James & Associates is a minority owned and operated professional services firm, who focuses on serving government sector clients. Our objective is to improve the process, people and the products delivered to the citizens. We deliver.
James & Associates is a minority owned and operated professional services firm, who focuses on serving government sector clients. Our objective is to improve the process, people and the products delivered to the citizens. We deliver.
Grant Management & Funding Administration- Public Assistance Management & Compliance
Every grant program or funding source is unique and comes with its own set of compliance requirements from the grantors or funders. What sets us apart is our years of experience as auditors and fraud examiners spending countless hours understanding the vast amount of compliance requirements established by the Office of Management and Budget and ensuring that they are met by our clients. Secondly, we don’t just manage your grant dollars, our team knows where these grants are and we assist your team in applying for them. Based on the needs of our clients, we identify the exact grants that match those needs and pursue them vigorously. Finally, our oversight team ensures our clients stay in compliance, is audit ready and can receive those grants again in the future.
Program Management & Administration
Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP)- In the wake of Hurricane Katrina our founder was tasked to stand up this program which assisted citizens who lost their homes. This program was successful in establishing legitimate and eligible citizens that needed assistance in restoring their home from repairs to new construction to the tune of billions of Community Development Block Grant funds ( CDBG).
Financial Compliance Reporting
Our team are well verse in federal compliance reporting requirements, because of our extensive years of performing single federal audits for various municipalities and LEAs. Our experience has prepared us to manage and report large and small federal funds in compliance with various federal agencies requirements. We have reported accurately to various granting agencies such as FEMA; US Treasury; US Department of Housing and Urban Development & US Department of Agriculture to name a few.
Corporate Finance
We assist businesses with various short or long term funding sources be it equity or debt capital structure to maximize profits and growth. We use our proven strategies of operations, accounting and banking expertise to maximize cash flow, business efficiency and growth.
Real Estate Development Finance Consulting
We help real estate developers and project sponsors identify, structure, and secure complex financial instruments and public-private funding solutions to finance new developments, especially in underinvested or strategic growth areas. We leverage our numbers focus approach to get our clients capital from New Market Tax Credits, Opportunity Zone Financing, Tax Increment Financing (TIF), Tax Increment Bonds (TIBs), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Historic Tax Credits (HTC), Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program and Local or state-specific grants, abatements, or tax exemptions.
Asset Protection & Wealth Preservation Advisory
We assist wealthy individuals and business owners implement customized legal and financial structures that protect their wealth from various legal, financial, and economic threats—while also optimizing tax efficiency and ensuring long-term legacy planning.
Tribal Indian Nations Gaming & Finance Consulting
Our team assists tribal nation gaming casinos by acting as a financial consulting conduit between their CFO and the external auditors to ensure records are audit ready and in compliance with gaming commission.