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Gary Shaheen, M.P.A.
Senior Vice President
Gary E. Shaheen, M.P.A. is a nationally recognized expert in the field of mental health rehabilitation, homelessness and systems change. For over twenty- six years in both the public and private sector he has been instrumental in shaping policy and programs at both the state and federal levels that help people with mental illnesses, co-occurring substance abuse disorders and those who are homeless fully integrate into their communities. He has worked with HUD, SAMHSA, U.S. Department of Labor and other federal agencies on increasing employment for these populations throughout the United States and its Territories.
He has provided his expertise as a trainer and technical assistance resource to state mental health authorities throughout the country seeking to transform their mental health systems through policy and program development and a workforce trained in recovery and rehabilitation principles and practices. As a principal staff to the joint USDOL/HUD Ending Chronic Homelessness initiative and to the NYS Department of Labor as one of their Workforce Development Consultants, he has helped facilitate systems integration as a necessary component for employing people with serious disabilities.
He is the author of numerous publications and curricula including SAMHSA’s “Work as a Priority: A Training Program for Employing People with Psychiatric Disabilities who are Homeless” and is currently working on a series of HUD Guidebooks and Lectures on employing people with disabilities who are homeless. Mr. Shaheen often provides training and technical assistance on mental health rehabilitation, systems transformation and recovery-based employment internationally that has included work in the Netherlands, Russia, St. Maarten, Bermuda, Ireland and the U.S. Pacific Territories.
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Selected Publications
- Scholarship in Action and the Syracuse Miracle, Contributing Author,
Edited by Bruce Kingma, Associate Provost for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Syracuse University. Edward Elgar (2011) - Entrepreneurship for Veterans with Disabilities: Lessons Learned from the Field
Gary Shaheen & William N. Myhill
NTAR Issues Brief No.1 (Oct. 2009). New Brunswick, NJ: NTAR Leadership Center - The Employment Tool for People with Psychiatric Disabilities in New York State.
Gary Shaheen & William N. Myhill
Commissioned by the New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (2009). Albany, NY - Recognizing Work as a Priority in Preventing or Ending Homelessness
Gary Shaheen & John Rio
The Journal of Primary Prevention, Vol. 28, Num 3-4, August 2007 (Springer Netherlands)
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