Location

San Diego, CA

How did you hear about the NIC Hub?

Word of mouth

Organization

County of San Diego, Health and Human Services Agency, Child Welfare Services

Title

Director

Organization/project or personal website

https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa/programs/cs/child_welfare_services.html

What are your domains of INTEREST?

Human Services, Health Information Technology

What are your domains of EXPERTISE?

Human Services

Share with us a short bio of yourself.

Dr. Kimberly Giardina has been in the field of child welfare for twenty years and is the Child Welfare Director for the County of San Diego, Health and Human Services Agency. Dr. Giardina has a Doctor of Social Work from the University of Southern California and a Master of Social Work from San Diego State University. Dr. Giardina has consulted on child welfare issues at the national, state, and local levels. She helped to develop and implement the California Core Practice Model and Continuous Quality Improvement system. She led the implementation of multiple innovative initiatives in CWS including the Title IV-E Waiver and San Diego’s practice framework, Safety Enhanced Together. She has also participated on multiple Agency wide initiatives including the Trauma Informed Systems Integration Team and the Strong Families, Thriving Communities coalition that focused on reducing disproportionality and disparities for children/youth involved with the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Dr. Giardina’s Gallup Strengths are Achiever, Focus, Discipline, Significance, and Belief. Her passion is to improve policy and practice issues within the child welfare system so that it works best for the children and families it serves.

Would you like to join Health IT Group?

Yes

Would you like to join Project Unify Group?

No

Would you like to join the National Action Agenda to Advance Upstream Social Determinants and Race Equity Action Plan Group?

Yes

Would you like to join the Civil Justice Technology Project Group?

No

Would you like to join Social Determinants Group?

Yes

Would you like to join Opioid Epidemic Group?

No