Betty Hawkins Emery
Betty Hawkins-Emery is the director of Hawkins House Inc., a non-profit child advocacy group that assists children and parents who have been separated by the order or action of the Child Protective Services. She is a trained licensed practical nurse and healthcare administrator and the proud mother of a 10-year-old child born with Down’s syndrome. Betty is a Certified Trainer for the Alliance’s Bringing The Protective Factors Framework to Life In Your Work and has served on the Safe Families Parent Partners Board in Oklahoma since its inception in 2003. Betty works with teens aging out of the foster care system by providing housing, employment and educational opportunities while helping them to develop skills in activities of daily living.