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David de Voursney, MPP

Branch Chief, Policy Analysis, Office of Policy, Planning and Innovation
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, Maryland

David de Voursney is the chief of the community support programs branch in the Center for Mental Health Services at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), which focuses on strengthening community-based supports for adults with serious mental illness. De Voursney previously served as a branch chief in the Office of Policy, Planning, and Innovation (OPPI) at SAMHSA. He joined SAMHSA in 2005 as a project officer working on violence prevention and behavioral health promotion programs for children and youth. Since then, de Voursney has worked as a policy analyst focused on behavioral health in the Office of the SAMHSA’s Administrator, OPPI and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Across his career, de Voursney has worked on a variety of behavioral health issues related to children, youth and families; the criminal justice system; health service integration and coordination; and broader systems and financing. De Voursney started his career at a community mental health center in rural Indiana working with children, youth and families and a group home serving justice-involved youth in central Virginia. He has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Earlham College and a master's degree in public policy from the University of Michigan.

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