Susan Foosness, PCG Human Services Subject Matter Expert

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Susan Foosness

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Ms. Foosness has more than 12 years of experience working with vulnerable children, youth, and families as a direct service provider and manager. For PCG Human Services, she works on an interdisciplinary team to provide strategic consultation to public and private health and human service agencies focused on child welfare and other vulnerable child, youth, and family populations.

Susan Foosness, William Shutt, and Richard Whipple, â&#x20AC;&#x153;CrossSystem Approaches that Promote Child Well-Being,â&#x20AC;? (Boston: Public Consulting Group, July, 2014), http://www.publicconsultinggroup. com/landingpage/white_papers/approaches.html

EXPERIENCE Prior to joining PCG, Ms. Foosness worked for five years as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker providing trauma-based psychotherapy to children and families in North Carolina (NC) and managing the non-profit outpatient mental health clinic at the Center for Child and Family Health in Durham, NC. Ms. Foosness worked previously in community mental health in North Carolina, for Head Start grantees in Oregon and Washington, and at a child welfare and juvenile justice law firm in Portland, Oregon. She has been engaged with the NC System of Care Expansion Planning Grant and development of the NC Foster Care Health Oversight and Coordination Plan.

EDUCATION Ms. Foosness holds a BA in Psychology with honors from Lewis & Clark College; a Master of Social Work (MSW) from the University of Washington with a concentration in Clinical Social Work and Children, Youth, and Families; and a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from Duke University with a concentration in Health Policy.

To learn more about Susan Foosness or other PCG Human Services Subject Matter Experts, contact us at info@publicconsultinggroup.com or 1-800-210-6113.

Ms. Foosness brings a deep understanding of the impact of trauma on child development, health, and well-being; the relationships between child welfare, behavioral health, Medicaid, and the educational system; and the connection between health and human services policy and financing, frontline services, and the lives of vulnerable children, youth, and families.

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Susan Foosness, PCG Human Services Subject Matter Expert

Published on Sep 10, 2014

Public Consulting Group

Ms. Foosness has more than 12 years of experience working with vulnerable children, youth, and families as a direct service provider and manager. For PCG Human Services, she works on an interdisciplinary team to provide strategic consultation to public and private health and human service agencies focused on child welfare and other vulnerable child, youth, and family populations. Experience Prior to joining PCG, Ms. Foosness worked for five years as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker providing trauma-based psychotherapy to children and families in North Carolina (NC) and managing the non-profit outpatient mental health clinic at the Center for Child and Family Health in Durham, NC. Ms. Foosness worked previously in community mental health in North Carolina, for Head Start grantees in Oregon and Washington, and at a child welfare and juvenile justice law firm in Portland, Oregon. She has been engaged with the NC System of Care Expansion Planning Grant and development of the NC Foster..