Biography     

Mark A. Engelhardt is a Faculty Associate in Technical Assistance in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy. He provides training and consultation to various state agencies, county governments, advocacy groups, and mental health and substance abuse providers throughout the State of Florida. Mr. Engelhardt concentrates on systems development with an emphasis on policy-making and program development.

Mr. Engelhardt is the Associate Director of Florida’s Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Substance Abuse (CJMHSA) Technical Assistance Center at USF-FMHI. He serves as Florida’s “Olmstead Grant Coordinator” (CMHS) to build Statewide Coalitions for Community-based Care for Supportive Housing for Persons with Mental Illnesses, and in partnership with the DCF Mental Health Office (Tallahassee) provides statewide training on the federal PATH Homeless Grant. He is the Principle Investigator (PI) on a five-year SAMHSA-CSAT Homeless Treatment Grant in Charlotte County, Co-PI on a three-year SAMHSA-CMHS Jail Diversion Grant in Hillsborough County, and recently completed a two-year Sarasota County Jail Diversion-Homeless Evaluation project. Mr. Engelhardt was the PI on a Robert Wood Johnson Grant on Medicaid Substance Abuse Certified Local Match Earnings Project and system development with AHCA, DCF, and statewide substance abuse providers (FADAA).  Mr. Engelhardt was a principle investigator on a SAMHSA-CSAT Homeless Treatment grant (Keystone) for persons with co-occurring disorders and a CO-PI on a SAMHSA-CMHS Community Action Grant on Co-occurring Disorders. 

Mr. Engelhardt is the lead faculty/consultant for the National Association of State Mental Health Directors (NASMHPD), National Office of Technical Assistance Center (OTA) on Emergency, Crisis and Acute Behavioral Health Care Systems Design and Implementation, working with several states in cross-system design.  Before coming to USF, he successfully operated a private, licensed consulting corporation in behavioral health care administration with clients ranging from state governments to private organizations and collaboration with other national consulting firms. From 1988- 1999 Mr. Engelhardt was the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Director for Florida’s DCF Districts 6 and 14 (Now Circuits 10, 12 & 13). Prior to that he was a provider and administrator of mental health agencies in Ohio, New York State, and Washington, DC. (1975-1988)

Recent Publications

Engelhardt, M.A., Hills, H., & Monroe, M. (2009) Best Practices: Comprehensive, Continuous, Integrated System of Care Development: Tampa-Hillsborough County, Florida. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, Volume 5, Number 1, January – March 2009: 110-116, 2009, ISSN: 1550-4263.

Engelhardt, M. A., (2008). Promoting best practices in supportive housing. Florida Supportive Housing Coalition Newsletter, Volume 7, Issue 7, August 2008, Tallahassee, Fl; Florida Supportive Housing Coalition. Available www.flshc.net

Engelhardt, M. A., Weir, J.M, Peters, R.H., (2007) Evaluation of the Sarasota County Community Alternative Residential Alternative Treatment (CART) Initiative: 2nd Year Report for Sarasota County

Hendry, P., Engelhardt, M.A., et al. (2007). Common threads: Stories of survival & recovery from mental illness. Tampa, FL: Florida Peer Network and the University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute.

Engelhardt, M. A., (2006) Pinellas county transportation exception plan. On behalf of the Pinellas County Baker Act Committee and Florida Department of Children and Families Substance Abuse and Mental Health Program Office; Tallahassee and Tampa, Fl.

Engelhardt, M.A. et al (2003) Florida’s Strategic Plan for Supportive Housing for Persons with Mental Illnesses; DCF approved plan

Engelhardt, Mark A. et al. (2003) Emergency Services/Acute Care Report for the Florida Behavioral Health Services Integration Workgroup – DCF # LH063, Phase I & II Reports.

Engelhardt, Mark A. (2003) Behavioral Healthcare Report. Community Alliance of Sarasota County Issue Analysis.

Engelhardt, Mark A. (2002) Hillsborough County Transportation Exception Plan (Baker Act Chapter 394.462(3); Acute Care Five-Year Renewal 2002-2007.

Engelhardt, Mark A. (2002) Module 5 Responsive services and Supports for Persons with Co-occurring Disorders – Co-Occurring Disorders: A Training Series; Hills, et al. FMHI 2002 for the State of Florida DCF.

Engelhardt, Mark A. (2001-2002) Reports: Family Emergency Treatment Center: Annual Review and Impact Report – Legislative Re-appropriations.

Engelhardt, Mark A. (1997) Developing Centralized Intake and Coordination of Care Systems: Improving Accessibility and Availability of Behavioral Healthcare Services. Innovation Sourcebook and Mutual Consultation Guide: The Partnership for behavioral Healthcare/Centralink.