A Home Within
Reed Connell currently serves as the Managing Partner at Social Change Partners, LLC since January 2014, focusing on enhancing the influence and effectiveness of child-serving organizations through policy solutions. Additionally, Reed has been the Executive Director of A Home Within since November 2019, and previously held the role of Executive Director at the Alameda County Foster Youth Alliance, advocating for resources and improved systems for foster and probation youth from October 2009 to January 2014. Early experience includes a policy internship at the John Burton Foundation, contributing to the successful passage of AB12, and a position as a Youth Development Specialist at Bay Area Youth Centers, where Reed supported adolescents in achieving personal and educational goals. Reed holds a Master of Social Work in Management and Planning from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Literature from The Evergreen State College.
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A Home Within
One Foster Youth. One Therapist. For As Long As It Takes. Our vision is that all children who experience foster care are provided this essential support, ensuring that as they transition from foster care, regardless of which stage of life they are in, they have the inner tools they need to thrive. By matching youth with experienced therapists, we address the trauma and disruption inherent to foster care, help youth manage stress and anxiety, and develop the inner tools they need to become healthy adults. With a mission to create and support lasting, caring relationships for children and youth in foster care, A Home Within identifies, recruits, trains, and supports a network of licensed therapists who each provide free, weekly, one-to-one therapy to a single foster youth "for as long as it takes." For foster youth who often watch people move in and out of their lives, our model creates an anchor of support.