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Joan Poliak, M.S.W., A.C.S.W., was elected to the Casey Family Programs board of trustees in 1983 and is vice chair. She chairs the Direct Services committee.
As a practicing social worker in public and private agencies, Poliak has worked with children and families for over 40 years, providing therapy, initiating parent education programs, training foster parents, and creating a multitude of pragmatic, real-time support and tools to children and families in need. From 1985 to 2000, Joan served as the director of Family Education and Support Services at Family Services in Seattle. Her departmental focus was in homeless children and families, children’s support services, outreach services, and preventive education.
As an advocate for children and family causes, Poliak has been active on national, state, and local boards dealing with children’s issues, including foster care, drug and alcohol abuse, daycare, education, and youth services. At the national level, she serves on the national board of the Child Welfare League of America and Marguerite Casey Foundation. Locally, she is currently serving as a King County commissioner and board chair for Children, Youth, and Families and a board member of Cornish College of the Arts. In 1987, Poliak was appointed by Governor Gardner as state chairman of the Washington State Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect and continued to serve until 1995. In 1993 she was named a winner of the Matrix Table, Women of Achievement Award.
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