Manager, Downtown North CRA Panama City
Toni Shamplain, currently is the Downtown North Program Manager for the City of Panama Community Redevelopment Agency; the CEO of System Navigators Enterprises, Inc, ( a not for profit) has conducted many state and national workshops, seminars in cultural diversity, management information systems, community development, community redevelopment and community collaboration to list a few. She has earned a vast number of certificates in management, budgeting, community organization, program evaluation, etc. Toni is Vice President of the A.D. Harris Improvement Society; serves on the Advisory Board for the Florida Asset Building Coalition and a member of the Board for the Bay Environmental Study Team (BEST).
Shamplain's accomplishments and vast experiences include but are not limited to:
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The redesign of a residential substance abuse treatment program in Volusia County Florida, Reality House, currently serving 100 clients.
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An appointed gubernatorial leadership position, District Program Manager, carving out a new single state agency district, District 12 with the Department of Children and Families consisting of two counties, Volusia and Flagler, with 930 employees and a $600 million dollar budget.
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A collaborative partnership, networking 25 adult substance abuse treatment community based organizations in Metro Miami-Dade County Florida, via a wide area network (WAN) to demonstrate the effectiveness of substance abuse treatment.
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Additionally, Shamplain, serving as the Information Officer, spearheaded the development of the computer database network, Treatment And Referral System (TARS) within the large metropolitan area to track referrals, monitor and evaluate the utilization of residential beds while defining lengths of stays and outcome measures. She continued her efforts by linking with South Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) to further expand the development of this one of kind tool, for the state of Florida.
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A partnership with Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, where Shamplain studied and evaluated each system of care for strengths and weaknesses. Additionally Shamplain lead her design team in the implementation of the TARS network within the largest Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services provider in Broward County Florida, Broward County Department of Human Services, A.D.A.S.
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Shamplain has also served as Director of Substance Abuse Services for Department Children and Families, District 10, Broward County, Florida with a budget of 12 million dollars, where she introduced science based prevention to her contracted providers. Her strategy: to contractually fund and support Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Services that would be science- based, family focused and developmentally stage appropriate. Shamplain believes "models of care" range from birth to death.
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In the arena of Primary Health Care, within a large metropolitan area, Miami- Dade County, Liberty City, Shamplain designed and implemented a long term residential chemical dependency treatment program for crack addicted women and their children.
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Shamplain's other expertise includes but is not limited to Juvenile Delinquency, Criminal Justice, Primary Health Care, Secondary Education, Welfare to Work efforts, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Grant writing, etc. Additionally, Shamplain has worked extensively with Community Based Organizations (CBO) with specialization in working effectively with people of African and Caribbean ancestry.
Other professional experiences include testimony before United States Congressional Select Committee for Children and Families, TV guest, National CBS News, West 57 Street, Cocaine Addicted Women Residential Treatment; Guest lecturer, Georgetown University, University of Georgia , Visiting Professor for Historical Black Colleges and contributing author for the National Child Welfare League of America. International Consultant, County of Grenada; Recognized by Executive Office of White House, H.I.D.T.A. Shamplain has been featured in the L. A. Times and Stern Magazine in Germany.
