Sarah Forrest

Sarah Forrest

Government Innovation Fellow
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Sarah Forrest is a Government Innovation Fellow supporting the Children & Families team’s efforts to strengthen behavioral health services and supports for youth. Prior to joining the GPL, Sarah worked for over a decade in nonprofit and government agencies to improve outcomes for children, youth, and families impacted by the child welfare and juvenile justice systems in the state of Nebraska. Sarah’s experience includes providing policy research and advocacy, oversight and evaluation, and training and technical assistance to child-serving systems on an array of topics, including responding to sexual abuse and exploitation, reducing the use of punitive and ineffective interventions, and improving connections to meaningful services. Sarah earned a Master of Public Administration degree with a concentration in health and social policy from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. She also holds a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. She currently resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her family.