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CJMHSA TAC STAFF

The Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Technical Assistance Center (CJMHSA TAC) is located in the College of Behavioral & Community Science's Department of Behavioral Health Science and Practice at the 911爆料网.  The CJMHSA TAC is part of the Florida Mental Health Institute which is also in the College of Behavioral & Community Sciences.

Abby Shockley, MPH, CPH, Director, CJMHSA TAC, USF 

Abby is the Director of the Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Technical Assistance Center (CJMHSA TAC). Prior to joining the TAC, Abby served as a Senior Policy Analyst with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services where her work focused on several of the Department鈥檚 substance use disorder (SUD) initiatives, including substance use disorder policy analysis and development and expansion and oversight of Medicaid coverage for SUD. During her time with NH DHHS, she also served as the Project Director for implementation of the State Opioid Response grant, including oversight of program development for delivering behavioral health services and expanding the use of Medication Assisted Treatment for individuals involved in NH鈥檚 criminal justice system. Abby earned her B.S. in Health Sciences from Boston University and her Master鈥檚 in Public Health from USF. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health, is an adjunct faculty member for the USF Department of Behavioral Health Science and Practice, and is pursuing her Doctorate in Public Health from USF.

Katelind Melendez, MA, MS, Assistant Director, CJMHSA TAC, USF

Katelind is the Assistant Program Director at the Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Technical Assistance Center (CJMHSA TAC). At the CJMHSA TAC, she is responsible for facilitation of technical assistance events for the DCF Reinvestment Grant Program, as well as technical report writing, for grant program reports written to inform the DCF and the Florida Legislature. She earned a Master of Arts in Criminology and a Master of Science in Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health at USF. Since starting at the CJMHSA TAC, Katelind has assisted in facilitation of over 20 Sequential Intercept Mappings across the state, which promote system-wide changes in the behavioral health and criminal and juvenile justice systems.

Beth Holland, MBA, Learning and Development Facilitator, CJMHSA TAC, USF

Mary (Beth) Holland is the Learning and Development Facilitator at the Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Technical Assistance Center (CJMHSA TAC). Previously, she was in the multifamily housing industry as a social media and reputation manager for 10 years. Beth holds her Master鈥檚 in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from Sullivan University. Her role is responsible for increasing the TAC鈥檚 capacity for grantee communications, information dissemination, and development and implementation of a learning collaborative to enhance peer to peer learning among grantees across the State of Florida.

M. Scott Young, PhD, Research Associate Professor, USF

Dr. Young is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral Health Science & Practice. Dr. Young has Master鈥檚 degrees in Clinical Psychology and Management Information Systems (MIS) and earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. Combining his interests in both MIS and psychology, Dr. Young has received and worked on grants and contracts using behavioral healthcare administrative data sets to examine homelessness, mental health, and substance use policy issues, and he has also collaborated on corrections- and community-based behavioral health treatment evaluations at the system-, agency-, and program-levels.

Kathleen Moore, PhD, Research Professor and Executive Director of the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute

Dr. Moore is a Research Professor and the Executive Director of the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute. For the past ten years, she has been at FMHI with a primary focus in the area of substance use and mental health. Currently, Dr. Moore is working on several community-based research projects with local substance abuse and mental health providers. Her emphasis has been on project evaluation, bridging the gap between research and practice, and social policy issues such as co-occurring disorders, homelessness, and jail diversion.

Brooke Haney, PhD, Visiting Research Scholar, USF

Dr. Haney is a recent graduate of USF's Behavioral and Community Sciences doctoral program. Prior to earning her Ph.D., she earned her B.S. degrees in Psychology and Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Tampa. Brooke works as a Visiting Researcher in USF's Department of Behavioral Health Science & Practice and as a Drug Court Analyst for Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida's Problem-Solving Courts. She has extensive research and evaluation experience across a range of behavioral health areas, including alternatives to incarceration, substance use and co-occurring disorders, trauma, child welfare, and early intervention. Brooke's dissertation was titled "High Risk, High Need, High Potential?: Exploring the Potential of Drug Treatment Courts for Individuals with Substance Use Disorders and Violent Offending Histories," in which she used a mixed-method approach to assess the effectiveness of drug treatment courts for violent offenders as well as public support for the expansion of program eligibility criteria.

T. Freeman Gerdhart, PhD, Visiting Research Scholar & Adjunct Professor, USF

Dr. Gerhardt is a Visiting Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Behavioral Health Science and Practice at the 911爆料网. Dr. Gerhardt specializes in behavioral health and criminal justice systems, implementation science, program evaluation, and cross-system strategic planning. His research and evaluation activities focus on improving coordination across behavioral health, criminal justice, homelessness, and community service systems. He has served as principal investigator and co-investigator on numerous federal, state, and local projects related to criminal justice diversion, substance use treatment, overdose prevention, homelessness, peer workforce development, and behavioral health service delivery. His current research examines Sequential Intercept Mapping, behavioral health workforce development, implementation strategies, overdose prevention, and data-driven approaches to systems improvement.

Mary Kleinman, MS, Visiting Research Scholar, USF

Mary Kleinman is a Visiting Research Scholar in the Department of Behavioral Health Science & Practice supporting a variety of projects aimed to evaluate and improve community behavioral health outcomes and workforce development. She received her master's degree in psychology from the College of William & Mary. Her research experience is rooted in intensive longitudinal methods and program evaluation within community settings. 

Address:

CJMHSA TAC
Department of Behavioral Health Science & Practice
Florida Mental Health Institute
College of Behavioral & Community Sciences
13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. MHC 2614A
Tampa, FL  33612-3899