Jennifer Miller

Policy Advisor

Jennifer Miller, a social worker and child advocate, has more than 20 years of experience in program planning and policy and analysis. Blending her previous work with private foundations and public agencies, Jennifer is an expert in innovative child welfare practice.

Jennifer spent the last 10 years at Cornerstone Consulting, where she was responsible for a growing focus on innovations in child welfare policy and practice.

At Cornerstone, she developed and led the National Collaboration for Permanency through Subsidized Guardianship, a multi-year project aimed at promoting subsidized guardianship as a valued permanency option for children. She also led the child welfare workforce agenda for Cornerstones for Kids, developed training materials on permanency decision making, and analyzed federal child welfare waivers.

Prior to joining Cornerstone, Miller worked with the Annie E. Casey Foundation on a broad range of children’s issues. She also worked at the American Public Welfare Association (now the American Public Human Services Association) where she helped develop, analyze and implement federal legislation and regulations on child welfare issues. She was also project manager for the National Association of Child Welfare Administrators (NAPCWA).

Jennifer has a B.A. in Political Science from St. Lawrence University and an MSW from the University of Pennsylvania. A CASA volunteer, she currently lives in Warwick, Rhode Island with her husband and their two daughters.