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KARIN ANNERHED-HARRIS
Karin Annerhed-Harris joined the Alliance of Community Service Providers in 2013 as2013 as the Associate Director, responsible for collaborating on with policy makers on a city, state and national level. Karin educates policy makers on the importance of providing strong and sufficient Human Service programs for individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, Mental Health and/or , substance use and abuse disorders, and Children Services. Through collaborating with policy makers she assists in implementing policy changes aimed to improve services,leading to improved enhanced outcomes. Karin played a key role in increasing funding for Intellectual Disabilities Services in Pennsylvania in 2013. That year the majority of Human Services experienced a 10% cut under a Republican Governor;however Intellectual Disabilities received a $20M increase due in part to Karin’s hard work and persistence working side by side to educate legislators on behalf of the intellectual disabilities community. The following year Intellectual Disabilities services received another 10% increase by building upon the previous years momentum.
Born in Sweden, Karin has travelled and lived in many countries throughout the world, which enables her to provide a nuanced global prospective to policy which brining brings a creative approach to provision of human services. Throughout Karin’s 10-year career in Human Services, she has developed and executed strategic and integrated communications programs for diverse clients including non-profit organizations, business to business and professional services organizations.
In 2015, Karin sat on Mayor Kenney’s transition team for Human Services and helped shape the Mayor’s current agenda to implement Community Schools and strong Park & Recreations programs. Karin is also one of the founding board members of Families for Houston, an organization supporting the local public school in her North West Philadelphia neighborhood. |