Led a national child abuse and neglect compliance and prevention program within the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), directing 20+ federal staff and contractors responsible for ensuring 200+ programs operated in compliance with federal regulations and department policies. Key contributions:
• Gained extensive expertise in child abuse and neglect federal regulations and departmental polic...
Led an eight-member multidisciplinary team providing technical assistance, policy guidance, and quality assurance to ensure ORR care providers effectively prevented, detected, and responded to sexual abuse, harassment, and inappropriate sexual behavior in alignment with federal regulations and office policies. Key Contributions:
• Directed process improvements for incident reporting, backgrou...
Directed national prevention of sexual abuse policy and compliance efforts for ORR-funded programs, leading audits, policy development, training, and technical assistance to ensure alignment with federal regulations and the Zero Tolerance policy. Key Contributions:
• Led the solicitation, award, and oversight of ORR’s Prevention of Sexual Abuse audit contract in partnership with U.S. General ...