Sarah Fass

Sarah Fass researches child poverty and policies that promote the economic security and well-being of low-income families, including federal and state family and medical leave policies. She contributes to the Making Work Supports Work initiative, which analyzes the current patchwork of federal and state programs that assist low-income working families and explores policy alternatives.

Sarah brings a range of policy and child advocacy experience to NCCP. Sarah comes to NCCP from the Child Care Action Campaign, a national advocacy organization, where she coordinated the Child Care and Equality Dialogue series. Prior to that, Sarah worked at the Children’s Defense Fund in Washington, D.C. in the Department of Intergovernmental Relations.

Sarah holds a Master’s of Public Health degree from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and a Bachelor’s degree in American Studies and French from Georgetown University.