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Kisha Bird is interim director of CLASP's youth policy team and project director for the Campaign for Youth (CFY), a national coalition co-chaired by CLASP and the Corps Network.
Ms. Bird works to expand access to education, employment, and support services for disconnected and other vulnerable youth. She is an expert in federal, state, and local education and workforce policy and helps ensure national legislation (such as the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) is fully implemented in communities nationwide. Before joining CLASP, Ms. Bird was project director for the Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool/Youth Development Network, working to make quality afterschool programs accessible to young people. Prior to that, she was a program officer at the Philadelphia Foundation, where she helped develop and manage the Fund for Children, Youth Advisory Board, and discretionary grants process. Ms. Bird holds a Master of Social Service and Master of Law and Social Policy from Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. She also earned a Bachelor's Degree in sociology from Spelman College. Lastly, she is a graduate of the Education Policy Fellowship Program, a joint program of the Institute for Educational Leadership and the Pennsylvania Education Policy Leadership Center. Ms. Bird will be presenting as part of the panel, "New Options and Opportunities under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act." |
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