Tish MacInnis

Tish MacInnis earned a BS Education degree from the University of South Alabama. Tish is the Alabama Strengthening Families Coordinator. Her many responsibilities include the role as the state coordinator for the statewide Strengthening Families™ Initiative. She is a certified trainer by the National Alliance for the Children’s Trust Fund and provides statewide for the curriculum of the Protective Factors of the Strengthening Families™ Initiative. This initiative is a researched based national strategy for child abuse prevention that focuses on building protective factors in families to keep children safe. She is passionate about improving statewide and local systems so that families have easy access to resources that can help their child and family become as strong as possible.

She also manages the distribution of the Smart Start Parenting Kit. This kit provided across the state to parents of newborns, resources from local, state, and national partners.

Tish is also the Alabama Ambassador of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outreach program for Learn the Signs. Act Early. that aims to improve early identification of children with autism and other developmental disabilities so children and families can get the services and support they need.

Collaboration with many state departments, agencies and programs are strong in the work she does. To name a few: AL Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention, Help Me Grow Alabama, Early Intervention, Autism Society of Alabama, Al Department of Early Childhood Education, Home Visitation, DHR Kids N Kin, Head Start, Learn the Signs. Act Early. and local Children Policy Councils.

Passionate about the work of strengthening families in Alabama, has allowed her opportunities to share the progress in Alabama at local, state, and national platforms. Presentations at Help Me Grow National Forums, National Family and Community Engagement Conference, Alabama Early Intervention and Toddler Conference, Alabama First Class Pre K Conference and Alabama Head Start Association are only a sample of speaking opportunities of which she has participated.