Leah Dods, MSW

Leah Dods is Deputy Director at Foster Kinship, where she helps guide organizational strategy and leads key initiatives spanning program design, implementation, evaluation, and external partnerships. She oversees multi-state expansion and fidelity support for Foster Kinship’s evidence-based kinship navigator model, partnering with organizations to strengthen intake and assessment, case management workflows, family engagement practices, and data-informed service delivery. Leah also provides training and technical assistance for professionals serving kinship families, with an emphasis on practical tools and sustainable systems. In addition, she contributes to practice-informed policy efforts focused on children in non-parental care and improving access to legal, financial, and supportive services for caregivers, parents, and children. She holds a Master of Social Work from University of Nevada, Reno and is pursuing a Doctor of Public Policy at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.