Project Director
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
Lake Forest, California
Dr. Nancy K. Young is the Director of CCFF with nearly 30 years of technical and management experience working on the issues of children affected by substance use and mental disorders. Her personal dedication to improving the lives of children affected by parental SUDs has inspired CCFF’s efforts. Dr. Young maintains an active schedule of presentations to decision makers, agency leaders, child welfare, and SUD treatment professionals across the United States, illuminating for them the complex and critically important issues of cross-systems collaboration, effective policy and practice, integrated services, and family-centered treatment for families and children affected by SUDs.
She currently serves as the Project Director for the NCSACW contract and Director on each of CCFF’s other TTA projects including FDC TTA, QIC, and PFR . Dr. Young serves as the primary point of contact for the COR providing direct oversight and quality assurance of all NCSACW tasks and deliverables, and participating in regularly scheduled meetings and phone calls with the COR.
She has provided expert testimony to Congress on eight occasions presenting information concerning SUDs and child welfare, including three separate hearings on opioids and child welfare to the Senate Committees on Finance and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, as they considered these factors in the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2016. She has actively participated in policy conversations among SAMHSA, ACF, and key stakeholders highlighting collaborative strategies to achieving family recovery, safety, and stability among the child welfare population including those affected by intimate personal violence.
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
3:15 PM – 4:45 PM
Thursday, November 3, 2022
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM