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Mental Health Programs
About CMHS
Frances Randolph, D.P.H.
Director
Office of the Director
Dr. Randolph was recently made Director of the Division of Services and Systems
Improvement in the Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA. In this capacity
she oversees the Community Support Programs Branch, the Children, Adolescence
and Families Branch and the Homeless Programs Branch. Prior to becoming the
Division Director, Dr. Randolph was the Chief of the Homeless Programs Branch.
Dr. Randolph has also worked for the Center for Mental Health Services' Community
Support Program where she was a project officer of federally-funded community-based
services for people with serious mental illness.
Previous to her Federal career, Dr. Randolph also worked at: the National Association
for State Mental Health Program Directors where she provided technical assistance
on co-occurring disorders to state mental health authorities; the Center for
Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University where she conducted a national
survey on housing for persons with serious mental illness and a study on transitioning
psychiatric patients into the community; and Hawaii=s Department of Mental Health
where she did mental health policy studies. She has done research on housing
and residential service needs for persons with mental illnesses, on the community-based
service needs of elderly persons with mental illness and on outcome measures
in services research. In addition, Dr. Randolph has been an evaluation consultant
and has conducted evaluation seminars for the International Association for
Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services and for the Federal government. She has
numerous publications.
Dr. Randolph received her masters and doctorate from the School of Public Health
at the University of California, Berkeley.
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