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Kevin Martone Kevin Martone was appointed as Assistant Commissioner for the New Jersey Division of Mental Health Services in the Department of Human Services on August 8, 2005. Responsible for the coordination, administration, management and supervision of the institutional and community mental health system, the Division supervises five state-operated psychiatric hospitals; monitors inpatient services provided by private psychiatric facilities as well as other public hospitals and psychiatric units in local general hospitals; and contracts with more than 120 private non-profit agencies for community mental health services. The Division employs more than 5,000 staff and oversees an annual budget in excess of $1.0 billion. Prior to his appointment, Kevin served as the President/CEO for Advance Housing, a non-profit supportive housing provider in northern New Jersey. Since the agency's opening in 1997, Kevin guided its transformation into a leading supportive housing provider in a short period of time. His experiences at Advance Housing have afforded him a strong clinical background and an ability to influence complex systems that impact mental health consumers. He has broad experience serving on multiple local, county and statewide committees pertaining to mental health and affordable housing, and has spoken extensively in New Jersey on supportive housing development and operations. In addition, Kevin recently served as the Vice President of the Supportive Housing Association (SHA) of New Jersey where he played a key role in advancing the policy direction of SHA with both the State and provider community. Furthermore, he provided training and guidance for the association on supportive housing development and service delivery through various training series and conferences facilitated by SHA. Kevin
also served on Governor Codey's Task Force on Mental Health which
issued a report in March 2005 for improving New Jersey's mental
health system. Kevin acted as the Housing Advisory Committee Chairperson
for the Task Force which made numerous recommendations on housing,
including the creation of 10,000 affordable housing opportunities
for people with mental illness and other disabilities over the next
ten years, as well as, the newly created $200 million Special Needs
Housing Trust Fund. Kevin is a Licensed Social Worker and has a Master of Social Work degree from Rutgers University. |
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