Martin Rickler, Ph.D.

PO Box 5914
Oceanside, CA 92052-5914

Contact: mrickler@mac.com

Vice President
Correctional Systems, Inc. - Research and Planning, Program Design, Proposal Writing (8 years)

A private, contract criminal justice agency providing jails, halfway houses and correctional services to governmental agencies. Responsible for project planning, proposal writing, budget creation and agency statistics. Development activities helped bring the agency from a $750,000 annual budget in 1996 to $16 million in 2003. (Employment Current, Since September, 1996)

Director
The Paladin Group - Consulting, Program Design, Proposal and Grant Writing (12 years)

Provided grant writing and consulting to community agencies, non-profits and governmental units. Examples of grant contracts below. Current activities limited to consulting only.

Previous Contracts:

National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependencies of the San Fernando Valley

Produced Community-wide On-Line Information, Resource and Referral Web Pages from a grant written by The Paladin Group

Santa Barbara County Alcohol and Drug Program

Produced Community-wide On-Line Information, Resource and Referral Web Pages from a grant written by The Paladin Group

Santa Barbara County Probation Department

Grant Writing resulting in a $714,000 Drug Court Grant Award from U.S. Department of Justice, as well as a $250,000 renewal grant

Earth Communications Office (ECO)

Consulting and Grant Writing to Acquire $200,000 to Fund Production and National Distribution of Theatrically-Released Environmental Public Service Announcements

Santa Barbara Regional Health Authority

Consulting & Design for $48,000 Dual Diagnosis Grant Award from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Santa Barbara Visiting Nurse Association

Coordinating Multi-Agency Project for New Chronic Illness System

Ventura County Corrections Services Agency

Developed Plan for Probation's New Juvenile Justice System

Santa Barbara County's United Way

Consulting and Development of the Linkages Grantmaking Program

Consulting and Development of the Successful Outcomes Grantmaking Program

Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (Santa Barbara's NCADD)

Consulting, Annual and Budget Reports, Program Design and Grant Writing

Christopher House

Grants, including $60,000 Refinancing Savings on Residential AIDS Facility

Previous Consulting and Grant Writing To:

Santa Barbara Police Department
Santa Barbara County Probation
Santa Barbara County Alcohol and Drug Program
Ventura County Alcohol and Drug Program
Community Action Commission/Head Start
Zona Seca Counseling Program
Girls, Inc. of Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara County's United Way
Lompoc's Farmhouse Residential Treatment Program
Area Board on Disabilities
IN SPIRIT, serving persons with disabilities
The California Three Rs Project
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of the San Fernando Valley (NCADD)
The Institute of Behavioral Medicine

PROJECT COORDINATOR/SYSTEMS CONSULTANT
Fighting Back (4 years)

Santa Barbara Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, a NCADD affiliate. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Designed and wrote proposals which obtained a $200,000 Planning Grant and a $3 Million Implementation Grant award.
Facilitated 300 people in 15 Networks over a two year period to produce a community-wide drug abuse plan.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS COORDINATOR
Santa Barbara County Alcohol & Drug Program (4 years)

Program design and implementation, grant writing, community education, training, and community organization.

Designed:

and managed CAPNET, a 160 member community-wide network of agencies and individuals.
and produced two weekly television series (English & Spanish) about alcohol and drug-related problems.
free tape distribution of the 81 videos which were seen by over 8,000 clients, families, and students annually.
and wrote the proposal to fund the Santa Barbara Designated Driver Program which was adopted as the California State Model by the California Highway Patrol and the national model by M.A.D.D.

DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH
Eclectic Communications, Inc. - Program design, budgeting, staff training, proposal, grant and technical writing (3 years)

A private contract criminal justice agency.

Designed:

the first privately operated State Prison in California.
the first California Department of Corrections' Return to Custody (RTC) facility.
the programs for the first private federal juvenile prison in the United States.
the first psychiatric halfway house for developmentally disabled Cuban aliens under federal detention.
staff training for all programs, as well as for staff of state and federal contract halfway houses and detention centers.
contracts and grants responsible for more than $100 million in renewable government awards.

COUNSELING EXPERIENCE (5 years)

Alcoholism Counselor in an inpatient hospital program.
Halfway House Counselor for inmates on work-furlough.
Teaching Parent for autistic/schizophrenic children.
Recreation Counselor for developmentally disabled adults.

BOARDS OF DIRECTORS

New House, 120-bed Social Model Alcohol & Drug Recovery Homes for Men (Past President and Member; Seven Years of Service)

UCSB Alcohol & Other Drug Studies Counseling Certificate Program Advisory Board.

FACULTY EXPERIENCE

University of California, Santa Barbara

Alcohol and Other Drug Studies Certificate Program

Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara

Psychology Doctoral Program Adjunct Faculty

The Learning Annex, San Diego

Classes on Grant Writing Survival Skills

AWARDS

Robert W. Wetzel Award in the area of Prevention & Education, for "outstanding contributions toward the control of California's alcohol-related problems." By the California State Advisory Board on Alcohol-Related Problems (1988).

IRIS Award by the National Association of Television Programming Executives for producing Trouble in Paradise, a half-hour documentary on drug abuse (1991). Emmy Nomination for "Trouble in Paradise" documentary.

Emmy Nomination Trouble in Paradise, a half-hour documentary on drug abuse (1991).

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Ph.D. in Education: Educational Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Problem Solving (UCSB).

M.A. and B.A. in Psychology: Physiological Psychology, Perception & Learning (CSULA).

Certified Residential Facility Administrator for Criminal Justice Facilities (C.R.F.A., by IHHA)

Management Training Certificate for Managing Criminal Justice Agencies (Department of Justice's National Corrections Academy)

Alcohol Counseling Certificate (Pinecrest Hospital and SPAN)

Alcohol and Other Drug Studies Certificate (UCSB)

FAA Private Pilot Certificate: Instrument Rating