Alicia Groh, MPP, MSc in Change Leadership, has 25 years of experience in child welfare work, spending the past 15 years as a consultant partnering with states, counties, tribes, territories, and nonprofit organizations to help them refine their vision, strengthen their work, and achieve improved outcomes. She has worked with dozens of child welfare systems, assisting them with effective diligent recruitment, data-driven work, customer service in child welfare, and other areas to improve outcomes for children and families. She has extensive knowledge of diligent recruitment planning and program design and of child welfare laws, policies, and funding streams as well as experience leading strategic change efforts. She brings a passion for permanency and well-being for children and youth to all of her work.
Alicia was previously the executive director of Voice for Adoption. She also worked as a child welfare policy analyst at the US Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau, developing policy guidance for states on federal child welfare programs.