Watch Live Conversation on Why Direct Service to Families Is Essential to Systems Change

On March 18, 2026, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation held a conversation on why direct service to families and collaboration with the organizations that lead this work is a necessary component of meaningful systems change. The discussion was hosted by Trene Hawkins, senior program officer in RWJF’s Healthy Children and Families portfolio.

She was joined by Kayla Boisvert, PhD, research lead and consultant to Innovation Network (InnoNet); Chastity Lord, president and CEO of Jeremiah Program; Rima Meroueh, director of the National Network for Arab American Communities at ACCESS; and Robin McKinney, co-founder and CEO of CASH Campaign Maryland.

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