July 30, 2011Author: Janet
The Action Network plants seeds in West Virginia
Training team member Nicole Demedenko Lehman was invited by the WV Chafee Foster Care
Independence Program to present to their annual Youth Transitioning Conference to introduce the Action Network and see if the youth would be interested in joining. The presentation was a big success and we are looking forward to further conversations with them this fall about joining the Network!
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Janet
has been in the child welfare field for 28 years as a social worker for a private foster family agency, a trainer with the Child Welfare Institute, program director for the Contra Costa County Independent Living Skills Program, and now a children’s advocate. Since early 2009, she has been the Executive Director of the National Foster Youth Action Network (“Action Network”). Prior to 2009, Ms. Knipe was the Executive Director of California Youth Connection (CYC).