whether it be supplying new equipment, Market Match or helping build new infrastructure, I help grantees get their reimbursement (or advance funds) as quickly as possible.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>THOUGHTS OF WORKING AT INSPECTION SERVICES?<\/strong> <em>I love it!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE?<\/strong><em> Just do it!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT YOU?<\/strong> <em>I\u2019m a rescue mom of two cats and eight chickens.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>ANYTHING ELSE YOU&#8217;D LIKE TO SAY?<\/strong> <em>It&#8217;s like I&#8217;ve come full circle landing this job. I&#8217;ve always loved crunching numbers and managing money and wanted a business degree. But my path took me in a different direction to political science and international affairs. I never found my fit \u2026 until four years and one month ago!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAME: Winnie Crouch YEARS AT CDFA: 4 PROGRAM: Office of Farm to Fork TITLE: Budget Analyst USUAL DAILY ACTIVITIES ON THE JOB? 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