State Adoption Program Managers

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

Allison Foster
Program Manager, Office of Adoptions
Alabama Department of Human Resources
Family Services Division
50 North Ripley Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
Phone: (334) 353-4825
Information Last Updated: 30-July-2020
contactID: 14112 nadid: 27167
Amanda Faulk, Interim Adoption Program Manager
Deputy Director over Adoption and Foster Care
Alabama Department of Human Resources
Family Services Division
50 North Ripley Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
Information Last Updated: 11-September-2019
contactID: 14087 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) 465-2145
Fax: (907) 465-3656
Information Last Updated: 30-July-2020
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
Information Last Updated: 18-September-2019
contactID: 10496 nadid: 13636

Arizona

Mollie Mesaros, MSW
National Foster Care Month Contact/Foster and Adoption Recruitment Manager
Arizona Department of Child Safety
PO Box 6030
Site Code C010-22
Arizona Department of Child Safety
Phoenix, AZ 85005
Phone: (602) 255-2689
Information Last Updated: 11-January-2021
contactID: 14038 nadid: 213

Arkansas

Tiffany Wright (Acting)
Arkansas Department of Human Services
PO Box 1437
SLOT S565
Little Rock, AR 72203
Phone: (501) 396-6477
Fax: (501) 683-2788
Information Last Updated: 29-September-2020
contactID: 13984 nadid: 27721
Andrea Weston
Arkansas Department of Human Services
Division of Children and Family Services
PO Box 1437
Slot S565
Little Rock, AR 72203-1437
Phone: (501) 396-3280
Fax: (501) 682-5724
Information Last Updated: 29-September-2020
contactID: 8133 nadid: 12535

California

Laurel Coates
California Department of Social Services
744 P Street
Ms 8-12-31
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-8089
Fax: (916) 651-8149
Information Last Updated: 29-September-2020
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
Information Last Updated 29-September-2020
contactID: 8171 nadid: 507

Connecticut

Anne Marie Stonoha (State Adoption Supervisor)
Connecticut Department of Children and Families
505 Hudson Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 550-6582
Information Last Updated: 29-September-2020
contactID: 13980 nadid: 28019
Lori Franceschini
Connecticut Department of Children and Families
505 Hudson Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 550-6380
Information Last Updated: 29-September-2020
contactID: 13971 nadid: 28019

Delaware

Moira Dillon
Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families
Division of Family Services
1825 Faulkland Road
Wilmington, DE 19805-1195
Information Last Updated: 29-September-2020
contactID: 14102 nadid: 775

District of Columbia

Eleanor O. Sanders (LICSW)
Program Manager, Permanency Administration
District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency
200 I St., SE
Suite 2635
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 727-4799
Cell: (202) 696-3875
Information Last Updated: 14-September-2020
contactID: 10348 nadid: 809
Alexandra Mizelle (LICSW)
Program Manager, Permanency Administration
District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency
200 I Street, SE
Suite 2645
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 727-2742
Cell: (202) 497-2532
Information Last Updated: 14-September-2020
contactID: 14189 nadid: 809
Tamitha M. Davis-Rama (LICSW, LCSW-C)
State Adoption Administrator/State Foster Care Administrator
Administrator, Permanency Administration
District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency
200 I Street, SE
Suite 2636
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 727-2455
Cell: (202) 262-4362
Information Last Updated: 14-September-2020
contactID: 14190 nadid: 809

Florida

Valerie Proctor, MPH
Florida Department of Children and Families
1317 Winewood Boulevard
Building 1
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Phone: (850) 717-4673
Information Last Updated: 27-September-2020
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
Information Last Updated 29-September-2020
contactID: 8397 nadid: 1263

Hawaii

Bernadette Lane
Hawaii Department of Human Services
1010 Richards Street
Suite 216
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 586-5697
Fax: (808) 586-4806
Information Last Updated: 02-October-2020
contactID: 8312 nadid: 12604

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: 27-October-2020
contactID: 8265 nadid: 23778

Illinois

Sylvia Fonseca
Statewide Adoption/ Post Adoption Administrator
Illinois Department of Children & Family Services
1921 South Indiana Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: (312) 328-2413
Information Last Updated: 05-November-2020
contactID: 14056 nadid: 26603

Indiana

Michelle Savieo
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
Information Last Updated: 02-October-2020
contactID: 8383 nadid: 24011

Iowa

Laura Leise
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
Information Last Updated: 14-September-2020
contactID: 14113 nadid: 1767

Kansas

Corey Lada
Kansas Department for Children and Families
555 S. Kansas Avenue
4th Floor
Topeka, KS 66603
Phone: (785) 291-3878
Information Last Updated: 27-September-2020
contactID: 14053 nadid: 25228

Kentucky

Veronica Sears
Kentucky Foster Adoptive Caregiver Exchange System
Department for Community Based Services
275 East Main Street, 3C-E
Frankfort, KY 40621
Phone: (502) 564-2147 ext. 3284
Fax: (502) 564-5995
Information Last Updated: 02-October-2020
contactID: 10518 nadid: 1604

Louisiana

Cheryl Tirado, Child Welfare Manager
Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services
627 North Fourth Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: (225) 342-2299
Toll-Free: (800) 259-2456
Fax: (225) 342-3480
Information Last Updated: 03-October-2020
contactID: 8391 nadid: 12530

Maine

Karen L. Benson
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Child and Family Services
19 Maine Avenue
Bangor, ME 04401
Phone: (207) 561-4208
Cell: (207) 991-3857
Fax: (207) 287-6156
Information Last Updated: 27-September-2020
contactID: 8181 nadid: 25225

Maryland

April Edwards
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
Information Last Updated: 03-October-2020
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: 24-September-2019
contactID: 13706 nadid: 12948

Michigan

Catherine Hoover
Adoption, Guardianship, Recruitment and Retention Manager
Michigan Department of Health and 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
Fax: (517) 335-7789
Information Last Updated: 22-January-2021
contactID: 10527 nadid: 24012

Minnesota

Kathleen Hiniker
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Child Safety and Permanency Division
PO Box 64944
St. Paul, MN 55164-0944
Phone: (651) 431-5890
Information Last Updated: 21-December-2020
contactID: 8289 nadid: 23807
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
Information Last Updated: 22-January-2021
contactID: 8206 nadid: 20282

Mississippi

Marcelene Thompson-Ducksworth
Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services
Division of State Permanency Support Services
PO Box 346
Jackson, MS 39205
Phone: (601) 576-1581
Fax: (601) 359-4360
Information Last Updated: 04-October-2020
contactID: 14202 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
Information Last Updated: 07-December-2020
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
Information Last Updated: 14-September-2020
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) 219-2740
Fax: (402) 471-9034
Information Last Updated: 04-October-2020
contactID: 8269 nadid: 3210

Nevada

Fran Maldonado
State Adoption Program Specialist & Tribal Liaison
Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Child and Family Services
4126 Technology Way
3rd Floor
Carson City, NV 89706
Phone: (775) 684-7960
Fax: (775) 684-4456
Information Last Updated: 04-October-2020
contactID: 13981 nadid: 3453
Molly Blanchette
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) 684-4410
Information Last Updated: 04-October-2020
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) 271-8386
Fax: (603) 271-4729
Information Last Updated: 27-September-2020
contactID: 8259 nadid: 26600

New Jersey

Virginia Kenny
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) 888-7480
Fax: (609) 984-5449
Information Last Updated: 22-October-2020
contactID: 8405 nadid: 3571

New Mexico

Estella Swain
New Mexico Department of Children, Youth and Families
State Child Placement Agency Licensing, Criminal Background Checks
PO Drawer 5160
Santa Fe, NM 87502
Phone: (505) 270-6155
Fax: (505) 476-5490
Information Last Updated: 27-September-2020
contactID: 8194 nadid: 24553

New York

Carol McCarthy
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Office of Children and Family Services
52 Washington Street
Room 332 North
Rensselaer, NY 12144
Phone: (518) 474-9406
Toll-Free: (800) 345-5437
Fax: (518) 486-6326
Information Last Updated: 12-January-2021
contactID: 14027 nadid: 28821

North Carolina

Carla McNeill, MSW
Section Chief of Permanence
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
820 S. Boylan Avenue
2409 Mail Service Center
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Raleigh, NC 27699-2409
Phone: (919) 527-6391
Fax: (919) 733-3052
Information Last Updated: 22-December-2020
contactID: 10328 nadid: 23727

North Dakota

Julie Hoffman, Adoptions Administrator
North Dakota Department of Human Services
Children and Family Services, NDDHS
State Capitol, Department 325
Bismarck, ND 58505
Phone: (701) 328-4805
Toll-Free: (800) 245-3736
Fax: (701) 328-3538
Information Last Updated: 04-October-2020
contactID: 8213 nadid: 3425

Ohio

Tara Shook
Section Chief, Substitute Care and Permanency
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Office of Families and Children
Substitute Care and Permanency Policy Section
PO Box 183204
Columbus, OH 43218-3204
Phone: (614) 752-0079
Fax: (614) 728-9682
Information Last Updated: 04-October-2020
contactID: 10498 nadid: 4376

Oklahoma

Andrea Buck
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
PO Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
Information Last Updated: 04-October-2020
contactID: 14135 nadid: 26557
Gerald Peters
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
PO Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
Information Last Updated: 04-October-2020
contactID: 14134 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) 449-4186
Fax: (503) 945-6633
Information Last Updated: 28-October-2020
contactID: 14064 nadid: 13807
Lacey Andresen
Deputy Director, Child Welfare Practice & Program
Oregon Department of Human Services
Office of Child Welfare Programs
500 Summer Street NE, E-71
Salem, OR 97310-1068
Phone: (971) 304-4149
Fax: (503) 945-6633
Information Last Updated: 28-October-2020
contactID: 10484 nadid: 13807
Kimberly Keller
Oregon Department of Human Services
Office of Child Welfare Programs
500 Summer Street NE
Human Services Building, Adoption Unit, 2nd Floor
Salem, OR 97310-1068
Phone: (503) 975-2450
Information Last Updated: 28-October-2020
contactID: 14210 nadid: 13807

Pennsylvania

Carrie Keiser
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
Office of Children, Youth, and Families
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: (717) 705-4401
Fax: (717) 214-3784
Information Last Updated: 06-October-2020
contactID: 8411 nadid: 13941

Puerto Rico

Taína M. Berríos Rodríguez
Adoption Liaison Officer
Puerto Rico Administration for Children and Families
Department of the Family
PO Box 194090
San Juan, PR 00919-4090
Phone: (787) 625-4900
Information Last Updated: 03-July-2019
contactID: 14096 nadid: 22725

Rhode Island

Marianne Grondalski
Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Division of Resource Families
101 Friendship Street, 2nd Floor
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 528-3743
Information Last Updated: 06-October-2020
contactID: 14206 nadid: 14020
Veronica Davis
Chief of Licensing and Regulation
Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Division of Resource Families
101 Friendship Street, 4th Floor
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 528- 3515
Fax: (401) 528-3650
Information Last Updated: 06-October-2020
contactID: 10202 nadid: 14020

South Carolina

Rebecca Carrier
South Carolina Department of Social Services
1535 Confederate Avenue
Room 520-1
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 898-7637
Fax: (803) 898-1209
Information Last Updated: 06-October-2020
contactID: 14100 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
Information Last Updated 12-September-2020
contactID: 8229 nadid: 5284

Tennessee

Erika Conwell
State Adoption/Guardianship Director
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
Information Last Updated: 06-October-2020
contactID: 10493 nadid: 5946

Texas

Jillian Bonacquisti
Division Administrator for Foster/Adoption Development and ICPC
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Child Protective Services
701 West 51st Street
Mail Code (MC) W-157
Austin, TX 78751
Phone: (512) 438-5646
Fax: (512) 339-5927
Information Last Updated: 06-October-2020
contactID: 10495 nadid: 24131

Utah

Aubrey Myers
Utah Department of Human Services
Division of Child and Family Services
195 North 1950 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
Phone: (801) 541-5705
Information Last Updated: 27-September-2020
contactID: 14188 nadid: 23780

Vermont

Gillie Hopkins
Vermont Department for Children and Families
Family Services Division
280 State Drive
Waterbury, VT 05671
Phone: (802) 241-0891
Information Last Updated 27-September-2020
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
Information Last Updated 28-March-2016
contactID: 10505 nadid: 24023

Virginia

Traci 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
Information Last Updated: 06-October-2020
contactID: 10507 nadid: 24418

Washington

Julie Pettit, MSW
Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Division of Children's Services
1115 Washington Street SE OB-2
Olympia, WA 98504
Phone: (360) 690-6026
Fax: (360) 902-7903
Information Last Updated: 06-October-2020
contactID: 10553 nadid: 24772

West Virginia

Justin Phillips
State Adoption Program and Policy Specialist
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
707 Professional Park Dr
Summersville, WV 26651
Phone: (304) 872-0803
Fax: (304) 872-3938
Information Last Updated: 06-October-2020
contactID: 10550 nadid: 18326
Kendra Boley-Rogers
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
Bureau for Children & Families
707 Professional Park Drive
Summersville, WV 26651
Phone: (304) 872-0803
Fax: (304) 872-3839
Information Last Updated: 06-October-2020
contactID: 10381 nadid: 6234

Wisconsin

Danielle Karnopp
Section Chief
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
Adoption and Interstate Services Section
125 S. Webster Street
P.O. Box 8916
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 422-6905
Information Last Updated: 06-October-2020
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
Information Last Updated: 14-September-2020
contactID: 8130 nadid: 6284