Lenette Azzi-Lessing
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Lenette Azzi-Lessing (born September 13, 1956) is an American clinical professor of social work at Boston University and founder and co-leader of the partnership to prevent violence against young children in South Africa at the Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health.[1][2][3]
She is a senior fellow at the Child Welfare League of America.[4]
Azzi-Lessing is the author of Behind from the Start: How America’s War on the Poor is Harming Our Most Vulnerable Children, published by Oxford University Press in 2017.[5]
Work in Rhode Island[edit]
Azzi-Lessing founded Rhode Island’s first family support center, offering a full array of services to a-risk children and their families, through the Providence-based organization Children’s Friend, which she was executive director of from 1994 until 2007.[6][7][8][9]
In 2006, Politician Jack Reed presented her with a Congressional Angels in Adoption award. He said, "For over 12 years, Dr. Lenette Azzi-Lessing has served as Executive Director of Children’s Friend. In this position, Azzi-Lessing has led the agency to new heights in fulfilling its mission of promoting the well-being and healthy development of Rhode Island’s most vulnerable children by providing flexible, effective, and culturally relevant services that support and strengthen families and communities."[10]
Work with children's rights[edit]
Azzi-Lessing has served as a child welfare expert in court on behalf of the organization, Children’s Rights, in court cases involving child protective services agencies, such as the Arizona Department of Child Safety and the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families.[11][12][13]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Lenette Azzi-Lessing | School of Social Work". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ↑ "CISWH News: Profs. Azzi-Lessing & Lombe Receive Grant to Prevent Violence Against Children in South Africa | School of Social Work". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ↑ "Lenette Azzi-Lessing". Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ↑ "Prof. Azzi-Lessing Named Senior Fellow at Child Welfare League of America | School of Social Work". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ↑ Behind from the Start: How America's War on the Poor is Harming Our Most Vulnerable Children. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2017-01-02. ISBN 978-0-19-045903-1. Search this book on
- ↑ "Lenette Azzi-Lessing". Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ↑ Barry, Erin (2019-12-02). "The Cost of Child Poverty with Lenette Azzi-Lessing". Pell Center. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ↑ "Coalition urges legislators to heed children's basic needs". Cranston Herald. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ↑ "Childrens Friend". Childrens Friend. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ↑ Angels in Adoption® Program, & Stacy, D. C., The 2006 Congressional The 2006 Congressional Angels in Adoption Angels in Adoption Angels in Adoption Gala Program86 (2006). Retrieved from http://poundpuplegacy.org/files/angelsinadoptionprogram2006sm.pdf.
- ↑ "New Reports Show Massachusetts Failing to Protect Children in Foster Care". Children's Rights. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ↑ "B.K. ex rel. Tinsley v. Faust, No. CV-15-00185-PHX-ROS | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ↑ (United States District Court District of Massachusetts November 22, 2013). Retrieved January 22, 2023, from chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.childrensrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013.11.22-Findings-and-Rulings.pdf.
External links[edit]
- "Growing together: expanding roles for social work practice in early childhood settings"
- "Home visitation programs: Critical Issues and Future Directions"
- "Hold leaders accountable for DCYF disasters"
- "Serving Highly Vulnerable Families in Home‐Visitation Programs"
- "The hidden harms of the US foster-care system"
- "The experiences of early childhood development home visitors in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa"
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