Emerging Leader Fellowship
The barriers to education of children experiencing homelessness are well-documented, including lack of adequate transportation to the school of origin, residency requirements, loss of records, and lack of access to healthcare. To help...
Sam George was Stoneleigh Foundation's first Emerging Leader Fellow. A native of Philadelphia, he graduated from Oberlin College in 2007 with honors in history. He was awarded the George and Carrie Life Fund Prize for Excellence in American...
Sophia Hwang worked with the Health Federation of Philadelphia's Multiplying Connections initiative to ensure that human services professionals receive training on the effects of trauma in children.
Advances in neuroscience, such as...
The United States is the only jurisdiction in the world that sentences children to life without the possibility of parole (LWOP) and Pennsylvania has more inmates serving juvenile LWOP sentences than any other jurisdiction. Kacey’s...
Wanja Ogongi joined Community Legal Services, Inc. (CLS) as a Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellow. She worked with the Family Advocacy Unit within CLS to examine the high rate of children returning to foster care within one year of being reunified...
In these challenging fiscal times, policymakers want up-to-date information on how resources are being used to impact child outcomes. However, there is a lack of accessible and comprehensive data analysis that can be used to inform decision-making...
Kelly Siegel has joined Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) as a Stoneleigh Foundation Emerging Leader Fellow. Kelly will be working with PCCY's education colleagues to help advance the implementation of Positive Behavioral...
Child abuse does not respect state lines, but investigating abuse can be obstructed by jurisdictional gaps. The procedures and policies for accepting and investigating child abuse and neglect allegations vary from state to state. As...
Arley Styer joined the Education Law Center (ELC) as a Stoneleigh Foundation Emerging Leader Fellow to examine the educational experiences of children taught in group homes, residential treatment facilities (RTF) and day mental health treatment...
Very few states have the capacity to effectively track and analyze the recidivism rates of juvenile offenders to inform decision making. With the development of the Juvenile Case Management System, administered by the Juvenile Court Judges...