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May 22, 2019

Measuring the Wrong Things: Incarcerated Girls Are Not ‘Statistically Insignificant’

Stoneleigh Senior Program Officer Marie Williams reviews the reasons why providing gender-responsive programming to incarcerated women and girls is worth the cost. Last month the…

May 9, 2019

Stemming the Tide: Lessons from a Policy Forum on Incarceration’s Multigenerational Impact…

The public face of mass incarceration is overwhelmingly male. Despite the fact that the number of incarcerated women in the U.S. increased by more than…

March 19, 2019

Addressing Adolescent Parents’ Mental Health Needs

Led by Kali Hackett, MSW, MPH

March 19, 2019

Kali Hackett, MSW, MPH

Kali Hackett is a Clinical Research Project Manager at PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Prior to this role, Kali served as a Stoneleigh Emerging…

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February 2, 2018

Meredith Matone, DrPH

Meredith Matone currently serves as Director of PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where her research interests include child maltreatment prevention and maternal health. Previously,…

February 2, 2018

#MeToo needs to include #GirlsToo

Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellow Kee Tobar emphasizes the need to recognize #GirlsToo as part of the #MeToo movement in the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. I…

January 29, 2018

Improving Outcomes for Mothers with History of Child-Welfare Involvement

Led by Meredith Matone, DrPH

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January 26, 2018

Natasha Felder, JD, MS

Natasha Felder currently serves as an Associate Attorney with VSCP Law. Natasha served as a Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellow at Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project…

January 23, 2018

Developing a Resource Guide for Attorneys Representing Girls

Led by Natasha Felder, JD, MS

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December 16, 2017

Leslie Acoca, MA, MFT

Leslie Acoca is the President of the National Girls Health and Justice Institute, where she directs the Girls Health Screen Project and works to ensure…

December 14, 2017

National Girls Health Screen Project

Led by Leslie Acoca, MA, MFT

June 14, 2017

Learning to ask the right questions of girls locked up in juvenile…

Stoneleigh Fellow Leslie Acoca is featured in The Chronicle of Social Change as Girls Health Screen is adopted by the Los Angeles County Probation Department.…

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The Stoneleigh Foundation was founded in 2006 by John and Chara Haas to improve the life outcomes of our community's youth. We meet our mission by awarding Fellowships to exceptional leaders who advance change in the systems that serve these young people.

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We seek to improve the life outcomes of our community’s youth by advancing change in the systems that serve them. Because we believe that youth are best served when systems work together to holistically address their needs, Stoneleigh prioritizes work designed to strengthen coordination between or among these systems.

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We award two types of projects that catalyze change within, alongside, and outside of youth-serving systems. Our Fellowship Projects enhance how systems work together, improve practice, shift narratives, and generate new knowledge through action-oriented research. Our Youth Partnership Projects support youth-centric organizations that build the leadership and advocacy skills of young people.

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We award two types of Fellowships to exceptional individuals who work within and alongside youth-serving systems to catalyze change. Our Fellows undertake projects that enhance how systems work together, improve practice, and generate new knowledge through action-oriented research.