Craig Stevenson
Hallsville,Missouri
Summary
Children's Division is uniquely positioned for continued stability and improvement. My vision would be to (1) expand on Director Missey's focus on prevention services for families; (2) simplify the foster parent levels of care and licensing processes; (3) review the hotline and out of home investigation procedures, compare them to the best practices in child welfare and make improvements as necessary; (4) work with OA to create a sustainable career path for CD workers to be retained by the state, and; (5) ensure program outcomes and accountability for internal and contracted programs.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager, Population Health Strategy
Centene
2022.07 - Current
- Craig is a lead contact with stakeholders ranging from Children’s Division to the Missouri Coalition for Children and FosterAdopt Connect. Craig has taken initiative in navigating relationship building efforts through processes such as implementing residential billing through Medicaid to creating workflow processes with Children’s Division for the public health emergency unwind.
Director of Policy and Advocacy
Kids Win Missouri
2018.06 - 2022.07
- Craig was the organizational advocate in advancing child well-being with policymakers. Policy victories included: expanded access of support for youth experiencing homelessness, child care safety, shaping pandemic COVID-19 relief, supporting increased support of foster and adoptive parents, co-leading a grant which resulted in Gov. Parson creating the “Office of Childhood.”
Associate Director, Mozambique InitiativeUnder His
Missouri Annual Conference of the United Methodist
2015.10 - 2018.07
- Under Craig's leadership, annual revenue grew from $700,000 to more than $930,000. This partnership with churches in Missouri and Mozambique provides funds for safe water wells, pastoral salary support, the construction of schools, support of orphanages and more
Director of Federal Relations
University of Missouri System
2010.08 - 2015.10
- Craig was the UM System’s Director of Federal Relations from 2012-2015. During his last year with the UM System, Craig’s efforts focused solely lobbying efforts on behalf of the MU Health System in the state legislature and in Washington D.C. on topics such as Certificate of Need programs, Medicaid, expanded research funding within the NIH and CDC, and perinatal designation legislation.
Education
Master of Public Affairs -
University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO12.2011
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO12.2009
Skills
- 10+ years as licensed foster parent
- Appointed in 2018 by Gov. Parson to the Foster Care & Adoption Board, confirmed by Missouri Senate
- Lead contact for Home State Health's Population Health team with implementation of Show Me Healthy Kids with Children's Division, MO HealthNet Division, Dept. of Social Services
- Led small grant and group with Gov. Parson's office participation which culminated to the creation of the Office of Childhood and the largest state government restructure in decades (150 staff, $300M+)
- Supported advocacy efforts leading to passage, signing into law HB 397 (2019), HB 1414 (2020), HB 557 (2021) to improve Missouri's child welfare system
- 2020 Angels In Adoption national awardee, nominated by Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler
- Vice President, Hallsville R-IV Public School Board; elected in 2017, 2020, 2023
- Board Member, Missouri School Board Association
- Board Member, Missouri Foundation for Health
- Ordained Deacon, United Methodist Church
- Chair, Boone Electric Cooperative Community Trust
Timeline
Manager, Population Health Strategy
Centene
2022.07 - Current
Director of Policy and Advocacy
Kids Win Missouri
2018.06 - 2022.07
Associate Director, Mozambique InitiativeUnder His
Missouri Annual Conference of the United Methodist
2015.10 - 2018.07
Director of Federal Relations
University of Missouri System
2010.08 - 2015.10
Master of Public Affairs -
University of Missouri - Columbia
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
University of Missouri - Columbia
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