Alexis Balkey

Ms. Balkey is a Program Director at the Center for Children and Family Futures, Inc. (CCFF) and works with the National Family Treatment Court (FTC) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program. Ms. Balkey provides mentoring and direct supervision to Associates and Specialists that are part of the FTC TTA Program. She assists with project management and reporting tasks to compile and synthesize information on lessons, results and policy and practice innovations. Additionally, she provides TTA to FTCs across the nation responding to over 1400 requests in over eleven years. Ms. Balkey was a Change Leader for the statewide system improvement initiative enhancing system collaboration to improve outcomes for families within the child welfare system affected by substance use disorders. Additionally, Ms. Balkey was a Change Leader for the Prevention and Family Recovery (PFR) initiative funded by the Duke Foundation Charitable Trust assisting jurisdictions to advance the capacity of their FTCs to provide more comprehensive family-centered care to children, parents and families affected by substance use disorders through integration and institutionalization of proven parenting services and developmental and therapeutic services for children. Previous to her employment with CFF, Ms. Balkey was the Program Manager for Riverside County Family Preservation Court, located in Indio, CA where she successfully managed a FTC with multiple funding streams including the SAMHSA Children Affected by Methamphetamine (CAM) Federal grant. Ms. Balkey is a certified addictive disorder counselor by the Breining Institute, College for the Advanced Study of Addictive Disorders with robust knowledge of alcohol and other drug treatment programs. Ms. Balkey received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Temple University and a Masters of Public Administration from California State University, San Bernardino.