Arlene Reilly-Sandoval, DSW, LCSW

Arlene Reilly-Sandoval, DSW, MSW, LCSW, is a Professor and Coordinator of the Colorado Springs site in the Department of Social Work at Colorado State University Pueblo. She served as the Project Manager for the federal Supportive Services for Runaway and Homeless Youth grant in Colorado and has extensive experience working “cross systems” with youth-at-risk, their care providers, and program management in a variety of settings. She has over 20 years of experience in the child welfare field, training, contracting, and consulting.

• Diversity, especially multi-racial populations
• Child Welfare
• Policy
• Open Education Resources

University
Member, Faculty Disciplinary Committee (2023-present)
Member, Graduate Studies Board (2024-2025)
Member, ad hoc committee for Provost regarding awarding of an honorary degree (Spring 2024)
Colorado State University-Pueblo Chair’s Council (Fall 2017-Fall 2025)
Participated, HLC Site Visit for Extended Studies at PPSC on 11/5/24
Member, MVAT Committee (Fall 2023-Spring 2024)
Member CSUP Professor Emeritus Ad Hoc Committee (Spring 2024)

College
CHASS Chair’s Council (2017-2025)
CHASS Ad Hoc Enrollment Committee (Fall 2023-2025)

Department
Department Chair, Fall 2017-Summer 2022 & Spring 2023-Fall 2025

Profession
Member, National Association of Deans and Directors of Social Work (Fall 2023-present)
Member, Southwest Social Science Association (2019-present)
Colorado Licensure Taskforce, NASW, October 2022-present
Teaching and Learning Section Editor, Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping [peer-reviewed journal], May 2020-May 2025.
Consultation with Sitting Bull College for assessments in accreditation (multiple meetings in 2024)
Member of the Board for Social Work, Southwest Social Science Association, 2019-2022
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Colorado) in good standing since 2004

Community
Pueblo Community College Program Reviewer for Department of Social Work (September 2025)
Consultation with Red Rocks Community regarding use of and creation of OER
Served on Behavioral Health Advisory Board for Pueblo Community College 2024-2025)
Attended Pueblo Consent Based-Siting Community Meeting, 8/26/24
Mentoring Collaborative Day Treatment Task Force, 3/21/24
Pueblo Ombudsman Meeting at Pueblo County Department of Human Services, 10/28/24
Day Treatment Advisory Committee (Spring 2024-Summer 2024)

Accreditation Documents

Reilly-Sandoval, A., McFadden, D., Vargas, C., & Caywood, M. (2021). MSW Self-Study for CSWE Accreditation (443 page narrative; 1,018 total pages).

Reilly-Sandoval, A. & Gonzalez, M. (2020). MSW Benchmark II for CSWE Accreditation (428 page narrative; 992 total pages).

Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2019). MSW Benchmark I for CSWE Accreditation (167 page narrative; total of 708 pages).

Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2019). BSW Self-Study for CSWE Accreditation (291 page narrative; total of 851 pages).

Refereed Presentations and Peer Reviewed Articles

Sandoval, A. (2025). Use of AI in an MSW Specialized Year course. For Council on Social Work Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO (October 24-26, 2025).

Sandoval, J.A. & Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2025). Project 2025: Defending Vulnerable Communities from Harmful Policies. Accepted for presentation to Southwest Social Science Association Annual Program Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (April 3-5, 2025). Declined to present due to health reasons.

Grint, K., Sandoval, J., & Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2024). Legitimizing Ethnocide: Indigenous Mothers, Child Welfare, and Human Trafficking. Child Welfare League of America. Declined.

Baca, J. & Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2024). Utilizing Community Mobilization to Safeguard a Chicano Studies Program at a Hispanic Serving Institution. For Southwest Social Science Association Annual Program Meeting, New Orleans, LA (April 19-21, 2024).

Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2023). Science and Pseudoscience: Supporting Indigenous Ways of Knowing. For Southwest Social Science Association Annual Program Meeting, Fort Worth, Texas (March 29-April 1, 2023). Declined to present.

Reilly-Sandoval, A. & Baca, J. (2022).  Kubler-Ross and the Transtheoretical Model: Grieving our past and developing our new normal post-COVID-19.  For Southwest Social Science Association Annual Program Meeting, San Antonio, Texas (April 20-23, 2022).

Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2021). Financial capability in Social Work: Asynchronous online. Accepted for presentation at Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 15-17, 2021.

Presentations

Reilly-Sandoval, A. & Baca, J. (2020). Cultural competence. Series of three invited trainings for Crossroads Turning Points, Inc. Detox Facility Staff. August 14, 2020.

Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2020). Crisis intervention. Series of two invited trainings for Crossroads Turning Points, Inc. Detox Facility Staff. March 13 & 18, 2020.

Book/Article Reviews

Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2025). Foster care: A personal narrative for Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping.

Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2024). System-Involved LGBTQ+ Youths’ Experiences with Human Trafficking: The Intersection of LGBTQ+ Identity, Child Welfare, and Human Trafficking for Child Welfare League of America, 7/30/24.

Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2024). Implementation Findings from California’s Commercially Sexually Exploited Children Program for Child Welfare League of America, 7/30/24.

Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2024). Who am I? Navigating positionality, intersectionality, and reflexivity in qualitative inquiry as a novice researcher for Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping.

Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2024). System-Involved LBGTQ+ Youth’s Experiences. For Child Welfare League of America.

Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2024). Implementation Findings from California’s CSEC Program. For Child Welfare League of America.

Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2022). Down the rabbit hole: The mental health implications of adoption trauma on people adopted at birth for Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping.

Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2022). Creating attachment: The expressive therapies as a multisensory-relational modality to foster secure attachment for Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping.

Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2022). A social workers journey of residing with a military member with post-traumatic stress disorder for Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping.

Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2021). Tough nuts to crack: Initiating an imperfect racial justice accountability process within one School of Social Work from one perspective for Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping.

Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2021). Addressing Housing Needs of Families and Independent Youth. Review for Child Welfare League of America, Child and Family-Serving Systems: A Compendium of Policy and Practice.

Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2021). In-home child welfare services. Review for Child Welfare League of America, Child and Family-Serving Systems: A Compendium of Policy and Practice.

Reilly-Sandoval, A. (2020). I, too, am DACA: Awakened childhood memories for Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping.

Grants

Co-PI, CSU Pueblo, Substance Use Disorders Education and Leadership Scholars (SUDEALS) Program through CSWE, $11,000 per year for 3 years, $33,000.2024-2027.

Co-PI, CSU Pueblo, Colorado Child Welfare Scholars Consortium, 2018-present. Approximately $110,000 per year for BSW and MSW programs.

Co-PI, CSU Pueblo, A DOER Campus by 2028 Z-degrees for the Win (2022). $57,500 from the Colorado Department of Higher Education for developing an OER program for the MSW degree.

Co-PI, CSU Pueblo, Campus Connections MOU with Pueblo Department of Human Services to provide mentoring services to at-risk Pueblo youth. Approximately $17,000/year; 2018-December 2025.