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Oversight of Daily Operations, Administration, Assessment of Program Needs

Emergency Shelter and Related Services, Drop-In-Center, Community Outreach Program

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Saint Joseph's College; Coursework, Notre Dame; Coursework, Ohio Northern University; Diploma, Saint Patrick's High School

Public Citizen of the Year, Sponsored by National Association of Social Workers, Wilkes Barre Division (1989); "Point of Light" Nominee, Administration of Former President George Bush; Chairman, The Committee on Social Concerns, Administration of Lee A. Namey, Wilkes-Barre Mayor; Headed Panel Discussion of Homeless, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C.; President, Pennsylvania Coalition for the Homeless; Academy of Political Science; American Civil Liberties Union; Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; National AIDS Coalition; National Low-Income Housing Coalition; Rosa Parks' Wall of Tolerance; Co-Chairperson, Luzerne County Homeless Coalition; Former Chairman, City of Wilkes-Barre Commission on Social Concerns; Former President of Pennsylvania Coalition for Homeless

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Homeless Services Administration

Scranton, PA

MR. Kabacinsky was born and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He graduated from St. Patrick’s High School. He continued his education at Ohio Northern University, Notre Dame and graduated from St. Joseph’s College in Jensen Beach, Florida with a bachelor of science in business administration. Mr. Kabacinski is co-founder and executive Director of V.I.S.I.O.N., Inc., Luzerne County’s emergency shelter for the homeless since 1986. Now in his 20th year of service to the communities that make up the county, V.I.S.I.O.N.! continues to provide emergency shelter and related services in addition to operating the Drop-In-Center and the Community Outreach Program. Mr. Kabacinski has been featured on local and national television and radio because of his controversial style of working with the homeless. He is the agency co-founder of the motto 'Rebuilding Lives One at A Time.' Currently, he is working on a book to be published in 2009, titled "A Rock For a Pillow." He participated in the first homeless count in the Commonwealth traveling over 4,000 Miles throughout Pennsylvania doing an assessment of program needs.

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