Jennifer Helseth

Health Systems Analysis

@WA State Dept. of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF)

Jennifer Helseth is the Health Systems Analyst within the Family Supports Division at DCYF. She studied public policy and Spanish at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and has a masters of Public Health from George Washington University in Washington DC. She has spent the past 15 years working to increase health equity and improve outcomes for young children and their families. Before coming to the Department of Early Learning, she spent 10 years as the Health Specialist for Educational Service District 113 in their Head Start/ECEAP program and was a health educator for Thurston County Public Health and Social Services before that.