C.A.S.E. has partnered with organizations nationwide, setting up 19 licensed Training for Adoption Competency (TAC) sites across 18 states to train mental health professionals in becoming adoption competent. As more TAC sites open, and more mental health professionals are trained, even more adoptive families across the country will have access to expert adoption-competent mental health care.
TAC trainings are offered by the following list of licensed TAC sites. Contact a site in your community to learn about upcoming training opportunities.
Children’s Aid Society of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Brock Sellers, bsellers@childrensaid.org
Suzie Diamond, sdiamond@childrensaid.org
Lilliput/Wayfinder Family Services, Sacramento, CA
Diana Naranjo, dnaranjo@wayfinderfamily.org
UConn Health Adoption Assistance Program, West Hartford, CT
Allyson Powell, apowell@uchc.edu
Georgia Division of Family and Children’s Services, Atlanta, GA
Deborah Burrus, Deborah.Burrus@dhs.ga.gov
The Villages of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
Margaret Abrell, mabrell@villages.org
Four Oaks, Cedar Rapids, IA
Kara Magnison, Kmagnison@fouroaks.org
Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, Child Welfare Division, Baton Rouge LA
Cheryl Garafola Tirado, cheryl.tirado.dcfs@la.gov
Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE), Boston, MA
Lisa Funaro, Lisaf@mareinc.org
Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition, St. Louis, MO
Nickie Steinhoff, Nickiesteinhoff@foster-adopt.org
Lutheran Family Services, Omaha, NE
Stacy Varouh, MSW, svarouh@nchs.org
Center for Adoption Support and Education (in partnership with Adoptive & Foster Family Coalition of New York), Albany, NY
Lisa Maynard, maynard@adoptionsupport.org
Children’s Home Society of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Matt Anderson, MVAnderson@chsnc.org
Catawba County Social Services, Hickory, NC
Chrissy Triplett, ctriplett@catawbacountync.gov
OhioKAN, Cleveland, OH
Roxana Bell at Roxana.Bell@kinnectohio.org
Family Hope House, Tulsa, OK
Leslie Keenan, leslie@familyhopehouse.com
Oregon Department of Human Services
Kimberly Keller, KIMBERLY.J.KELLER@dhsoha.state.or.us
Voce, (formerly Family Design Resources), Harrisburg, PA
Rick Azzaro, razzaro@vocetogether.org
Jessica Castle, jcastle@vocetogether.org
Center for Adoption Support and Education, Sterling, VA
Leslie Wright, wright@adoptionsupport.org
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Helen Bader School of Social Work, Milwaukee, WI
Jeanne Wagner, jeannew@uwm.edu
Susan Rose, sjrose@uwm.edu
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