OCS DCL-2022-08 OCS Welcomes Assistant Secretary January Contreras FY2022
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Dear Colleagues,
Please join the Office of Community Services (OCS) in welcoming January Contreras to the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) as the new Assistant Secretary. She was nominated by President Biden, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and sworn in yesterday evening. Assistant Secretary Contreras comes to ACF with a history of powerful advocacy for the most vulnerable members of our communities. We are excited about the energy, creativity, and vision that Assistant Secretary Contreras brings to ACF, and we look forward to working with her to advance our office’s mission of addressing the causes and consequences of poverty, increasing self-sufficiency and opportunities for vulnerable households, and revitalizing communities.
To read more about Assistant Secretary Contreras, please find her confirmation and welcome message from ACF below.
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Dr. Lanikque Howard
Director
Office of Community Services
Dear ACF Colleagues,
After being nominated by President Biden, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and sworn in moments ago, I am honored to welcome January Contreras to ACF as the new Assistant Secretary.
Assistant Secretary Contreras is an experienced administrator with an extensive background in public service who has championed the safety and stability of children, youth and families for more than 20 years. She is a former county prosecutor and assistant attorney general who went on to lead a legal aid center for children and young adults experiencing abuse, neglect, human trafficking, family separation and homelessness. She also previously served in the Obama-Biden Administration as ombudsman for citizenship and immigration services at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and as a designee to the White House Council on Women and Girls. You can find her full bio here.
Again, welcome to ACF Assistant Secretary January Contreras!
Larry Handerhan
Chief of Staff, Administration for Children and Families