Joseph “Joe” Jones has spent most of his career in public service in government and nonprofits working on policy, procedure, and program development in social services, economic development, and housing. Jones serves as the director of policy, advocacy, and research at the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA). Jones oversees the organization’s research and policy agenda, promotes poverty alleviation, and reduces systemic barriers to economic deprivation. Prior to FPWA, Jones held several roles at the NYC Department of Social Services, where his projects included: designing a first-of-its-kind citywide community outreach effort for the agency; creating and managing the most-extensive local COVID-responsive emergency feeding program; designing the operational plan for the country’s largest municipal cemetery; and implementing the nation’s first “right-to-counsel” program in New York City Housing Court. Jones started his career in housing policy and has worked and lived in most regions of the country. Jones holds graduate degrees in law and urban policy from the University of Michigan.