Amanda Benton

Amanda Benton is the Director of the Division of Children and Youth Policy in ASPE. In this role, she oversees a team of analysts working on issues related to early care and education, child welfare, youth/adolescent development, and the Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council. She also serves as the Chair of the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs, which is comprised of representatives from 25 federal departments and agencies and supports youth.gov. She previously served as an ASPE Senior Social Science Analyst. In that role, she coordinated inter- and intra-agency policy work, managed research contracts, and conducted qualitative research. She worked on myriad topics of interest to HHS, including technical assistance, economic mobility, social capital, housing instability, family and youth homelessness, virtual human services delivery, human trafficking, domestic violence, place-based initiatives, behavioral economics, and dissemination, among others. She previously served as the Director of Policy Outreach at the National Alliance to End Homelessness. Amanda holds a bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College and a Master in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.