JOHN A. HORNIK, Ph.D. Director of Research John Hornik has been Director of Research since 1997, and has more than 30 years of experience in services research, evaluation, and planning in mental health and substance abuse. He currently directs the national evaluation of the Co-occurring State Incentive Grant (COSIG) program in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA), the evaluation of the Oklahoma Transformation State Incentive Grant, and co-directs the national evaluation of the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)-funded program of Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness. He was Principal Investigator of four grants under three SAMHSA-funded cooperative agreements, including the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment’s (CSAT) Co-occurring Disorders Initiative; the CSAT/CMHS Homeless Families Initiative; and the CMHS Supported Housing Initiative. He also directed program evaluation for the Parsons Child and Family Center under a grant funded by the CMHS National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative, and was Principal Investigator for development of a Residential Outcomes Monitoring System under a National Institute of Mental Health grant. He participated as a consultant in the development of the SAMHSA Report to Congress on Co-Occurring Disorders. Previously, Dr. Hornik initiated development of the Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program (MHSIP) consumer-oriented report card sponsored by CMHS. Dr. Hornik is a former Director of Planning for the New York State Office of Mental Health and the Director of Evaluation and Client Tracking (1982-1986) for the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health. He has been a senior consultant to CMHS, the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) Research Institute, several individual states, and other organizations in the areas of program development and evaluation, mental health planning, policy, and outcome assessment. He also has held faculty appointments at the University of Virginia (Psychology) and Hampshire College (Social Sciences), and adjunct appointments at the University of Massachusetts (Sociology) and New York University (Psychiatry). His skills and experience include research and evaluation; needs assessment and forecasting; national evaluations and multi-site studies; methodology; statistical analysis, including large data bases; federal policy, state planning, and systems change; performance indicators; and information systems design and development.
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