Joe is an associate specialist for the California Child Welfare Indicators Project. He is a social work researcher who specializes is analyzing longitudinal administrative data to understand children’s experience in the child welfare system. He is especially interested in the long-term effects of child welfare decisions on children’s lives. Joe joined the Child Welfare Indicators Project after working as a child welfare program specialist for the California Department of Social Services for several decades. He earned his PhD in Social Welfare from the University of California at Berkeley.