Program Manager, Community Mental Health CORE, Children's National Hospital

Sarah Barclay Hoffman is a Program Manager with the Community Mental Health CORE team at Children’s National Hospital, where she leads mental health policy and advocacy efforts.  Ms. Hoffman also serves as Director of Policy for the Early Childhood Innovation Network, advancing systemic change to support lifelong health and emotional wellbeing for young children and their families in Washington, DC. She has expertise in policy and system approaches in perinatal and infant and early childhood mental health, integration of mental health in pediatric primary care, and community-based mental health care.  In her role, she also works with citywide, cross-sector partners, community leaders, and families to advance child- and family-serving policies and systems.  Ms. Hoffman has over 20 years of experience in policy and advocacy focused on children’s issues, including as an advisor on education policy and strategy to national philanthropic organizations, nonprofits, and state education agencies at EducationCounsel LLC, and as a government relations specialist at the Children’s Defense Fund.   Perhaps most importantly, she has experience as a caregiver of a loved one who lives with a severe mental illness.  Ms. Hoffman graduated from Colby College, and holds a Master of Public Policy from Duke University.  She resides in Washington, DC with her husband and two sons, and is an active member of The New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.  In her free time, she enjoys walking, dancing, exploring the local train landscape with her railfan children, and relaxing with a cup of tea.