Angelique G. Day, Ph.D., MSW is a Professor, School of Social Work, and adjunct professor, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington. She also serves as the Legislative Director for the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work Policy, a research and policy think tank that staffs the Social Work Caucus, U.S. House of Representatives. She is the founding and developer of multiple campus support programs designed to increase college access and graduation rates of youth who have transitioned out of foster care. She is also the developer of the MONARCH intervention, a trauma informed teaching program designed to support middle and high schools in building welcoming spaces for students who come from court involved backgrounds (including those from foster care and/or those being served in the juvenile justice system). Dr. Day is the lead evaluator of several Children’s Bureau–funded intervention studies, including King County, Washington’s Investing in Families initiative which focuses on increasing licensure and support for kinship families; the Eastern Band of Cherokee’s tribal adaptation of Family Group Decision-Making, which focuses on increasing extended family engagement in case and permanency planning; the State of Washington’s Kinship Navigator Program; the National Training and Development Curriculum, a state-of-the-art foster and adoptive parent training curriculum; and the Quality Improvement Center for Youth Engagement. Dr. Day is also the technical assistance evaluation provider for Casey’s Family Program’s kinship cross state collaborative which includes the states of Maine, Montana, Vermont and Wyoming. Finally, Dr. Day serves as a member of the steering committee for the newly funded Grandfamilies and kinship support Network: A national technical assistance center spearheaded by Generations United. Dr. Day brings extensive experience in research, policy development, and child welfare practice (as a child protective services worker), experience working as a congressional fellow for Congressman Danny K Davis, Chair of the Family and Worker Support Subcommittee, of the Ways and Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, personal experiences as a former ward of the court in in Michigan and is a descendent of the Ho Chunk Nation tribal community.
