Hillary Closs, LMSW, is regular contributor for Social Work Helper and the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) Project Coordinator at the Center for Technology in Government at the University at Albany, SUNY. NYTD is a collaborative project between the Center for Technology in Government and the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS). She received her MSW from the School of Social Welfare at UAlbany, where she was also a co-host for The Social Workers Radio Talk Show with Kathryn Zox.