Johnny Rice
COO of COIL, Inc.
and Adjunct Faculty
University of Baltimore 's Division of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Social Policy  

Mr. Rice will co-facilitate the workshop on Fatherhood and Domestic Violence, scheduled for the afternoon of Tuesday, March 20, 2007.

Mr. Rice currently serves as Chief Operating Officer for Communities Organized To Improve Life, Inc. and historic community development corporation located in Southwest Baltimore City . He formerly served as Chief Operating Officer and Director of Men's Services for the Center for Fathers, Families, and Workforce Development (CFWD). While at CFWD he assisted in the developing a partnership with the House of Ruth Maryland Gateway Project, one of the first in the area between a Responsible Fatherhood oriented service provider and an Abuser Intervention Program (AIP).He holds Bachelor and Master's degrees in Criminal Justice from the University of Baltimore with a specialization in Corrections. Mr. Rice also serves as an Adjunct Faculty member in the University of Baltimore 's Division of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Social Policy. He is currently pursuing his Doctor of Public Health degree at Morgan State University and is anticipated to graduate in spring of 2007.

Mr. Rice's past employment experience covers a great cross-section of diverse areas such as substance abuse counseling in correctional setting, foster worker in local within the Human Services arena. While working for the Baltimore City Department of Social Services Mr. Rice was given the task of reunification of families. He would often assist in devising treatment plans for parents in efforts to strengthen the fragile family unit. As an Addictions Counselor III within the Maryland correctional system, Mr. Rice worked with incarcerated inmates teaching classes in Moral Problem Solving and Relapse Prevention . Working in corrections exposed Mr. Rice to low-income non-custodial fathers who were in need of support services (i.e. ongoing substance abuse treatment, domestic violence counseling, child support arrearage issues, and access to children concerns). He actively pursued resources to meet the fathers' needs.