1. James R. Ryczek, MSW, LICSW
60A Rumstick Road
Barrington, RI 02806
T. 401.286.0829 / E. jim.ryczek965@gmail.com
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Education
Doctoral Student (Ph.D., all but dissertation – ABD)
Northeastern University – Law, Policy & Society Program,
September 2003 – September 2007
Master of Social Work
Boston University Graduate School of Social Work, September 1995
Major Practice Method: Planning & Program Development
Minor Practice Method: Clinical Social Work
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, RI license #ISW01261
Bachelor of Music Education, cum laude
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
May 1987, Chancellor’s Talent Award Scholar
Professional Work Experience
Executive Director – Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless,
Pawtucket, RI – February 2006 – present
o Executive Management;
o Education & Technical Assistance;
o Public & Community Relations;
o Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Database Oversight;
o Community-Based Research Oversight;
o Media Relations;
o Strategic Communications;
o Government Relations & Advocacy;
o Coalition Building;
o Planning & Program Development;
o Systems Coordination, Evaluation, Reform & Change;
o Board Development & Relations;
o Fiscal Management & Fundraising; and,
o Personnel Management & Supervision.

2. Director of Field Education- Rhode Island College, School of Social Work,
Providence, RI - February 2001- February 2006
o Development of generalist field practicum for baccalaureate students;
o Development of generalist, clinical, S.W.A. (social work administration), and
S.W.O.P. (social work organizing and policy) field internships for masters
level social work students;
o Placement for between 200-230 students per academic year;
o Supervisor of field liaison program (BSW & MSW programs);
o Develop & lead and teach the seminar in field instruction; and,
o Advisor - MSW student organization (2001-2004).
Adjunct Faculty - Rhode Island College, School of Social Work,
Providence, RI - January 2001- May 2008 & January-May 2011
o Health and Mental Health Policy - MSW program;
o Generalist Foundation & Skills: Policy and Organizing I & II - MSW
program; and,
o Social Welfare Policy – BSW Program.
Clinical Social Worker – Project Bridge, The Miriam Hospital Immunology Center,
Providence, RI - January 1997 – February 2001
o Clinical Social Worker for Project Bridge, a research program, Special
Project of National Significance, funded by the HIV/AIDS Bureau through
the Health Resources Administration;
o Provided direct clinical services to individuals enrolled in an intensive
clinical case management protocol for HIV positive ex-offenders;
Responsible for:
§ Psychosocial assessment;
§ Treatment planning;
§ Discharge planning (prison & hospital settings);
§ Referral for non- medical social services;
§ Aid in accessing public social entitlements;
§ Clinical case conferencing;
§ Clinical decision making;
§ Advocating (within medical and social service realms);
§ Evaluation of clinical outcomes;
§ Evaluation of programmatic outcomes;
o Supervisory responsibility for outreach worker assistants, and entire staff in
Project Director’s absence;
o Primary compiler and collector of research data;
o Dissemination of research findings through papers and seminars at major
HIV/AIDS health conferences;
o Provided contract management and needs assessment duties for Project
Bridge; and,
o Conducted the 2001 Ryan White Programs re-application needs
assessment for the Miriam Hospital Immunology Center Ryan White
programs.

3. Grant Writer/Contract Management Consultant – Asylum Hill Organizing Project,
Hartford, CT - October 1996 - January 1997
o Grant Writer and Contract Management duties for grassroots organizing
project in inner-city Hartford;
Responsible for:
§ Background research;
§ Identification, development and completion of new grants.
§ Contract management of existing grants;
§ Program planning and development consultation;
§ Program budget consultation;
o As part of these efforts, AHOP was awarded a grant of $80,000 from ITT
Hartford for a computer job-training program for project members re-
entering the workforce as part of welfare reform; and,
o The United Way grant was brought into compliance with submission of the
required contract updates.
Outreach Worker/HIV Prevention Educator – Provincetown Gay Men’s AIDS
Prevention Project, Provincetown, MA - June 1996 – September 1996 (seasonal
position)
o HIV education outreach worker for a targeted program funded by the
Massachusetts Department of Public Health in the resort community of
Provincetown, Massachusetts; and,
o Evening and weekend outreach for HIV prevention education.
Clinical Case Coordination Manager – AIDS Project Rhode Island
Providence, RI - September 1995 – May 1996
o Clinical case coordinator for over 400 clients;
o Intake, assessment, referral, and follow-up on clients requesting
assistance;
o Administered the Ryan White funded programs, including:
§ emergency financial assistance program;
§ dental care assistance program;
§ COBRA health insurance continuation program;
o Administered:
§ food assistance program;
§ transportation assistance program; and,
§ nutritional supplement program.
Related Professional Experience
Rhode Island College, School of Social Work: HOPE VI Student Internship Program,
September 2005. Received an $8,000 grant from the Newport Housing Authority through
the federal Housing & Urban Development for student internships in the HOPE VI
Program.

4. Rhode Island College, School of Social Work: Seminar in Field Instruction, March
2001-present. Responsible for development of series and primary facilitation of seminar.
topics include:
o Developing the Supervisory Relationship;
o The Learning Contract;
o Adult Learning/Social Construction Theories Applied to Field;
o Large Systems Practice Projects in Field Work;
o Implementing Research in the Field;
o Integration of Diversity & Oppression content and Cultural Competence;
o Student Evaluation;
o Transition & Termination Issues;
o Ethical Issues in Field; and,
o Special sessions in:
§ Clinical social work with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and
Questioning Clients; and,
§ Curriculum sequence workshops (clinical practice, policy &
organizing, human behavior) to further familiarize field instructors
with what students are learning in the classroom.
Qualitative Dissertation Research Auditor - Investigating First Grade Children's Tonal
Development Related to Massed and Distributed Instruction, by Susan Salisbury Hatfield,
Temple University. September-October, 2002
o Reviewed all qualitative research procedures of researcher and research
assistant;
o Examined documentation decisions and practices for consistency;
o Examined reliability and integrity of researcher’s decisions regarding data
collection techniques; and,
o Attested to consistency and integrity of this qualitative research in
accordance with Temple University dissertation procedures.
MSW Student Intern Supervisor - Rhode Islander’s Sponsoring Education (RISE),
Providence, Rhode Island, House of Hope, Warwick, RI, Capitol Hill Community
Center, Providence, RI and The Poverty Institute at Rhode Island College, School of
Social Work, Providence, RI - September 1998 – 2001
o Development and implementation of the learning contract; and,
o Weekly supervision for Rhode Island College School of Social Work MSW
and BSW students placed in field placement. (This was a volunteer
position).
Supervisor - Rhode Islander’s Sponsoring Education (RISE), Providence, RI –
October 2000 - December 2001
o Professional oversight of Director of Social Services, MSW;
o Provided professional feedback and guidance on planning, program
development, and program evaluation as well as clinical decision making;
and,
o Supervision provided for independent clinical social work licensure.

5. Professional Memberships & Boards
State of Rhode Island Senate Commission on Shelter Standards, Senate President Appointment,
October 2015 – March 2015;
Brown / Fox Point Earl Childhood Learning Center, Board Member Oct. 2013 – present, Vice
Chair, April 2015 – present;
Rhode Island Center for Justice, Board Member, Sept. 2014 – present;
United For Homes: Campaign for the National Housing Trust Fund, Steering Committee Member,
March 2013 – May 2015;
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, member: Local Information Network for
Change group, July 2012 – present;
State of Rhode Island Housing Resources Commission, ex officio-Law, 2006 – present;
Rhode Island Interagency Council on Homelessness Advisory Board, 2011 to present;
Neighborhood Opportunities Program & Building Homes RI Advisory Committee, 2006 to present;
State of Rhode Island HRC, Office of Homelessness and Emergency Assistance:
Co-Chair – Subcommittee on Acute Care Discharge, 2006-2007;
Chair – Ad-hoc Committee on Welcome Arnold Shelter Closing, 2006 – 2007;
Chair – Subcommittee on Case Management Skills & Standards, 2007 -2008; and,
Co-Chair: Emergency Shelter Task Force, 2012 – present.
Rhode Island Emergency Food & Shelter Board, 2006 – present;
RI Emergency Food & Shelter Board Research Committee;
HousingWorks Rhode Island Board of Directors, 2008 - 2011;
HousingWorks Rhode Island Steering Committee, 2006-2008;
Mayor’s Housing Council, City of Providence, 2006 - 2008;
Corporation for Supportive Housing Advisory Committee, 2006 – 2009;
Statewide Housing Action Coalition Board of Directors 2006-2007;
Rhode Island College School of Social Work, Dean’s Policy Advisory Committee, 2006 - 2007;
and,

6. Providence College Social Work Department, Community Advisory Board, 2009 - 2011.
Professional Presentations, Papers & Publications (authored, co-authored)
Building Public Will: The Battle for Affordable-and Supportive-Housing, Journal of Poverty,
18:335-354, 2014., Ryan, C., Jeffreys, K., Ryczek, J., & Diaz, J.
United State Interagency Council on Homelessness Blog, April 9, 2014
J. Ryczek: The Power of Constituent Voice: The Rhode Island Homeless Bill of Rights.
I mattered, it mattered, Media Interventions: Book Chapter, Ryan, C., Jeffreys, K., Ryczek, J.,
& Ellowitz, T. Palgrave McMillan, 2013.
Walk, Talk, Fax, or Tweet: Reconstructing Media-Movement Interactions through Group
Story-telling. C.Ryan, K. Jeffreys, J. Ryczek, and T. Ellowitz. In Cammaerts, B., Mattoni, A., &
McCurdy, P. (Eds.). (2013). Mediation and protest movements. Chicago, Ill. University of
Chicago: Intellect.
National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference, 2011: Running an Advocacy Campaign.
Washington, DC.
National Alliance to End Homelessness Family Homelessness Conference, 2011: Strategic
Communications: Building a Movement for Change, Campaign by Campaign. Oakland, CA.
National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference, 2010: Sheltering Better: Rhode Island’s
Operation First Step Program. Washington, DC.
National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference, 2009: Advocacy Institute – Strategic
Communications: Building the Context for Effective Advocacy. Washington, DC.
National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference, 2008: Innovative Partnerships for
Advocacy & Change. Washington, DC.
National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference, 2007: All Politics is Local (and State): A
Media Campaign, Lessons Learned. Washington, DC.
Book Review: Rights vs. Public Safety after 9/11, A. Etzioni & J. Marsh eds., Bimonthly
Review of Law Books, Volume 14, no.6, November/December 2003.
Seminar in Field Instruction: Seminar Instructor’s Handbook, first edition, 2003. developed
by Zimmerman T., chair, du Bois C., Fisher, W., Jackson-Morris, C., Platt, S., & Ryczek, J.,
September 2003.
A Practical Manual for Social Workers, Special Initiatives: SPNS Social Work Practices.
US Department of Human Services/Health Resources and services Administration -
HIV/AIDS Bureau Web Site: www.hab.hrsa.gov/special/socialwork.htm

7. Transition and Termination: The art of leaving a clinical relationship with vulnerable clients,
August, 2002
This is Jack and This is Who Serves Jack – Special Initiatives: SPNS Social Work
Practices. US Department of Human Services/Health Resources and services
Administration (2001), available at: www.bu.edu/hdwg/reports/whoservesjack.pdf and
www.bu.edu/hdwg/reports/jackdemographics.pdf. Andrews, J., Drainoni, M., Holmes, L., Davis-
Harrold, D., Ryczek, J., Brown, G., and Burk,V.
Successful linkage of medical care and community services for HIV-positive offenders
being released from prison (2001). Journal of Urban Health, 78, 2, 279-289.
Rich, J. D., Holmes, L., Salas, C., Macalino, G., Davis, D., Ryczek, J., & Flanigan, T.
Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Clients
Clinical Issues and Policy Practices workshop for professional staff at Family Services in
Providence, RI-Co-facilitated with Dr. Mildred Bates, chair BSW program, RI College SSW.
April 2001
Provisions VII: The Northeast Regional Multicultural Conference on HIV/AIDS
Two heads are better than one: A teamwork approach to Intensive case management with HIV+
ex-offenders, Hartford, CT, October 2000
US Conference on AIDS
Primary Health Care Continuity for Ex-offenders: The Key to Successful Follow-up in the
Community, Atlanta, GA, October 2000
9th
Partnership Steering Committee Conference (SPNS)
Poster Presentation – Treatment Planning with Ex-offenders, San Francisco, CA, April 2000
Clinical Staff Training at AIDS Project Rhode Island
Boundary Setting with Challenging Clients, Providence, RI October 1999
National Social Work and AIDS Conference
Engaging the Unengageable: Ex-offenders, Drug Addiction, and HIV/AIDS, Chicago, IL, May 1999
7th
Partnership Steering Committee Conference (SPNS)
Panel Discussion Participant – Cultural Competency in Clinical Practice and Program Design,
Washington, DC, June 1999
Brown University AIDS Program Annual HIV/AIDS Update
Featured Lecturer – The Psychosocial Impact of HIV/AIDS: How the History of an Epidemic
Repeats Itself, Providence, RI, March 1999
6th
Annual Research Celebration (Lifespan)
Poster Presentation - Project Bridge: Intensive Community-based Case Management for HIV+
Ex-offenders, Providence, RI, October 1998
5th
Partnership Steering Committee Conference (SPNS)

8. You do what? Working with HIV+ Ex-offenders, Washington, DC, September 1998
Northeast Criminal Justice Education Conference, Roger Williams University
Project Bridge: Services for HIV+ Women, Bristol, RI, June 1997
Professional work referenced as a significant focal point in publication
Grassroots Fundraising Journal, Fall 2013- Reprinted by Nonprofit Quarterly, Nov. 2013
K. Topakian: Marrying Mission with Strategic Planning – Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless:
Inviting Constituents to the Planning Table.
Communication development: “Communication for All" in Media Development
C. Ryan: Strategic Practices to Advance Communication for All.
Community Research, Sociology: Society for the Study of Social Problems Newsletter
C. Ryan: The Six Faces of Empowerment: Co-creating Theories and Methods for Movement
Building.
The Sociological Quarterly 54 (2013), Afterwards
R. Wengronowitz: Lessons from Occupy Providence
Rhode Island Monthly, November 2012
E. Liberman: Still Seeking Shelter.
The Nonprofit Quarterly, Winter 2010, Nonprofit Collaboration
D. Linnell: You Don’t Need and Empire to Build Strength for Change.
Professional Recognitions &Awards
Special Recognition Award: The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. State holiday Commission, January
2016.
The Sr. Carol McGovern Voice for the Voiceless Award: The Fund for Community Progress,
October 2015.
Civil Libertarian of the Year (for RICH as an organization): American Civil Liberties Union, RI
Chapter, November 2015.
The Nancy Gewirtz Memorial Social Justice Award: National Association of Social Workers, RI
Chapter, June 2010.
References available upon request