Jenny Stern-Carusone has over 20 years experience as a prevention professional, designing and providing technical assistance to state agencies, tribal governments, community-based organizations, schools and juvenile justice departments to improve prevention strategies and service delivery by customizing approaches to address clientele’s unique needs while being culturally responsive.
As Associate Director at the Children’s Safety Network, Ms. Stern-Carusone builds the capacity of states and jurisdictions to use data and evidence-based strategies to reduce injury-related deaths, hospitalizations, and emergency room visits. She leads a team implementing quality improvement approaches to improve child safety through rapid cycle tests of change and spreading evidence-based practices. Ms. Stern-Carusone has presented at national conferences on child and adolescent injury prevention, health equity, systems improvement, youth mentoring and juvenile justice reform and has co-led Implicit Bias Mitigation training at EDC. Her other expertise includes online event design and implementation, including adult learning principals and webinar production in multiple platforms. Additionally, she serves as the chief technical producer for the Regional Educational Laboratories.
Ms. Stern-Carusone has worked on several national campaigns, including the Annie E. Casey Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative and the National Advisory Board for the Mentoring Children of Prisoners program. Additionally, she has coauthored several publications, including “Children of Incarcerated Parents” (Handbook of Youth Mentoring) and “Creating Supportive Environments that Promote Student Safety and Academic Achievement.”
She holds an MSW from Portland State University, and a BA in Anthropology from the University of Oregon.