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Carlton J. Hall Bio

Carlton Hall is the Senior Manager of Training and Technical Assistance for CADCA's National Coalition Institute.Prior to joining CADCA, Carlton was the president and CEO of Carlton Hall Consulting LLC, a multi-faceted, full-service consulting organization designed to provide customized solutions and enable measurable change for communities, organizations, families and individuals.

Carlton provides training and technical assistance support to the Institute's training programs, including the state and regional events and the National Coalition Academy, a year-long coalition development program designed to increase the effectiveness of communities toward population-level outcomes.

Carlton gained national prominence as a Communities That CareŽ Project Manager, for the Channing Bete Company. He was a Communities That CareŽ trainer/senior consultant with Channing Bete Company for four years. He was appointed as the Project Director for the Communities That CareŽ process in Philadelphia, as well as the Crime and Public Safety manager for the Philadelphia Empowerment Zone, a division of the Mayor's Office of Community Services. During that time he managed a small planning grant to more than $3 million for science-based prevention programming in the neighborhoods of Philadelphia. Carlton was also responsible for the design and implementation of the award winning "Operation Makeover," an effective communitywide intervention addressing blatant open-air drug trafficking and increasing levels of juvenile violence and substance abuse offences.Operation Makeover was recognized by Vice-President Al Gore and featured in "Programs That Work" a publication by the Office of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

After years of volunteering with many youth organizations Carlton founded The STRONG Foundation in 1993, which created opportunities to reduce service duplication while increasing partnerships with existing youth organizations.

Carlton received his Master's degree in Human Services from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and is pursuing a Doctorate in Education from the Fielding Graduate Institute.