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Organization Key Participants Skills, Experience, Expertise Holy Cross Children’s Services Paul Neitman, EJO Center Executive Director Clinical; program management; clinical supervision; program development and executive management in children’s services. Kathleen Boyes, EJO Center Director of Research and Evaluation Clinical therapist; program research and evaluation; experience in children’s services and maternal/pediatric healthcare systems. University of Pennsylvania Dr. Margaret Beale Spencer, Professor Graduate School of Education; Director, Center for Health Achievement Neighborhood Growth and Ethnic Studies (CHANGES) Research, evaluation and professional development activities focused on resiliency among racially and ethnically diverse youth from low-resource communities; and barriers to academic achievement with these youth. Northwestern University Dr. John Lyons, Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine Research, evaluation and clinical practice in children’s mental health and child welfare. Developed the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) outcome management instrument. Hunter College Dr. Irwin Epstein, The Helen Rehr Chair in Applied Social Work research Research, teaching and publication in areas of social worker professionalism, computerization, research utilization, and practice-research integration. University of Washington-Seattle Dr. James K. Whittaker, The Charles O. Cressey Endowed Professor of Clinical Practice with Children and Families Research, teaching and publication interests in child and family policy and services; and the integration of evidenced-based practices into contemporary child and family services. University of Notre Dame Tom Harvey, Director, Masters Non-Profit Administration Program Former President and CEO of Catholic Charities, USA, and Senior Vice-President for the Alliance of Children and Families; forty year career in advocacy for children and the poor. Alliance for Children and Families Elizabeth Carey, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Government relations, advocacy and public policy interests on behalf of children and youth serving organizations at the local, state and federal levels. University of Detroit-Mercy Dr. Lyn Lewis, Professor of Sociology Teacher, evaluator, therapist, motivational speaker and consultant on issues in industrial sociology, and issues, concerns and problems facing African-American workers, families and youth. In Association with Boysville of Michigan