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Peter
R. Correia III, M.S.W.
Director,
National Resource Center for Youth
Services
M.S.W., Boston University
B.A., Bridgewater State College, Massachusetts
Peter Correia has
more than 25 years of experience in the areas of
child welfare, youth services and cultural competence.
He has been with University of Oklahoma
National Resource Center for Youth Services for
16 years, serving as assistant director before
becoming director in 2001.
As a practiced trainer and facilitator, Peter
presents workshops and keynote addresses and provides
technical assistance to child welfare and youth
service agencies across the United States. He is
an expert resource in the areas of independent
living, permanency planning, cultural competency and other issues in the child welfare system.
Peter
currently serves as a member of the National
Foster Care Coalition, the Child Welfare League
of America's National Independent Living Standards
Committee, the AdoptUSkids workgroup and various
other state and national task forces. He also authored
the Differences: Building Bridges or Walls curriculum
which is being used in several state agencies
around the country.
Peter has a master's degree in social work from
Boston University and was named a George Edmund
Haynes Fellow by the National Urban League in New
York.
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