Debra Ross

Debra leads training workshops throughout the state for the Child Welfare Training Collaborative. Debra has worked in social services for over 28 years and has various experiences in child welfare in the public and private sectors.  During her early professional career, Debra worked at the Division of Family and Children Services in two states, where she supported efforts to reform child welfare practices and crisis intervention and provided specialized case management services. More recently, she has served as a program manager on four state contracts in which she was responsible for marketing, program evaluation, quality assurance, web-based learning, and training for families and their children. She developed, presented, and managed numerous workshops to help support the continuing training needs of foster/adoptive parents across the state. Because of her creative approach, innovative strategies in the Social Work field, and years of child welfare experience, Debra has been invited to present at both the Federal and State levels.

Debra holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Fisk University and a Master’s in Social Work from Fordham University.