Ruth White is one of the nation’s leading experts on the
nexus between housing policy and child welfare. She is the former Director of Housing and Homelessness for the
Child Welfare League of America. In
that capacity she co-edited the landmark issue of the League’s journal, Child
Welfare, documenting the extent to which children are needlessly held in
foster care because their parents lack decent housing. She also coordinated
conferences site visits, and advisory committees and wrote a newsletter
concerning the Family Unification Program, which provides federal housing
vouchers to families where lack of housing is keeping children and parents
apart.
White has a Master of Science Degree in Social
Administration from Case Western Reserve University and a Bachelor of Science
degree in Social Work from Ohio State University. She is a member of the National Association of Social Workers and
a Founding Member of the National Network of Women in Community Development.