This document is a resume for Christine Kovach Hom, LCSW. It summarizes her experience and qualifications. She has over 15 years of experience in project management, program development, clinical social work, and grant writing. Her experience includes securing over $1.65 million in project funding and managing multiple projects at the Florida Institute for Health Innovation. She also has experience developing and directing social work programs for caregiving youth and former foster youth.

1. Christine Kovach Hom, LCSW
3300 Port Royale Drive,Apt.428
Fort Lauderdale,Florida33308
(954) 614-2609
ckovachhom@gmail.com cristyk14@gmail.com
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Florida Institutefor Health Innovation West Palm Beach, Florida
Project Manager; Communications Manager; Grant Writer March 2010 – Present
 Managethe implementation of multiple projects including the Florida Oral Health Alliance using the principles of
collaborative leadership, Collective Impact and Results-Based Accountability™; includes project planning, monitoring
and reporting, budget development, teamoversight, outreach and facilitation of committees and networks.
 Secured $1.65 million in project funding from foundations and government subcontracts; managesubmission of
federal, corporate and foundation grants.
 Established and nurture connections with Florida Medicaid, Florida Association of Community Health Centers, Florida
Dental Association, Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Florida Legal Services, Florida CHAIN,
Florida Association of Community Health Workers, stateand local United Way, Children’s Services Councils, Broward
County Schools, Tampa BayHealthcare Collaborative, Florida Department of Health and county health departments.
 Appointed by Florida Medicaid to Medical Care Advisory Committee’s Dental Care for Children Subcommittee.
 Manageorganizational communications including press coverage, social media, blog and annual report; write press
releases, op-eds, website copy, letters and project summaries.
 Secured press coverage in the Miami Herald, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Health News Florida, WLRN Radio, Modern
Healthcare, Miami Times, Orlando Sentinel, Tampa Bay Times and other local papers.
 Developed monthly newsletter using Constant Contact, established and grew Twitter accounts and blog.
SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
American Association of Caregiving Youth, Caregiving Youth Project Boca Raton, Florida
Director of Continuing Care December 2009 – December 2012
 Developed and directed program for 200 high school youth caregivers including the creation and facilitation of
therapeutic groups, mentoring, tutoring, college application assistance and youth-focused events.
 Provided in-school individual therapy, home visits and community resource referral as needed.
 Developed and presented clinical social work trainings regarding the mental health effects of youth caregiving for the
National Association of Social Workers 2011 Florida State Conference and Alzheimer’s Community Care’s 2010
Alzheimer's Educational Conference.
 Served as Florida Atlantic University (FAU) School of Social Work Agency Field Instructor for three MSW students;
completed FAU clinical supervisor training.
 Coordinated program involvement in doctoral dissertation research including youth leadership and advocacy retreat,
youth researcher training and presentation to community stakeholders.
 Participated as thesis committee member for University of South Florida Honors College.
 Promoted knowledge of nonprofit organizational effectiveness and leadership skills through supervision of staff,
interns and AmeriCorps members; served as AmeriCorps agency liaison.
 Initiated and facilitated social media to increase public awareness and client participation; wrote articles and blogs for
print and virtual media; contributed to grant proposals.
 Responded to local and national media through live film and radio interviews; coordinated filming activities.
Turtle Nest Village West Palm Beach, Florida
Program Director January 2005 – October2009
LCSW Life Coach April 2003 – January 2005
 Developed housing and life coaching program for former foster youth; wrote narrative-style program manual;
hired and supervised all direct service staff; created and maintained program policies, forms and literature;
planned and facilitated trainings, activities and programs for participants.
 Completed biopsychosocial assessments for all program applicants; provided clinical intervention as needed.

2.  Co-authored life skills teaching curriculum used by Child and Family Connections to educate foster parents and
case managers, provided guidance to developing independent living programs nationally; createdand presented
trainings on adolescent development of foster care youth.
 Managed and supervised daily program operations and grants; secured unrestricted grant funding.
 Increased public awareness of issues of former foster youth including work with judges, guardian ad litems, legal
aid attorneys, school personnel, Tri-County Transitional Independent Living Network.
 Served as secretary on the GatewayAlternative High School Advisory Committee.
 Received Outstanding Performance Award 2006-2007 from the Ounce of Prevention Fund of Florida.
CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK
Casa Valentina Miami, Florida
Per Diem Clinical Supervisor March 2010 – July 2012
 Provided clinical and group supervision for licensed, master’s level Program Director and staff of residential and
community programs for former foster youth.
Social Work PRN Plantation, Florida
Social Work Consultant September 2003 – December 2005
 Conducted biopsychosocial assessment using DSM-IV and ICD-9 codes and provided individual therapy with the
Flagler Institute for Rehabilitation, a Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Center.
 Completed in-home assessments as a medical social worker for home health agencies.
The Children’s Place at Home Safe, Inc. West Palm Beach, Florida
Licensed Therapist August 2000 – January 2003
 Provided crisis intervention, individual, group, family and play therapies for youth living in shelter care.
 Completed biopsychosocial assessments and treatment planning as Medicaid provider.
 Provided supervision for two MSW interns and psycho educational support for foster care shelter staff.
Good Shepherd Center Baltimore, Maryland
MSW Social Worker/Therapist October1997 – December 1999
 Led interdisciplinary treatment team and provided individual, group and family therapy and case management in
a secure juvenile justice mental health residential treatment setting, included biopsychosocial assessments,
treatment planning, discharge planning, maintenance of clinical records according to Medicaid standards.
 Decreased client psychiatric hospital admissions and transfer to mental health crisis unit by 95%.
 Communicated with managed care/Medicaid regarding criteria for extended residential stay.
CERTIFICATION AND EDUCATION
Qualified Supervisor for Licensure, Clinical Social Work, State of Florida
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, State of Florida, since May 2000
Master of Social Work, University of Maryland at Baltimore, May 1997
Double BA in English Education and English Languageand Literature, University of Maryland, College Park, May 1993
PRESENTED TRAININGS
 Hom, C. Serving in Silence: The Effects of Youth Caregiving. National Association of Social Workers 2011 Florida
State Conference, Tampa, Florida, June 2011
 Harwood, K., Hom, C. Supporting a Hidden Population: Caregiving Youth. Alzheimer’s Community Care’s 2010
Alzheimer's Educational Conference, West Palm Beach, Florida, June 2010
 Brown, L., Hom, C. Fostering Transitions: Paving the Way to Interdependency for Foster Care Youth. Child and
Family Connections, West Palm Beach, Florida, October 2008
 Brown, L. Hom, C. They Don’t Care What You Know Until They Know You Care: Working with Adolescent Foster
Youth. Barry University School of Social Work Alumni Day, Miami, Florida, March 2007
 Kovach, C. Working with Abused Children. The Children’s Place at Home Safe, Lake Worth, Florida, October 2001
 Kovach, C. Growing through Grief: A Group Model for Bereaved Adolescents. Baltimore, Maryland, September
1999