Cydney Wessel is ICJIA’s American Rescue Plan Act and Violence Prevention Program manager. Prior to joining ICJIA, Ms. Wessel was the DeKalb County Youth Service Bureau, Inc., executive director. Ms. Wessel spent 25 years working for the Healthy Families America (HFA) program, an internationally recognized, evidence-based, in-home family support program. She was instrumental in ensuring HFA was designated as a proven and effective model by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services leading to a nationwide expansion of services through the federal Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. Ms. Wessel earned a master of social work with a focus on child and family therapy and administration at the University of Wisconsin Helen Bader School of Social Work and a master of business administration at Florida Gulf Coast University.