Executive Director
Maureen E. Archibald, MSW, LSW
Ms. Archibald, a licensed clinical social worker, earned a BSW from Howard University in Washington, D.C. and a MSW from Adelphi University in Garden City, NY. With more than 22 years in the child-welfare field, Ms. Archibald has worked at three of the largest foster-care and adoption agencies in New York City. She has worked extensively in supervising and directing programs for children and families in her various roles and now serves as the Executive Director of Harvest of Hope Family Services Network, Inc.
Ms. Archibald is an active participant with the Child Welfare League of America and has lobbied and advocated with local state leaders, the Congress and the Senate, for the passing of laws to benefit children and families. Her lifelong commitment is to dedicate her work to finding solutions to the plight of children and families who become a part of the child system; finding solutions and advocating for policies to benefit children in need of out-of-home-placements. With a universal commitment to improving the lives of children, Ms. Archibald has also served on the board of the Friends of Maxfield Park Children Home, a home for children in Kingston, Jamaica.
Ms. Archibald is constantly working toward families coming forward to provide care for children who are temporarily displaced; parents taking the necessary steps for reunification with their children; foster families who have committed to the temporary care of children, stepping in the gap and becoming forever families for these children when they cannot be reunited with their families of origin and a commitment on the part of state official to the physical, emotional and educational welfare of children.
