Melvin Collins

Background

About Melvin Collins

As a licensed professional counselor, certified by the Texas State Board Of Examiners of Professional Counselors, I have served clients as a counselor for the Commission For The Blind and as a general counselor in private practice. I, also, worked on the Kealing Project ( Texas Rehabilitation Commission and Austin Community College joint operation) as an intern serving individuals needing assistance with disabilities and employment issues. For more than twenty-five years, I have provided employment counseling, transition training, curriculum development, publishing of books (job search, job-readiness, transition, finance stress and more). Working with housing authorities, I wrote and developed a HUD Self-Suffiency Program which still runs today. This program assisted housing tenants in forming a plan which allows them to move beyond living in the Authority. Many went to college, purchased homes and provided a better life for themselves and their family. As a certified placement specialist, many clients have gone to achieve their life's goals. This may be the most rewarding part of my career. To see individuals accomplish their life's goals. Specialties: Professional Counselor, work-readines trainer, writer of work-ready material and books, web designer,editor, graphic designer, job coach, placement special, administrator, consultant