Maria Bell Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Assisted in developing a pilot program for a 35 member multi-disciplinary team approach to mobile Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Certified Peer Specialist services to support the Philadelphia systems transformation initiative • Transitioned over 300 individuals to community living from mental health institutions and homelessness programs • Motivated a high-performance fee-for-service team that consistently exceeds performance expectations• Cultivated a work atmosphere promoting team career growth which included a Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner training initiative • Started the Curious Cupboard in where faith-based organizations, stakeholders, and individuals donate financial and/or instrumental supports for Team Arrive participants to make their house a home.

1101 Market Street

• Assisted in the start-up of Mayor Nutter’s 2008 Homeless Initiative and personally oversaw successful housing of over 600 individuals with a 92% retention rate• Functioned as a liaison between the Department of Behavioral Health, the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, and the Philadelphia Housing Authority in getting homeless individuals housed• Coordinated clinical care, training and outcomes for individuals we were chronically street homeless or recently street homeless and the direct care staff that assisted them• Tracked performance outcomes and used outcomes to advocate for continued housing opportunities

Master’S Degree, Clinical Counseling

Bachelor’S Degree, Urban Studies/Affairs

Activities and Societies: I completed internships with the grassroots organization Good Schools Pennsylvania as well as the Temple.