Olga Golik, Esq. is the Director of Housing and Advocacy, at Citrus Health Network, Inc. She holds a Juris Doctor from Florida International University College of Law and a Master’s Degree in Social Work. She is currently one of the leaders of a statewide initiative to amend Florida Medicaid law to allow persons with disabilities to keep their Medicaid when they go back to work. Ms. Golik has over fifteen years experience in the area of mental health services. Ms. Golik serves on the Board of the Florida Supportive Housing Coalition and the Miami Coalition for the Homeless actively advocating for policy and legislative changes that impact persons who are homeless and persons with disabilities. She has led the statewide “30/30 Housing” advocacy initiative to achieve deeper income targeting in publicly-funded affordable housing developments.
At Citrus Health Network, she provides in-house counsel and assists in housing development, advocacy and other legal issues. Citrus Health Network, Inc. is a non-profit organization accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, that provides behavioral and primary care health services, as well as supportive housing programs for dependent children, youth aging out of foster care, homeless adults and families, and persons who have disabilities due to a mental illness. Citrus is a designated Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) and a Federally Qualified Health Center.
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