Division Director
Department of Health and Human Services/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Hyattsville, Maryland
Dr. Melinda Baldwin, PhD, LCSW is the Director of the Division of Prevention, Traumatic Stress, & Special Programs and Acting Chief of the Child, Adolescent, & Family Branch in the Center for Mental Health Services at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Dr. Baldwin is a subject matter expert in behavioral health, trauma, program evaluation (grounded in implementation science), and its intersection with child welfare/maltreatment and mental health practice and policy. Before coming to SAMHSA, she worked at the Children’s Bureau leading their work in behavioral health and trauma. While there, she partnered with ASPE, the CDC, and CMS to conduct research on children and youth in congregate care, the intersection of behavioral health care, fetal alcohol syndrome disorder, congregate care, and the impact of substance use on child welfare. She has had extensive field experience, beginning on the front lines as a social worker with families in the child welfare system. She was the Director of Child Welfare at Hephzibah Children’s Association managing the continuum of services to children and their families from community prevention work to therapeutic residential services for children. Dr. Baldwin has a PhD in Social Work from the University of Illinois at Chicago, an MSW from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is licensed as a clinical social worker in both Illinois and in the District of Columbia.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
