Evan joined FCRP in 2021 as a training specialist after 15 years working for the Child Welfare Section of the North Carolina Division of Social Services. His work at FCRP includes facilitating competency-based classroom and online trainings for social workers, supervisors and program managers in child welfare. His recent areas of focus include permanency planning and Federal Title IV-E policy. His other areas of interest include, but are not limited to child welfare policy, practice and reform, grief counseling and support, secondary trauma, continuous quality improvement, and coaching.