Freida Baker is currently the Deputy Director of Family Services with the Alabama State Department of Human Resources. She has 30 years in social work beginning as a Social Worker, then Supervisor, Program Manager and, currently, Program Administrator. Her areas of expertise include Adoptions; Foster Care; Protective Services; CFSR supervision and supervision of the Office of Federal Planning and Coordination. She was instrumental in the implementation of Alabama’s landmark R.C. Consent Decree and is an expert in change management. She is a certified Federal State Reviewer and has reviewed cases nationally. She is also LAMM certified. She has trained social workers, the judiciary, educators, foster parents, and other partners across the nation.