Housing Manager Service Director

JOE GARCIA, MA, MBA

************@*****.*** - 602-***-****

EDUCATION: Master of Art-MA in Counseling- NAU- Flagstaff, AZ.

Masters of Business Administration-Financial & Personnel Management; minor Business Law

Western International University-MBA-Phoenix, Arizona

Special acquired professional skillsets: Seasoned-Federal Healthcare CEO, Bilingual Administrator, Homeless Services Program Dir., HUD Housing Manager and Homeless Program Administrator in both AZ & CA. treating all aspects of homelessness related subjects; children-teens-families-adults-special Indigenous Native Populations, As a past AZ VR Counselor, have designed-managed Job Services Programs, Job Preparation for successful placements in both AZ & CA. Designing, developing, establishing, and implementing HUD-Housing-Homeless Service as a Director and management duties assuring clinical best practice & proper housing-business programmatic- specific program(s) financial acumen.

EXPERIENCE:

09/2018 – Present: Contractual Positions: Administrator, Program Director, & Integrated Service Director

Provided short-term services for numerous agencies/projects: As Agency QA-Grants Director/manager/coordinator and provided direct Jobs Placement, &In-Home Counseling Services within various therapeutic venues as, SMI Homeless clientele and also children-teen/families as referred by the DCS-CPS system & teens of Juvenile Court System, and SMI -HIV Aides Homeless Project Services. Other job: Provided administrative direction & leadership to therapeutic services and provided comprehensive direct support services which were structured to meet the needs of homeless population composed of SMI, co-occurring referrals. Provided client and families housing services while addressing their unique behavioral health needs; addressed the disenfranchised clientele population. Initiated Behavioral/Vocational (job placements) Counseling sessions-bilingually-Spanish. Responsible for evaluating program effectiveness and ensuring clinical-financial best practice, reorganized- re-directed programmatic venues in providing services to families-youth experiencing homelessness; as well as supporting program development & expansion. Provided supervision, training, and support of youth counselors-coaches. Assured oversight and implementation of assigned program projects such as the coordination of all Child & Family service facilities, and interrelated case management services.

09/1996– 09.2018; GLE & Associates, Inc. AZ/CA; Administrator, CEO-COO-CFO-Program Director

Worked 2-3-year contracts with numerous service agencies-service programs: Provided leadership as a CEO, COO, Program Director, Service Director, to Homeless populations-bilingual-Spanish/English QA-QI-CQI with numerous agencies-AZ & CA statewide; also addressed HIV-AIDES Homelessness Service Projects-Child/Teen Counseling/Social Service programs & RTC’s throughout AZ. & wrote & secured grant funding, $2 mil to $23 million for several programs; court-ordered teens-adults, incarcerated and referred individual clients and bilingual therapeutic intervention; treatment program(s) modality & job- training-schooling. Provided Homeless Project Services, worked with both adult, teen and child clients. Also, as CEO of an entire Federal Healthcare Service Delivery System- including two hospitals, one clinic, and all social services, CPS-ICWA-APS-COT & Court Projects and HUD Housing & Homeless pilot HUD Housing project-teens- Geriatric and Reservation Educational Projects. Supervised and assured all billing for Mental Health while assuring prodromal diagnosis and assessments, support & outreach initiative, and the youth advisory Tribal council, including outside the reservation Homeless Services. As Agency Director/Program Director, develop and implement administrative/business successful intervention techniques including identifying and securing grant funding and additional contractual funding options and expansion. Assuring establishing treatment plans that identify problems, goals and measurable objectives that are achievable within a reasonable time frame, interventions/strategies that address the assessment issues, and maintains timely progress notes that reflect movement towards positive goals/objectives. Directed and supervised staff on clinical best practice, on behavioral- court and substance abuse and COT services. As QA Director-provided direct agency QA-QI-CQI-PIP, and reported to State and/or the applicable Funding agency or RBHAs. Initiated Bilingual Therapeutic Intervention for AZ-DCS-BRF’s in the Home and/or assigned client environment(s), documented all client referrals. Provided referrals to additional Homelessness Program services. Supervised all services, budgets, and job-related resources. Wrote service programs for new Homeless Services HIV-AIDES service programs/projects for indigenes & disadvantaged populations.

1995 to 1996- Disability Management, Inc. Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor/Consultant:

1993 to 1995- Golden Gate Community Center- Assistant Director, recreational- Social Services & Healthcare Projects.

1990 to 1992- State of AZ. Clinical Psychotherapist II-Intake via Dx & COT-Title 36, 1-1 & group bilingual Therapy.