Objectives:

• Understand the impact family voice and leadership can have on outcomes for programs and families served
• Learn best practices for working with family voice leaders
• Learn about examples of family voice and leadership being implemented in early childhood work
• Consider how your organization can create or enhance existing family voice and leadership practices

Presenter

Marcie Ownbey, Project Manager

Marcie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of North Carolina Asheville, a Master of Public Affairs degree from Western Carolina University, and a Master of Science in Youth, Family, and Community Sciences from North Carolina State University. She has worked as a foster care social worker and as a political campaign organizing director, and currently serves as Project Manager for the South Carolina Infant Mental Health Association, where she manages projects focused on supporting the child and family-serving workforce and expanding high-quality services to the state's young children and their families. Marcie coordinates family voice and leadership for SCIMHA's Safe Babies Court program and for the South Carolina Prenatal-3 Leadership Team.