State Adoption Program Managers
Series: Related Organizations Lists
Author(s): Child Welfare Information Gateway
Contact information for the Adoption Program Manager in each State and Territory.
Alabama
Amanda Faulk, Interim Adoption Program Manager
Deputy Director, Family Services Division
Alabama Department of Human Resources
Family Services Division
50 North Ripley Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
Email: amanda.faulk@dhr.alabama.gov
Information Last Updated: 20-December-2018
contactID: 14087 nadid: 27167
Corey Williams, Interim Adoption Program Manager
Alabama Department of Human Resources
Family Services Division
50 North Ripley Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
Information Last Updated: 20-December-2018
contactID: 14088 nadid: 27167
Alaska
Sarah Abramczyk
Alaska Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Children's Services
323 E. 4th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 269-4054
Fax: (907) 465-3656
Email: Sarah.Abramczyk@Alaska.gov
Information Last Updated: 16-October-2018
contactID: 8202 nadid: 2539
American Samoa
Celestine Faumuina-Nix
Branch Manager, Adoptions Program
American Samoa Department of Human and Social Services
Child Welfare and Family Advocacy Branch
Children & Family Services Division
Utulei, AS 96799
Phone: (684) 633-2696
Fax: (684) 633-2348
Email: cfaumuina@dhss.as
Information Last Updated 25-March-2014
contactID: 10496 nadid: 13636
Arizona
Julie O'Dell
Adoption Manager
Arizona Department of Child Safety
PO Box 6030
Site Code: C010-22
Phoenix, AZ 85005
Phone: (602) 255-2623
Email: Julie.Odell@azdcs.gov
Information Last Updated: 23-January-2019
contactID: 8135 nadid: 213
Arkansas
Vanessa Socia
Arkansas Department of Human Services
Division of Children and Family Services
PO Box 1437, Slot 565
Little Rock, AR 72203
Phone: (501) 396-6415
Information Last Updated 17-July-2017
contactID: 8381 nadid: 12701
California
Laurel Coates
Adoptions Services Bureau Chief
California Department of Social Services
744 P Street
Ms 8-12-31
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-8089
Fax: (916) 651-8143
Email: laurel.coates@dss.ca.gov
Information Last Updated 29-June-2018
contactID: 13975 nadid: 27800
Colorado
Michelle V. Lopez, MSW
Colorado Department of Human Services
Division of Child Welfare
1575 Sherman Street
2nd Floor
Denver, CO 80203-1714
Phone: (303) 866-3209
Fax: (303) 866-5563
Email: michelle.lopez2@state.co.us
Information Last Updated 09-July-2018
contactID: 8171 nadid: 507
Connecticut
Anne Marie Stonoha
Supervisor
Connecticut Department of Children and Families
505 Hudson Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 550-6461
Email: AnneMarie.Stonoha@ct.gov
Information Last Updated: 29-October-2018
contactID: 13980 nadid: 28019
Sherry Rautenberg
Program Manager
Connecticut Department of Children and Families
505 Hudson Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 550-6461
Email: sherry.rautenberg@ct.gov
Information Last Updated: 29-October-2018
contactID: 13971 nadid: 28019
Delaware
Robyn K. Poore
Adoption Program Manager
Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families
Division of Family Services
1825 Faulkland Road
Wilmington, DE 19805
Phone: (302) 633-2655
Fax: (302) 633-2652
Email: robyn.poore@state.de.us
Information Last Updated 28-June-2018
contactID: 10461 nadid: 775
District of Columbia
Michelle Frazier
Permanency Administrator
District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency
Family Resource Division
200 I Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 645-6547
Email: michelle.frazier@dc.gov
Information Last Updated 01-October-2018
contactID: 10348 nadid: 809
Florida
Valerie Proctor, MPH
Florida Department of Children and Families
Office of Child Welfare
1317 Winewood Boulevard
Building 1
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Phone: (850) 717-4673
Information Last Updated 09-July-2018
contactID: 10480 nadid: 748
Georgia
Deborah Burrus
State Adoption Director
Georgia Department of Human Services
Division of Family and Children Services
Two Peachtree Street NW
Suite 18-460
Atlanta, GA 30303-3142
Phone: (404) 463-7648
Fax: (678) 717-5811
Email: deborah.burrus@dhs.ga.us
Information Last Updated 04-October-2018
contactID: 8397 nadid: 1263
Hawaii
Kathryn Boyer
Assistant Program Administrator
Hawaii Department of Human Services
1010 Richards Street
Suite 216
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 586-5698
Fax: (808) 586-4806
Email: kboyer@dhs.hawaii.gov
Information Last Updated 09-October-2018
contactID: 8258 nadid: 967
Idaho
Stephanie Miller
Program Specialist
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
450 West State Street, 5th Floor
Boise, ID 83702
Phone: (208) 334-5700
Phone: (208) 334-5697
Fax: (208) 332-7330
Information Last Updated: 23-October-2018
contactID: 8265 nadid: 23778
Illinois
Sylvia Fonseca
Illinois Department of Children & Family Services
1921 South Indiana Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: (312) 328-2413
Email: sylvia.fonseca@illinois.gov
Information Last Updated 31-May-2018
contactID: 14056 nadid: 26603
Indiana
Michelle Savieo
Adoption Program Manager
Indiana Department of Child Services
Adoption & Guardianship Programs
302 West Washington Street
E306, MS#47
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (260) 241-3461
Fax: (317) 232-1312
Email: Michelle.Savieo@dcs.IN.gov
Information Last Updated 13-July-2018
contactID: 8383 nadid: 24011
Iowa
Tracey Parker
Foster and Adoptive Family Program Manager
Iowa Department of Human Services
Adult, Child and Family Services
1305 East Walnut Street
Hoover State Office Building, 5th Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319-0114
Phone: (515) 281-8799
Email: tparker@dhs.state.ia.us
Information Last Updated: 04-February-2019
contactID: 8266 nadid: 1767
Kansas
Dennis Alford
Adoption Program Manager
Kansas Department for Children and Families
555 S. Kansas Avenue
4th Floor
Topeka, KS 66603
Phone: (785) 368-8180
Email: Dennis.Alford@ks.gov
Information Last Updated 09-July-2018
contactID: 14053 nadid: 25228
Kentucky
Mary Carpenter
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Department for Community Based Services/Foster Home Issues
275 East Main Street, 3CE
Frankfort, KY 40621
Toll-Free: (800) 232-5437
Fax: (502) 564-5995
Email: Mary.Carpenter@ky.gov
Information Last Updated 26-July-2018
contactID: 10518 nadid: 1604
Louisiana
Shannon Catanzaro, State Adoption (Adoption Subsidy/Adoption Petition)
State Adoption Program Manager
Louisiana Department of Social Services
Department of Children & Family Services
627 North 4th Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: (225) 726-6654
Fax: (225) 342- 0963
Information Last Updated 03-July-2018
contactID: 10555 nadid: 24796
Maine
Kristi Poole
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Child and Family Services
2 Anthony Avenue, SHS #11
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: (207) 624-7966
Fax: (207) 287-6156
Email: kristi.l.poole@maine.gov
Information Last Updated 05-July-2018
contactID: 8181 nadid: 25225
Maryland
April Edwards
Manager, Placement and Permanency
Maryland Department of Human Services
Social Services Administration
311 West Saratoga Street
5th Floor, Room 576
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (410) 767-7195
Fax: (410) 333-6556
Email: april.edwards@maryland.gov
Information Last Updated 26-July-2018
contactID: 10169 nadid: 2391
Massachusetts
Sharon Silvia
Director of Adoption Support Services
Massachusetts Department of Children and Families
600 Washington Street
6th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: (617) 748-2267
Information Last Updated 27-September-2018
contactID: 13706 nadid: 12948
Michigan
Catherine Hoover
Adoption, Guardianship, Recruitment and Retention Manager
Michigan Department of Human Services
Office of Child Welfare Policy and Programs/Children's Services Agency
235 S. Grand Avenue
Suite 510
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: (517) 241-8817
Email: HooverC3@michigan.gov
Information Last Updated 13-August-2018
contactID: 10527 nadid: 24012
Minnesota
Mical Peterson
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Family and Children Services Division
444 Lafayette Road North
PO Box 64944
St. Paul, MN 55164
Phone: (651) 431-4728
Fax: (651) 431-7628
Email: mical.peterson@state.mn.us
Information Last Updated 21-September-2018
contactID: 8206 nadid: 20282
Mississippi
Carolyn Quin, LMSW, MS, CHES
Adoption Unit Director
Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services
State Permanency Support Services
PO Box 346
Jackson, MS 39205
Phone: (601) 359-4280
Fax: (601) 359-4360
Email: carolyn.quin@mdcps.ms.gov
Information Last Updated 12-April-2017
contactID: 10528 nadid: 24013
Missouri
Amy Martin
Missouri Department of Social Services
Children's Division
205 Jefferson Street
Jefferson City, MO 65103
Phone: (573) 526-8040
Fax: (573) 526-3971
Email: Amy.L.Martin@dss.mo.gov
Information Last Updated 02-July-2018
contactID: 8385 nadid: 12564
Montana
Holly Gederos
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
Child and Family Services Division
PO Box 8005
301 South Park, 5th Floor
Helena, MT 59604
Phone: (406) 841-2461
Fax: (406) 841-2487
Email: Holly.Gederos@mt.gov
Information Last Updated: 29-October-2018
contactID: 10231 nadid: 24015
Nebraska
Olivia Biggs
Adoption/Permanency Program Specialist
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Children and Family Services
301 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-9254
Fax: (402) 471-9034
Email: Olivia.Biggs@nebraska.gov
Information Last Updated 24-July-2018
contactID: 8269 nadid: 3210
Nevada
Fran Maldonado
Social Services Program Specialist III
Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Child and Family Services
4126 Technology Way
3rd Floor
Carson City, NV 89706
Phone: (775) 684-4454
Fax: (775) 684-4456
Email: fmaldonado@dcfs.nv.gov
Information Last Updated 24-July-2018
contactID: 13981 nadid: 3453
Laurie Jackson
Social Services Chief II
Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Child and Family Services
4126 Technology Way
3rd Floor
Carson City, NV 89706
Phone: (775) 684-7944
Fax: (775) 684-4456
Email: ljackson@dcfs.nv.gov
Information Last Updated 24-July-2018
contactID: 8184 nadid: 3453
New Hampshire
Jennifer Gilroy
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
129 Pleasant Street
Brown Building
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 334-4415
Fax: (603) 271-4729
Email: Jennifer.Gilroy@dhhs.nh.gov
Information Last Updated: 03-January-2019
contactID: 8259 nadid: 26600
New Jersey
Betty Berzin
Assistant Director- Office of Adoption Operations
New Jersey Department of Children and Families
Division of Child Protection and Permanency/Office of Adoption Operations
50 East State Street
5th Floor, Room 5134
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: (609) 888-7460
Fax: (609) 984-5449
Email: Betty.berzin@dcf.nj.org
Information Last Updated 10-July-2018
contactID: 8405 nadid: 3571
New Mexico
Isela Burciaga
Foster Care, Guardianship and Adoptions Bureau Chief
New Mexico Department of Children, Youth and Families
PO Drawer 5160
PERA Building, Room 219
Santa Fe, NM 87502-5160
Phone: (505) 476-1046
Fax: (505) 476-5490
Information Last Updated 16-August-2018
contactID: 13710 nadid: 26977
New York
Carol McCarthy
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
52 Washington Street
Room 332 North
Rensselaer, NY 12144
Phone: (518) 473-5754
Toll-Free: (800) 345-5437
Fax: (518) 486-6326
Email: carol.mccarthy@ocfs.ny.gov
Information Last Updated 11-July-2018
contactID: 14027 nadid: 28821
North Carolina
Erin Baluyot
Interim State Foster Care Program & State Adoption Services Program Manager
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Social Services, Child Welfare
820 South Boylan Avenue
2411 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC, NC 27699-2411
Phone: (919) 527-6369
Fax: (919) 334-1191
Email: erin.baluyot@dhhs.nc.gov
Information Last Updated 10-October-2018
contactID: 14047 nadid: 12558
North Dakota
Julie Hoffman
North Dakota Department of Human Services
Children and Family Services Division
State Capitol, Department 325
Bismarck, ND 58505
Phone: (701) 328-4805
Toll-Free: (800) 245-3736
Fax: (701) 328-3538
Email: jmhoffman@nd.gov
Information Last Updated 03-July-2018
contactID: 8213 nadid: 3425
Ohio
Karen McGormley
Section Chief, Substitute Care and Permanency
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Office of Families and Children
Substitute Care and Permanency Policy Section
4200 E. Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43219
Phone: (614) 752-0651
Fax: (614) 728-9682
Email: Karen.Mcgormley@jfs.ohio.gov
Information Last Updated 18-July-2018
contactID: 10498 nadid: 4376
Oklahoma
Stacey Bates
Field Administrator, Foster Care and Adoptions
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
PO Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
Phone: (405) 501-4876
Email: Stacey.Bates@okdhs.org
Information Last Updated: 11-February-2019
contactID: 10386 nadid: 26557
Oregon
Gail Schelle
Statewide Assistant Child Permanency Manager
Oregon Department of Human Services
Office of Child Welfare Programs
500 Summer Street NE, E-71
Human Services Building, Adoption Unit, 2nd Floor
Salem, OR 97310-1068
Phone: (503) 945-5997
Fax: (503) 945-6633
Information Last Updated 05-July-2018
contactID: 14064 nadid: 13807
Lacey Andresen
Statewide Child Permanency Program Manager
Oregon Department of Human Services
Office of Child Welfare Programs
500 Summer Street NE, E-71
Salem, OR 97310-1068
Phone: (503) 945-8864
Fax: (503) 945-6633
Email: Lacey.L.Andresen@state.or.us
Information Last Updated 05-July-2018
contactID: 10484 nadid: 13807
Pennsylvania
Carrie Keiser
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
Office of Children, Youth, and Families
PO Box 2675
Harrisburg, PA 17105
Phone: (717) 705-4401
Fax: (717) 214-3784
Email: ckeiser@pa.gov
Information Last Updated 17-September-2018
contactID: 8411 nadid: 13941
Puerto Rico
Nancy Martinez Del Valle
Puerto Rico Administration for Children and Families
Department of the Family
PO Box 194090
San Juan, PR 00919-4090
Phone: (787) 625-4900
Fax: (787) 625-4957
Email: nmartinez@adfan.pr.gov
Information Last Updated 22-May-2017
contactID: 13953 nadid: 22725
Rhode Island
Veronica Davis
Chief of Licensing and Regulation
Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Division of Licensing
101 Friendship Street, 4th Floor
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 528- 3515
Fax: (401) 528-3650
Email: veronica.davis@dcyf.ri.gov
Information Last Updated 19-September-2018
contactID: 10202 nadid: 14020
South Carolina
Tracy Rogers
South Carolina Department of Social Services
2638 Two Notch Road
Suite 200
Columbia, SC 29204
Phone: (803) 898-7526
Fax: (803) 898-1209
Email: Tracey.Rogers@dss.sc.gov
Information Last Updated 27-July-2018
contactID: 14071 nadid: 24019
South Dakota
Patricia Reiss
State Adoption Program Manager
South Dakota Department of Social Services
Division of Child Protection Services
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501-2291
Phone: (605) 773-3227
Fax: (605) 773-6834
Email: patricia.reiss@state.sd.us
Information Last Updated 17-September-2018
contactID: 8229 nadid: 5284
Tennessee
Erika Conwell
Director of Foster Care & Adoption Services
Tennessee Department of Children's Services
Office of Child Permanency
315 Deaderick Street
UBS Building, 9th floor
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-9951
Fax: (615) 253-0069
Email: erika.conwell@tn.gov
Information Last Updated 04-October-2018
contactID: 10493 nadid: 5946
Texas
Cristina R. Guerrero, MSSW
Division Administrator - FAD/ICPC
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Child Protective Services
701 West 51st Street
MC W-157
Austin, TX 78751
Phone: (512) 438-2405
Fax: (512) 339-5850
Information Last Updated 30-July-2018
contactID: 10495 nadid: 24131
Utah
Marty Shannon
State Adoption Program Manager
Utah Department of Human Services
Division of Child and Family Services
195 North 1950 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
Phone: (803) 540-0833
Fax: (801) 538-3993
Email: mshannon@utah.gov
Information Last Updated 17-September-2018
contactID: 10533 nadid: 23780
Vermont
Gillie Hopkins
Vermont Department for Children and Families
Family Services Division
280 State Drive
Waterbury, VT 05671
Phone: (802) 241-0891
Email: Gillie.Hopkins@vermont.gov
Information Last Updated 04-October-2018
contactID: 8251 nadid: 18324
Virgin Islands
Janet Turnbull-Krigger
Assistant Administrator
Virgin Islands Department of Human Services
1303 Hospital Ground, Building A
Knud Hansen Complex
St. Thomas, VI 00802
Phone: (340) 774-0930
Fax: (340) 774-4393
Email: turnbullkrigger@yahoo.com
Information Last Updated 28-March-2016
contactID: 10505 nadid: 24023
Virginia
T. B. Jones
Virginia Department of Social Services
Adoption Services
801 East Main Street
11th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (804) 726-7537
Fax: (804) 726-7499
Email: Traci.Jones@dss.virginia.gov
Information Last Updated 12-October-2018
contactID: 10507 nadid: 24418
Washington
Debbie Marker
Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Division of Children's Services
1115 Washington Street, SE OB-2
Olympia, WA 98504-5710
Phone: (360) 902-7968
Fax: (360) 902-7903
Email: debbie.marker@dcyf.wa.gov
Information Last Updated 04-October-2018
contactID: 10553 nadid: 24772
West Virginia
Vacant
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
1027 N. Randolph Avenue
Elkins, WV 26241
Email: Christie.A.Fortney@wv.gov
Information Last Updated 10-October-2018
contactID: 10550 nadid: 18326
Wisconsin
Katie Sepnieski
Adoption and Interstate Services Section Chief
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
Bureau of Program and Policies
125 S. Webster Street, P10
P.O. Box 8916
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 422-6914
Information Last Updated 06-July-2018
contactID: 8143 nadid: 6198
Wyoming
Maureen Clifton
Social Services Consultant
Wyoming Department of Family Services
Social Services Division
2300 Capitol Avenue
3rd Floor
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone: (307) 777-3570
Fax: (307) 777-3693
Email: maureen.clifton@wyo.gov
Information Last Updated 02-July-2018
contactID: 8130 nadid: 6284