Senior Leadership

Ann V. Denton, M.Ed.

Director, Technical Assistance

Ann V. Denton is an expert on effective systems and interventions for persons with mental illness, substance abuse, and co-occurring disorders. She has knowledge and experience with system change, evidence-based practices, homelessness, and housing issues for people with mental illness and other disabilities. Ms. Denton is the Director of the Services in Supportive Housing Technical Assistance Center (SAMHSA). She conducts monitoring site visits for SAMHSA programs, including CSAT and CMHS projects, and has played a leadership role in the development of SAMHSA’s Permanent Supportive Housing Toolkit. Ms. Denton develops training products, leads training teams, and provides training and technical assistance to states and communities in many areas, including housing development, funding and implementation of evidence-based practices, permanent supportive housing, services and supports for people with disabilities, and access to mainstream services.

Ms. Denton’s field experience includes administration and management of programs for persons with substance abuse, mental illness, and co-occurring disorders. As Director of Substance Abuse and Homeless Services in Travis County, Texas, Ms. Denton was responsible for the administration of both residential and outpatient treatment. These services included specialized treatment for individuals with co-occurring disorders; methadone maintenance; counseling and access to housing for people who are HIV+; outreach and engagement services for people who are homeless; a Safe Haven, and intensive outpatient treatment programs. Ms. Denton helped to create a provider-operated Medical Services Organization (MSO) for substance abuse services in Travis County.

adenton@ahpnet.com