Stephanie Hodge Wolfe, MSW, LSW, LSFW

Stephanie Hodge Wolfe is a nationally recognized expert in child welfare, with nearly 30 years of experience advancing practices in permanency, foster care, adoption, and youth engagement. She specializes in policy and practice improvements, program development, quality improvement, and advocacy. Since 2010, Stephanie has trained and supported the implementation of the 3-5-7 Model® across the U.S. and Canada, helping children and families navigate grief, loss, and identity formation.

Throughout her career, Stephanie has contributed to numerous Children’s Bureau initiatives, including National Quality Improvement Center on Adoption and Guardianship Support and Prevention (QIC-AG), the National Training and Development Curriculum (NTDC), the Critical Ongoing Resource Family Education (CORE) Teen Curriculum, the Quality Improvement Center on Engaging Youth in Finding Permanency (QIC-EY), and the National Center for Post-Adoption Support. Her work has focused on trauma-informed training, permanency-focused models, and enhancing youth engagement across systems. In 2024, she launched The Academy for Child Welfare Practice to provide expert consultation, training, and program development aimed at improving child welfare systems nationwide.