Michael Foust
Chief Executive Officer at Guidance Center of Lea County, Inc.- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Georgia Composite BoardJan, 2004- Oct, 2024 -
Mental Health Professional Person (MHPP)
State of Montana Board of Behavioral HealthApr, 2018- Oct, 2024 -
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
State of Montana Board of Behavioral HealthNov, 2017- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Guidance Center of Lea County, Inc.
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United States
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Mental Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Executive Officer
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Jan 2022 - Present
Priority is to transform the Guidance Center of Lea County into a value focused culture that maximizes impact and efficiency. Work with Board members and Senior Leadership team to direct high quality business strategies that ensure alignment with short-term and long-term objectives. Oversee all operations and fiscal activities to ensure mission focused programming is achieved. Establish and maintain trusting relationships with key stakeholders and funding influencers. Influence a high performing work environment by establishing a promotional ownership learning culture. Highlights: • Increased GCLC Money Market position by 24% and endowment by 19% during 1st year of leadership. • Guided GCLC’s 1st Council on Accreditation certification. • Raised $265,000 in grants and donations during first thirteen months of leadership. • Created PQI Department utilizing Smartsheet analytics to improve value and efficiency. • Stewarded GCLC’s jump into a behavioral health urgent care model focused on speed to expand access. • Scaled GCLC’s information technology capability, providing greater security and virtual access. Show less
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Western Montana Mental Health Center
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United States
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Mental Health Care
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200 - 300 Employee
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Area Director
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Apr 2019 - Dec 2022
Executive team member with matrix leadership responsibilities that built organizational capacity through funding opportunities, competitive intelligence, and public relations in a five county service area of Southwest Montana. Galvanized WMMHC service line directors’ inputs to enhance the impact and productivity of over 200 employees across four services lines and 21 outpatient and crisis services. Highlights:• Provided change leadership during WMMHC’s organization restructure and staff redesign. • Improved the impact and value of over a 10 million dollar budget in my region. • Utilized lean management practices to establish WMMHC as an agile, accessible non-profit.Position includes strategic direction, budget oversight and team management of WMMHC’s Crisis Service Line that provides mental health emergency and crisis services to 17 counties. The crisis service line is comprised of 5 acute inpatient stabilization facilities, clinical supervision for 5 community PACT teams, 3 co-responding teams and one behavioral health urgent care centers. Highlights:• Responsible for development and oversight of 12 million dollar budget and over 90 staff.• 8 direct reports including: operations managers, team leads, program managers.• Ensure 24/7 operations of acute inpatient crisis facilities with a total of 35 beds.• Manage county and hospital contracts for mental health consultation, disposition and placement. Show less
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Executive Director
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Jul 2017 - Apr 2019
Oversight of administrative operations for a multiservice mental health center in Bozeman, MT. Responsible for the strategic planning, budget development and management, program planning, facilities management and administrative management of 85 professionals and para-professionals across 9 adult, child and family programs. Direct an on campus 10 bed acute crisis evaluation and residential program.Highlights:• Developed and managed an annual budget of more than 7 million dollars. • Developed over $400,000 in new revenue in 24 months to grow and support clinical services. • Engaged community to create Montana’s first co-responder crisis response team. Show less
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Families First
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United States
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Individual and Family Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Training Program Manager
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Apr 2010 - Jun 2017
Created, designed and managed the Families First Training Program. Developed “Atlas”, a training and educational curricula for senior leadership, managers and clinical staff to grow organizational ownership by improving knowledge, efficacy, and effectance. Grow an ethical learning and practice culture by enhancing organizational stewardship, personal growth and treatment/business acumen. Develop and utilize logic and continuous quality improvement models to evaluate output and measure outcomes. Highlights:• Training program awarded highest standard of accreditation by Council on Accreditation (COA) and Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). • Principal grant writer for Families First’s Fulton County Schools RFP assuring Families First is only 1 or 6 preferred teacher training organizations in Fulton County. Show less
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Make it Click Program Manager
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Apr 2010 - Jun 2017
Created and developed Make it Click Program, a unique community engagement strategy to create a sustained network of supportive community members for youth aging out of foster care. Program is grounded in a three dimensional culturally sensitive engagement strategy grounded in positive youth development. Manage marketing, recruiting and outcome evaluation for the program. Highlights:• Created volunteer education curriculum and policy/procedures for the program. • Supervise and manage the ongoing relationship building of over 60 volunteers and 45 youth. • Make it Click twice awarded highest standard of accreditation by the Council on Accreditation. Show less
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Permanency Cooperative Program Mgr.
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Jan 2008 - Apr 2010
Program manager for five multi-cultural boys and girls youth group homes. Managed up to 30 staff and 50 residents. Developed program policy and managed yearly budget. Responsible for hiring, coaching and supervising staff in areas related to clinical skill, crisis management, trauma, and cultural sensitivity. Rebranded group homes as permanency cooperatives to create network between Families First and community. Strengths based approach grounded in 6 C’s of positive youth development.Highlights:• Participated in social innovation team that created a Families First “family finding” program that was awarded a three-year 1.2 million dollar grant from the Woodruff Foundation.• Re-engineered group homes as permanency cooperatives for community collaboration. Show less
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Medicaid Clinic Program Mgr. – Families First Inc. - Atlanta, GA
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Feb 2007 - Jan 2008
Developed and project managed standing up a fee for service child and adolescent Medicaid Clinic. Supervise the authorization of services, treatment, and discharge of clients with emotional, behavioral and substance abuse Axis I Disorders. Clinically and programmatically supervise a staff of five, which included two LCSW’s, a psychiatrist, a registered nurse and a substance abuse manager. Highlights: • Responsible for keeping the clinic within federally mandated Medicaid guidelines, and preparing staff and documentation of quarterly audits. • Develop internal workflows and practices to support clinic staffs’ daily routine. Show less
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Permanency Cooperatives Supervisor – Families First, Inc.
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Jul 2004 - Mar 2007
Responsible for the clinical, personnel and milieu management of two seven bed, adolescent male group homes. Supervised up to 12 direct care staff charged with 24 hour watchful and clinical oversight of the residents. Clinical duties included weekly individual, family and group therapy, and treatment planning.Highlights:• 1 of 13 Individuals from the Southeast to attend SE ATTC Leadership Institute.
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FHC CUMBERLAND HALL
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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Master Level Therapist
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May 2002 - Jun 2004
Provided individual, family, and group therapy for adolescents in a long-term psychiatric hospital. Provided clinical services for up to 16 clients who present with an array of diagnostic, social, and interpersonal issues. Clinical responsibilities included: weekly individual therapy, three therapy groups per week, weekly family sessions, management of treatment plans, presentation of monthly reviews, and crisis intervention. Assisted in management of daily milieu and supervision of mental health technicians. Highlights: • Established a multi-disciplinarian clinical treatment team to evaluate progress and guide treatment. Show less
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Laurel Heights Hospital
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United States
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Mental Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Clinical Specialist – Laurel Heights Hospital
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Apr 1999 - May 2002
Milieu manager of a 16 bed unit at a 96 bed long-term psychiatric hospital in Atlanta, GA. Milieu management included supervising and evaluating 9 mental health associates, completing care coordination, establishing protocols for activities of daily living. The milieu focused on latency aged, severely emotionally and behaviorally challenged boys diagnosed on a continuum of psychiatric diagnoses. Provided individual, family, and group therapy. Development and maintenance of treatment plans. Highlights: • Participated on Performance Improvement Team that improved crisis response by 60% Show less
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Education
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1997 - 1999
East Carolina University
Master of Social Work - MSW, Social Work -
1988 - 1993
North Carolina Central University
Bachelor's degree, Criminal Justice
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