Renita C. Allen, MSSA, LISW
CEO/President, Kinship Individualized Supportive Services, Inc.

She has 28 years of progressive upper management experience. She received her Masters in Social Science Administration from Case Western Reserve University Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences with a specialization in Juvenile Justice and Corrections. She has completed two post graduate fellowships one in Community Health Care Administration and Policy and the other in Educational Policy. Ms. Allen currently is on the faculty of Cleveland State University teaching in the School for Social Work, Joint Master Degree Program with University of Akron. She is a community organizer, advocate, clinician and administrator.

During her career she has managed juvenile court funded programs in Cuyahoga County and in Portage County for Health and Behavioral Health Care Systems. She administered school base mental health services in Cleveland Municipal School District and replicated the same services for Bedford School District and several Charter and community schools. In addition, she served as the liaison to the CMSD School Base Mental Health provider committee. Her experience in working with School Districts to develop school base services is extensive with serving as Family Health Centers, Inc. liaison to the Orangeburg City School District, SC. to develop school base primary health care services in the district. In Portage County she developed relationships to add school base mental health services to five school districts. While at Metro Health Medical Center she served as the hospital’s liaison with Lincoln West to develop the Teen Options Program. Her experience in community organizing comes from serving as a health care planning consultant with a grass roots organization to develop a community health center in Escambia Alabama. Her advocacy experience is with senior citizens and vulnerable population groups to assure access to resources, safety in the community and support to remain independently in the community.

Ms. Allen’s career consists of implementing new and innovative programs that open communication and collaboration between systems, in order to meet the needs of special population groups.