Social Worker
Bridget Biddle is a Social Worker for the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services, where she has worked since 2019. Her role includes supporting clients and their families as they navigate the family regulation system as well as collaborating with internal and external partners on community education and policy advocacy. Before joining the Family Advocacy team, Bridget worked in the Youth Justice Project at CLS, connecting youth and young adults to legal services and working in partnership with youth on systemic advocacy projects. Bridget has published two reports in the Maternal and Child Health Journal and the Philadelphia Medicine Journal on targeted interventions for parents experiencing homelessness and parents who are incarcerated. Before working at CLS, Bridget worked as an advocate and doula at Riverside Correctional Facility’s MoMobile program.
Bridget has her Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice (MSW). Bridget has a certification in Trauma-Informed Group Facilitation and Advanced Motivational Interviewing as well as a certification as a Nurturing Parenting Program Facilitator and has been trained in pregnancy options counseling.