Stacy Scholten currently serves as the Assistant Vice President of Early Childhood Mental Health at Nebraska Children and Families Foundation. In this position she provides technical assistance to communities who desire to partner with early childhood providers and systems to enhance the social emotional development of young children ages 0 – 8 years. She is also an active member on a number of statewide collaborative teams including the Pyramid State Leadership Team, Coach Development Network, and facilitates the Connect the Dots Partnership. She has presented at several state and national forums on topics such as Community Implementation of the Pyramid Model, Family Engagement through Community Resources, and Trauma Informed Responses in Family Engagement. Before coming to Nebraska Children in 2019, Stacy worked for twelve years in the child welfare system in both Nebraska and the Seattle Metro/Western Washington region. Seven of the twelve years was at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services bringing system and DHHS divisional partners together to address the well-being of children and families involved with child welfare. She has her master’s degree in early childhood development from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is passionate about preventing families’ long-term involvement in systems through early childhood and dual-generation services.