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In 2009 Nina Thomas joined the Allen Memorial Hospital staff as the Coordinator of the Allen Child Protection Center, located at 3316 Cedar Heights Dr., Cedar Fall Iowa. Nina Thomas has worked in child welfare for 5 years serving as a Program Supervisor for Lutheran Services FSRP program, and as a Family Support Worker for Headstart. She also sits on the First District Juvenile Justice Summit Team, various community boards and committees and has demonstrated a personal commitment to child welfare issues across the state. She holds her Bachelor Degree in Social Services, Certificate in Non-Profit Public Administration and is pursing her Masters in Social Services.

Thomas, a native to the Waterloo knows the challenges that children in the Cedar Valley face and feels that protecting them is everyone’s responsibility. “Child abuse and neglect offend the basic values of all communities; we have a responsibility to provide safe settings for all at risk children. The Allen Child Protection Center will serve as a facility that will make a difference in the lives of hundreds of Iowa’s children.”