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Kate Stepleton is a Principal Associate with MEF Associates, with expertise in child and family research and policy, particularly in the areas of child welfare, maltreatment prevention, early childhood, and child well-being. She is skilled in qualitative and quantitative methods, design of experimental and quasi-experimental studies, survey research, data analysis, and project management.Kate has worked with many state government agencies to implement and evaluate policies promoting well-being for vulnerable children and families. In addition to ongoing consultation, these efforts have involved designing and carrying out rigorous research projects, including subject recruitment, survey construction, focus group facilitation, in-depth interviewing, and administrative data analysis. With a focus on translational research, she emphasizes the dissemination of actionable findings to a range of stakeholders, from policymakers to consumers of social services.Prior to joining MEF, Kate managed research projects at Rutgers University School of Social Work; she earned a Ph.D. in social work from Rutgers in 2019. She also served in the Administration on Children, Youth and Families in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and was an Associate with the Center for the Study of Social Policy in Washington, D.C. She holds an MSW from the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration and a BA in Sociology from Barnard College.

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