Enfield Hires New Social Services Director

ENFIELD, CT - A new Director of Social Services will begin work in Enfield in just under two weeks, according to an announcement from Interim Town Manager Lee Erdmann.

Dawn Homer-Bouthiette, MSW, a veteran of more than 30 years experience in public administration, policy analysis, staff development, organizational development, contract negotiation and social welfare planning in the Executive and Legislative branches of government and in non-profit agencies, officially begins her duties on March 28.

She will replace longtime director Pam Brown, who has retired.

Homer-Bouthiette comes to Enfield from the Connecticut Commission on Children, where she is a Principal Legislative Analyst currently serving as the Director of Family Engagement and Parent Leadership. She has served as the statewide director for the Commission's family policy and community civic initiatives since 2004, where she was awarded the Robert Haller Memorial Award for Outstanding Community Service and the "Parents as Partners" Award in 2014.

Her role as Director of Strategic Planning at the State Department of Social Services earned her the Outstanding Managerial Award in 2004.

The range of her professional experience stretches from a critical role in shaping Connecticut's Fatherhood Initiative, to coordinating statewide economic development strategies through the federal Community Services Block Grant Program , developing public-private coalition-based community partnerships to reduce youth violence and substance abuse to bringing research-based best practices to early care and education settings.

Homer-Bouthiette is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Clark University, receiving her BA in Psychology. She went on to earn her Masters in Social Work from the University of Connecticut with a concentration in Policy and Planning and a minor in Community Organizing.

Her annual salary will be $101,910.