Jane Irvine, ACSW, LCSW

Jane Irvine, ACSW, LCSW, Director, Community Outreach and Education -Arizona Attorney General's Office.  Since 2003, Ms. Irvine has served as a Senior Policy Advisor for Arizona’s Attorney General responsible for policy initiatives, grants, conferences and community outreach and education for the Attorney General’s Office with a specific focus on protecting children from internet predators, consumer protection, domestic violence, Safety Net outreach to polygamous communities of Colorado City and Hildale, and methamphetamine prevention.  During the course of the past five years, Ms. Irvine has made more than 75 trips to Colorado City to work with Arizona and Utah law enforcement and human services agencies as well as advocates to implement the Safety Net Initiative. Prior to joining the Attorney General’s Office, Ms. Irvine headed the Program Consultation Consortium, providing consultation on program development, administration, and evaluation to human service agencies in the areas of maternal and child health, child welfare and juvenile justice. In addition to Ms. Irvine's consulting experience, she held several administrative positions with Arizona Human Service organizations including the Arizona Department of Economic Security, Administration for Children Youth and Families, Governor's Office for Children, and Children's Action Alliance. Work in these positions focused on foster care policy, development of an independent living program for older youth in foster care, legislation to enable families involved with children in foster care to receive housing assistance, services for runaway and homeless youth, and establishment of the Child Fatality Review Teams.   Ms Irvine holds a Masters  Degree in Social Work from Arizona State University. (jane.irvine@azag.gov)