Melody Stockdale

Growth-driven behavioral health clinician with robust experience in social service capacities and recognized for impactful trauma-informed care with proficient skills in client assessment. Specialized experience in substance use disorders, domestic violence, criminal justice, and grant management with strong focus on team collaboration. Adept at motivational interviewing, strengths perspective, crisis intervention, and case management. Proven leader in program administration, community organizing, and cross-sector collaboration to empower vulnerable populations.

• Spearheaded a multidisciplinary collaboration to organize the educational event “Good Rx: Pain Management, Prescribing Guidelines, and Addiction Prevention” (2019), providing Hardin County, OH physicians with critical training on OARRS, medication-assisted treatment, and alternative pain management approaches in response to the opioid epidemic.
• Successfully co-authored adoptable policy for the provision of naloxone/Narcan on school grounds in partnership with Hardin LifeWorks School, enhancing emergency preparedness and student safety.
• Advanced new program initiatives for TCN’s Behavioral Health Domestic Violence Program by participating in grant writing to secure VOCA funding, conducting needs assessments, and performing survey samples, and basic statistical analysis.
• Revitalized a municipal court’s Victim Advocacy program by evaluating grant deliverables and streamlining the victim database through the integration of VSTracking software, significantly improving program efficiency and data management.

• Athena Advisory Council and Stakeholders Coalition, Chairperson (Jul 2020 – May 2021)
• Hardin County Fatality Review Board, Chairperson (Jan 2019 – Jul 2019)
• Hardin County Substance Abuse Coalition, Lead Chairperson (Jan 2019 – Jul 2019)
• Green Team, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Member (Jan 2018 – Aug 2018)
• Women in Corrections Committee, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Member (Aug 2017 – Aug 2018)

• Chemical Dependency Counselor Assistant (CDCA) – Expires Feb 2026
• Previously Credentialed Qualified Mental Health Specialist (QMHS+3)
• Strengthening Families Program Certified Facilitator – The Ohio State University, Jan 2019