Jennifer Krabill

Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth and Victim Services

Full-Time: 40 hours per week

• Duties, Accomplishments, and Related Skills:
• POLICY EVALUTION AND RECOMMENDATIONS : Provide public policy recommendations, in-depth research, analysis, communication, project planning and coordination for stakeholders with a focus on child welfare and residential placements required for youth with intensive behavioral health needs.
• INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION : Support facilitation of the Maryland Children's Cabinet, Children's Cabinet Implementation Team, and the State Coordinating Council through policy development and its implementation for improved outcomes for youth requiring residential placements in Maryland.
• LEAD - YOUTH HOSPITAL OVERSTAYS PLAN: Lead the development of creative interagency policies for the Children's Cabinet plan to improve the youth behavioral health system of care in Maryland using best practices for child welfare
• Created new policy linking Local Care Teams and hospitals to streamline the identification and implementation of complex behavioral health cases often experiencing a hospital overstay.
• TRAINING AND TECHNICAL/ASSISTANCE: Conducted training and provided technical assistance for various stakeholders at the State and local level regarding Interagency Overstays Initiative, including implementation of new policies and procedures developed from child welfare best practices.
• COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS : Tasked with representing the Children an Youth Division on the Interagency Rates Committee, the Interagency Licensing Committee, the Quality Services Reform Initiative, the Social Services Administration Advisory Council, and the Maryland Behavioral Health Advisory Council.
• RESIDENTIAL SITE VISITS : Traveled to State licensed child placement programs for statutory requirements and policy recommendations.

Part-time: Contract work 5-10 hours per week

• Accomplishments, and Related Skills:
• RESEARCH & EVALUATION : Carried out social science research and evaluation projects, while coordinating with client organizations to enhance the quality of their formal, informal, and outreach programs
• Notable projects include the following:
• DATA ANALYSIS : Assessed impact of federally funded community health centers to establish need for continued grant funding
• Conducted literature reviews, gathered and analyzed data, and performed multiple quality checks to maintain data integrity
• LITERATURE REVIEW : Conducted comprehensive literature reviews on various projects providing written reports to various stakeholders
• PROCESS ANALYSIS : Created databases for questionnaires, contributing to process analyses assessments and continuous quality improvement at The Ohio State University
• Analyzed data and constructed charts/graphs for the final report
• PROGRAM ASSESSMENT : Evaluated program efficacy at living history museums by performing qualitative content analysis of post-test interview data and creating rubrics to score responses.

Full-Time: 50-60 hours per week

• Accomplishments, and Related Skills:
• CASE MANAGEMENT : Managed 100–120 litigation cases (at any given time) related to children, families, and independent organizations that serviced children and families in need
• TEAM COLLABORATION : Collaborated across teams and departments to advance the goals of family litigation case and achieve safe, secure, and healthy family environments for all impacted children
• Served clients from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds in drug, domestic violence, and mental health cases, protecting clients from discrimination
• NAVIGATED THE CHILDREN'S SYSTEM OF CARE : Represented and advocated for the Department of Children and Families in legal proceedings, including proper navigation of the system of care for youth in New Jersey
• Conducted abuse and neglect trials, termination of parental rights trials, case management conferences, compliance reviews, litigation meetings, and mediations utilizing, verbal and written skills
• LEGAL TRAINING AND PRESENTATIONS: Delivered litigation training—focused on determining the legal sufficiency of cases and managing litigation—to 100–150 CP&P investigators, social workers, and supervisors at 2 local offices
• APPELLATE ADVOCACY : Wrote and submitted appellate briefs and motions that addressed substantive, procedural, and evidentiary rulings
• Achieved 100% success rate in appellate cases.

Full Time: 60-70 Hours per week

• Accomplishments, and Related Skills:
• BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEE SUPERVISION : Owned and managed general practice law firm, handling cases in areas ranging from employment and family law to consumer fraud litigation
• Administrative duties, including accounting and employee management
• LEGAL RESEARCH and DATA COLLECTION : Conducted legal research on a daily basis, utilizing case decision reports and attorneys general (AG) databases in support of appellate briefings
• Collected discovery and case data, supporting successful client outcomes.