Anthony Barrows Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Founded the Center for Behavioral Design & Social Justice, a cross-disciplinary organization working toward equitable outcomes through program and policy design. The Center combined the tools of social science with the expertise derived from lived experience to ensure that programs, policies and services work well for the people that rely on them.As part.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Senior member of non-profit behavioral design firm applying research insights from behavioral science and behavioral economics to persistent social problems.
• Oversee applied behavioral economics projects including the design and structure of field-tested behavioral interventions and randomized controlled trials (focus on Post-Secondary Education, Domestic Poverty.
• Oversee recruiting efforts for the firm
• Manage partner relationships including recruitment and development
• Write grant proposals, product notes and policy papers
• Manage and develop junior staff

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Co-facilitate the Teen Arts Council, a group of fifteen high school students from greater Boston who design and deliver programming at the ICA Boston, a contemporary art museum.
• Piloted successful collaboration between the museum and Boston Children’s Hospital to bring artmaking workshops to children in dialysis unit and inpatient psychiatric ward.
• Teach peer leadership, art criticism, and event planning using Positive Youth Development principles.
• Develop and deliver workshops targeted at youth and adults in the museum and the community.

• Project Manager for the New England Association of Child Welfare Commissioners and Directors, a consortium of public child welfare agency leaders and staff from all six New England states.
• Provided training, consultation and technical assistance to agency leaders in public child welfare agencies - focus on system improvement through family and youth engagement.
• Managed 22 eight-person teams across the six-state region in a Breakthrough Series Collaborative to improve Safety & Risk Assessment practice through ground level innovations.
• Coordinated the New England Youth Coalition which trains and organizes 20+ foster youth representing all New England states to advocate on child welfare policy issues.
• Managed the initial statewide collection of over 1000 federally-mandated National Youth in Transition Database surveys from all 17-year-olds in the Massachusetts foster care system.
• Developed and launched the Massachusetts Network of Foster Care Alumni in cooperation with the MA Department of Children and Families to serve adults who were in foster care.

• Designed and oversaw a public/private partnership: supervising and training five social workers in adolescent permanency planning (including family finding, adoption, guardianship and other connections); compiled and.
• Built coalitions with the county to roll-out colocation of our workers to facilitate collaboration.
• Provided training and consultation to San Francisco County, Family Builders, and other agencies.
• Facilitated dispute resolution and led inter-agency consultations for difficult and controversial cases.

• Sought adoption, guardianship, and permanent connections for a caseload of 15 older foster youth.
• Engaged youth, their family, professionals, and other interested adults to create and strengthen personal relationships and community networks.
• Designed and led psycho-educational groups for youth.
• Trained social workers and prospective parents on the experiences and needs of youth in care.

Boston, MA, US

• Trained caseload of 15 adolescents emancipating from foster care on independent living skills including education, housing and employment.
• Provided advocacy for clients in social service and educational settings.
• Designed and led groups focused on building life skills and community connections.
• Researched and compiled information on social service resources.
• Trained the community, agency staff and prospective parents on the unique needs of foster youth.

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa), Public Administration

Mfa, Printmaking

Ba, Philosophy, Art

Diploma, Hs