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Kristin Weber, LGSW

Biography

Ongoing child protection worker at St Louis County PHHS in Duluth, MN for over six years. Prior to that, I was a foster care and adoption case manager for a nonprofit/private child welfare Agency for four years. 

Address:
St. Louis County PHHS
320 W 2nd St.
Duluth, MN 55802

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Margot Hamlin, MSW, LGSW

Biography

I am the foster care program manager at EVOLVE Family Services. We do home study assessments and license both traditional and kinship foster providers as well as provide post-placement support. Our agency also does work in adoption and permanency, youth services, and pregnancy services. I am a transracial and transnational adoptee. I have previously held roles in supervised parenting, domestic violence case management and advocacy, and psychotherapy.

Address:
5850 Omaha Ave. N.
Stillwater, MN 55082

Margot Hamlin

Joni Hillary, MSW, LGSW

Biography

HELP Program Specialist with over a decade of direct work experience in Child Welfare in five Midwestern states; specifically in foster care, adoption (foster care/ international/ domestic infant), foster care licensing, crisis intervention, and school social work. 

Address:
Foster Adopt Minnesota
2446 University Ave. W
Suite 140
Minneapolis, MN 55114

Joni Hillary

Joniesha Dalton, LGSW

Biography

I am currently a licensing compliance coordinator/licensing social worker at Family Alternatives. I have been working in Child Welfare for the past 5 years as a foster care licensor. I have background with working within Native American Communities and ICWA compliance throughout the state of Minnesota. I prefer working with the teen population, but my caseload currently consists of young children to young teenagers. I focus on positive reinforcement of strengths based frameworks with youth and empowerment. 

Joniesha Dalton

Jessi Wood, MSW, LICSW

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Biography

My primary focus of practice is with adolescents in crisis, with guardians being my secondary practice and the child's systems being tertiary. I have my Master's degree in Clinical Social Work from the University of St Thomas (St. Paul, MN), an LGSW and LICSW. My undergrad is in Gender Studies from Sonoma State University (Rohnert Park, Ca).

Jessi Wood

Katherine Wald, MSW, LGSW

She/Her/Hers
Biography

Katherine (she/her) is Licensed Graduate Social Worker and holds a Master's degree in social work from Augsburg University and a Bachelor's degree in social work from St. Olaf College. Katherine has the joy and privilege of working with children, adolescents, their caregivers, and multi-disciplinary teams of diverse identities and backgrounds who have been impacted by abuse and trauma. She provides trauma informed and culturally responsive individual and group therapy services to children and adolescents ages 3-17 at CornerHouse in Minneapolis.

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Elizabeth Keely Vandre, MSW, LGSW

Biography

As PACC Coordinator, Keely completed PACC with the 2015-16 Twin Cities cohort. Prior to joining the CASCW team, she practiced both community and clinical social work with a focus on autism spectrum and related disorders across the lifespan, and is particularly interested in the intersection of child welfare and disability.

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Rachael Romnek, LGSW

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Biography

My focus of practice is early childhood, particularly working with children who have experienced trauma or have disabilities. I am passionate about supporting kids with symptoms of Autism and providing them with the tools and care they need to thrive. My approach is centered on creating a nurturing and understanding environment, where every child feels valued and understood. With a commitment to continuous learning and evidence-based practices, I strive to make a positive impact on the lives of the children and families I work with.

Rachael Romnek

Chantel Randle, LMSW

She/Her/Hers
Biography

My area of focus is trauma therapy and art - the collaboration to create a holistic experience.

Address:
TellaWorks
816 Aurora Ave
Saint Paul, MN 55104

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