Rate My Professor Deborah Harburger

Harburger holds a BA in psychology, summa cum laude, from The Pennsylvania State University Schreyer Honors College, and an MSW with a concentration in management and community organization and specialization in families and children from the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Her academic interests and research specializations focus on child welfare and homelessness, child welfare and behavioral health services, interagency structures and service arrays, and Medicaid financing for children’s behavioral health services. She provides technical assistance to states and communities on sustainable financing, including Medicaid and Title IV-E, child welfare systems and services, youth homelessness, strategic planning, and implementation of interagency initiatives. Among her contributions, Harburger has developed Medicaid State Plan Amendments, a Title IV-E Waiver, FFPSA Prevention Plans, strategic plans, fund maps, fiscal analyses, white papers, and other technical documents that support improved outcomes for children and families in public systems.