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This is a comprehensive list of all in state and out of state authorized voluntary adoption agencies with an approved adoption program. Agencies previously listed on the out of state adoption agency list are noted on this list as Article 13 agencies.
Abbott House
100 North Broadway
Irvington, NY 10533
Contact:
Jacqueline Joseph, Adoption Supervisor
Phone:
914-591-3200, ext. 3409
Email:
jjoseph@abbotthouse.net
Website: abbotthouse.net
Adoption Choices, Inc.
Doing Business in New York As: Adoption Choices of New York
Article 13 - Colorado
1 Marcus Boulevard, Suite 200
Albany, NY 12205
Contact:
Laurie Coreno Reynolds, LMHC, MA, Social Services Director
Phone:
518-478-8420
Fax:
518-935-9988
Email:
lauriecorenoreynolds@gmail.com
Contact:
Kathleen Copps DiPaola, Esq.
Phone:
518-436-4170
Email:
kdipaola@thecdslawfirm.com
Website: adoptionchoicesofnewyork.org
Adoption S.T.A.R., Inc.
131 John Muir Drive
Amherst, NY 14228
Contact:
Michele Fried, Founder and CEO
Phone:
716-639-3900
Fax:
716-639-3700
Website: www.adoptionstar.com
Adoption Services, Inc.
Doing Business in New York As: Adoption Services International
Article 13 – Pennsylvania
7 Orchard Street
Nyack, NY 10960
28 Central Boulevard
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Contact:
Vincent F. Berger, Ph.D., ABPP, ABFP, Executive Director
Phone:
800-943-0400
Website: adoptionservices.org
Adoptions From The Heart, Inc.
Article 13 – Pennsylvania
661 Decker Road
Wallkill, NY 12589
30-31 Hampstead Circle
Wynnewood, PA 19096
Contact:
Maxine Chalker, Executive Director
Phone:
610-432-2384
Email:
Adoption@afth.org
Website: afth.org
Association of Black Social Workers Child Adoption Counseling and Referral Services, Inc.
1969 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10035
Contact:
Leora Neal, Director
Phone:
212-831-5181
Fax:
212-831-5350
Email:
abswnyc@aol.com
Baker Hall
Doing Business As: OLV Human Services
790 Ridge Road
Lackawanna, NY 14218
Contact:
Virginia Goodremote, Director of Foster Care
Phone:
716-828-9777
Contact:
Halli Lavner, Director OCFS Residential and Foster Care Programs
Phone:
716-828-9497
Fax:
716-828-7845
Website: www.olvhumanservices.org
Berkshire Farm Center & Services for Youth
427 New Karner Road, 1st Floor
Albany, NY 12205
Contact:
Alicia Kremer, Vice President of Foster Care
Phone:
518-925-8926
Fax:
518-456-8686
Email:
alyoung@berkshirefarm.org
Website: www.berkshirefarm.org
Bethany Christian Services of New Jersey
Article 13 - Michigan
410 Troy Schenectady Road, Suite 202
Latham, NY 12110
Phone:
518-782-7800
Website:
bethany.org/albany
321 East Ave
Rochester, NY 14604
Phone:
585-288-6760
Website:
bethany.org/rochester
Contact:
Yesenia Fermin, Executive Director of New York, New Jersey & Connecticut
Phone:
201-703-4371
901 Eastern Avenue NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49501
Website: bethany.org
* Intercountry Adoption Accredited
Buffalo Urban League, Inc.
15 Genesee Street
Buffalo, NY 14203
Contact:
Brenda McDuffie, President/CEO
Phone:
716-250-2400
Website: buffalourbanleague.org
Foster Care & Adoption Programs
15 Pine Street
Buffalo, NY 14204
Contact:
Tafadzwa I. Chieza, Coordinator
Phone:
716-882-8852
Fax:
716-854-2171
Cardinal McCloskey School and Home for Children
115 East Stevens Avenue, Suite LL5
Valhalla, NY 10595
529 Courtlandt Avenue, 3rd Floor
Bronx, NY 10451
Contact:
Elizabeth Rende-Bakshi, Director of Foster Care Programs
Phone:
718-993-7700, ext. 831
Email:
erendebakshi@cmcs.org
Website: cmcs.org
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany
Doing Business As: Community Maternity Services
27 North Main Avenue
Albany, NY 12203
Contact:
Peg Ellett, LCSW-R, Associate Executive Director for Community Based Services
Phone:
518-482-8836
Email:
Peg@cccms.org
Website: cccms.com
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester
Doing Business As: Catholic Family Center
87 North Clinton Avenue
Rochester, NY 14604
Contact:
Jennifer Berenson, LCSW, Director of Children and Family Services
Phone:
585-546-7220, ext. 4850
Email:
jberenson@cfcrochester.org
Website: cfcrochester.org
* Intercountry Adoption Accredited
Catholic Guardian Services
1011 First Avenue, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Contact:
Cynthia Blake, Director of Family Foster Care Support Services
Phone:
718-228-1515, ext. 102
Email:
Cblake@catholicguardian.org
Website: catholicguardian.org
Cayuga Home for Children
Doing Business As: Cayuga Centers
1916 Park Avenue, Suite 100
New York, NY 10037
Contact:
Troy Brathwaite, Chief Operations Officer, New York City Programs
Phone:
646-760-9100, ext. 1978
Email:
troy.brathwaite@cayugacenters.org
Website: cayugacenters.org
Child & Family Services of Erie County
824½ Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14209-2008
Contact:
Stacy Wilson, Program Manager for Foster Care & Adoption
Phone:
716-335-7216
Email:
SWilson@cfsbny.org
Website: cfsbny.org
Children At Heart Adoption Services, Inc.
44 North Main Street
Mechanicville, NY 12118
Contact:
Janice Bergeron, Director
Phone:
518-664-5988
910-431-3372
Fax:
910-763-4415
Email:
cahadoptions@aol.com
Website: childrenatheart.com
Children Awaiting Parents, Inc.
Doing Business As: Donald J. Corbett Adoption Agency
274 North Goodman Street
Rochester, NY 14607
Contact:
Lauri McKnight, Executive Director
Phone:
585-232-5110, ext. 234
Fax:
585-232-2634
Cell:
585-978-4268
Email:
info@capbook.org
Website: childrenawaitingparents.org
Children's Home of Wyoming Conference
1182 Chenango Street
Binghamton, NY 13901
Contact:
Aliscia Gaucher, Director of Homefinding & Adoption
Phone:
607-772-6904, ext. 2285
Email:
agaucher@chowc.org
Website: chowc.org
Coalition for Hispanic Family Services
315 Wyckoff Avenue, 4th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11237
Contact:
Denise Rosario, Executive Director
Phone:
718-497-6090
Fax:
718-497-9495
Website: hispanicfamilyservicesny.org
Downey Side, Inc.
Grace Episcopal Church
33 Church Street
White Plains, NY 10601
Contact:
Kimberly Frink, Communication Manager
Phone:
212-714-2200
Fax:
914-931-0585
Email:
kfrink@downeyside.org
Website: downeyside.org
Family & Children's Agency, Inc.
Article 13 - Connecticut
600 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 400-20
Harrison, NY 10528
Phone: 914-834-5806
9 Mott Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06850
Contact:
Mary Kate Locke, LCSW, Director of Child & Family Development
Phone:
203-855-8765
Email:
adoption@fcagency.org
Website: www.familyandchildrensagency.org
* Intercountry Adoption Accredited
Family Connections, Inc.
156 Port Watson Street
PO Box 5555
Cortland, NY 13045
Contact:
Daniel Stevens, Executive Director
Phone:
607-756-6574
Email:
info@adoptfamilyconnections.org
Website: familyconnections.org
* Intercountry Adoption Accredited
Family Focus Adoption Services
54-40 Little Neck Parkway, Suite #6
Little Neck, NY 11362
Contact:
Jack Brennan, Executive Director
Phone:
718-224-1919
Website: familyfocusadoption.org
* Intercountry Adoption Accredited
Family Services of Westchester, Inc.
Adoption & Children's Services Division
78 Main Street
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
Contact:
Mia Diamond Padwa, Director
Phone:
914-274-8334, ext. 232
Email:
mpadwa@fsw.org
Website: fsw.org
Forestdale, Inc.
67-35 112th Street
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Contact:
Alexandra Doricent, Permanency Supervisor
Phone:
718-263-0740, ext. 290
Website: forestdaleinc.org
Forever Families Through Adoption, Inc.
62 Bowman Avenue
Rye Brook, NY 10573
Contact:
Joy S. Goldstein, LCSW, ACSW, Executive Director
Phone:
914-939-1180
Email:
adopt@foreverfamiliesthroughadoption.org
Website: foreverfamiliesthroughadoption.org
* Intercountry Adoption Accredited
Friends in Adoption, Inc.
Article 13 - Vermont
125 High Rock Avenue
Saratoga Springs NY 12866
Contact:
Tara Saltis, Executive Director
Email:
tara@friendsinadoption.org
Phone:
800-844-3630
212 Main Street
Poultney, VT 05764
Email: info@friendsinadoption.org
Website: friendsinadoption.org
Gateway-Longview, Inc.
10 Symphony Circle
Buffalo, NY 14201
Contact:
Michelle Federowicz Cope, Vice President of Foster Care & Residential Services
Phone:
716-783-3187
Email:
mfederowicz@gateway-longview.org
Contact:
Matthew Veazie, Director of Foster Care & Permanency Services
Phone:
716-783-3202
Email:
mveazie@gateway-longview.org
Website: gateway-longview.org
Good Shepherd Services
7 West Burnside Avenue
Bronx, NY 10453
Contact:
Karen Callender, Division Director
Phone:
718-561-4340
Email:
Karen_Callender@goodshepherds.org
Corporate Office:
305 7th Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10011
Contact:
Sr. Paulette LoMonaco, Executive Director
Phone:
212-243-7070
Email:
Plomonaco@goodshepherds.org
Website: goodshepherds.org
Graham Windham
1946 Webster Avenue
Bronx, NY 10457
Contact:
Fredesvinda Sanchez, Supervisor
Phone:
718-294-1715, ext. 4303
Email:
SanchezF@Graham-Windham.org
Contact:
Ritchie Nixon, Director
Phone:
718-294-1715, ext. 4333
Email:
NixtonR@Graham-Windham.org
Website: graham-windham.org
Heart to Heart Adoptions, Inc.
Article 13 – Utah
40 Beaver Street
Albany, NY 12207
9669 South 700
East Sandy, UT 84070
Contact:
Donna Pope, Executive Director
Phone:
801-563-1000
Email:
donnap@hearttoheartadopt.com
Website: hearttoheartadopt.com
Heartshare Human Services of New York / St. Vincent’s Services
66 Boerum Place
Brooklyn, NY 11201-4306
Contact:
John Olufemi, Permanency Unit Supervisor
Phone:
718-522-3700
Website: www.hsvsnyc.org
Hillside Children's Center
215 Wyoming Street
Syracuse, NY 13204
1 Mustard Street
Rochester, NY 14609
Contact:
Barbara Borick, Permanency Specialist
Phone:
585-355-8113
Fax:
315-703-8750
Website: hillside.com
Holt International Children’s Services, Inc.
Article 13 – Oregon
108 W. 39th Street, Suite 805
New York, NY 10018
Contact:
Sama Alghali, Branch Director
Phone:
212-645-1451
609-882-4972
Email:
samaa@holtinternational.org
250 Country Club Road
Eugene, OR 97401
Email:
info@holtinternational.org
Website:
holtinternational.org
* Intercountry Adoption Accredited
Hopscotch Adoptions, Inc.
c/o Michael Garabedian, Esq.
Egan & Golden, LLP
96 South Ocean Avenue
Patchogue, NY 11772
Contact:
Robin Sizemore, Executive Director
Phone:
336-899-0068
336-899-0062
Fax:
888-837-3824
Website: hopscotchadoptions.org
* Intercountry Adoption Accredited
Hudson Valley Adoption Services, Inc.
PO Box 280
Woodstock, NY 12498
Contact:
Laurie Slavin, Executive Director
Phone:
305-775-8340
Email:
info@hudsonvalleyadoptionservices.org
Website: hudsonvalleyadoptionservices.org
Jewish Child Care Association of New York
555 Bergen Avenue, 4th Floor
Bronx, NY 10455
Contact:
Antoinette Bryce, Program Director for Adoption
Phone:
718-742-8503
Email:
brycea@jccany.org
Website: jccany.org
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia
Article 13 - Pennsylvania
1180 6th Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 11036
Contacts:
Stefani Moon, Program Manager
Meredith Rose, Director
Phone:
888-OPENARMS
888-673-6276
Email:
info@openarmsadoption.net
Website: openarmsadoption.net
Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York
630 Flushing Avenue, 3rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Contact:
Patricia Lott-Alston, Adoption Analyst
Phone:
718-526-9150
Website: littleflowerny.org
Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York, Inc.
75 West 125th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10027
Contact:
Antonnette Taylor, Executive Director for Children's Services
Phone:
646-790-6560
Website: lssny.org
MercyFirst
241 37th Street, Suite 6A, Unit 10
Brooklyn, NY 11232-2417
Contact:
Rebecca Marcone, Vice President
Phone:
718-232-1500, ext. 2210
Email:
rmarcone@mercyfirst.org
Website: mercyfirst.org
New Alternatives for Children, Inc.
37 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10010
Contact:
Christine Carroll, Permanency Facilitator
Phone:
212-696-1550, ext. 470
Email:
ccarroll@NACKidsCan.org
Website: nackidscan.org
New Beginnings Family and Children’s Services, Inc.
87 Mineola Boulevard
Mineola, NY 11501
Contact:
Timothy Sutfin, Executive Director
Phone:
516-747-2207
Email:
nb@new-beginnings.org
Website: new-beginnings.org
* Intercountry Adoption Accredited
New Directions Youth and Family Services, Inc.
4511 Harlem Road
Amherst, NY 14226
Contact:
Lynn Siradas, Director of Foster Care & Organizational and Staff Development
Phone:
716-529-1142
Email:
lsiradas@ndyfs.org
Website: FosteringGood.org
New Hope Family Services, Inc.
3519 James Street
Syracuse, NY 13206
Contact:
Kathy Jerman, Executive Director
Phone:
315-437-8300
800-272-3171
Email:
kjerman@newhopefamilyservices.com
Website: newhopefamilyservices.com
OHEL Children's Home & Family Services, Inc.
1268 East 14th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11230
Contact:
Shelley Berger, Program Director
Phone:
718-851-6300
Website: ohelfamily.org
Parsons Child and Family Center
60 Academy Road
Albany, NY 12208
Contact: Suzanne D'Aversa, Coordinator , Adoption Navigation Services
Phone: 518-431-1650
Website: northernrivers.org
Rising Ground, Inc.
151 Lawrence Street,5th floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Contact:
Tamara Chalvire, Director of Home Finding
Phone:
212-437-3557
Email:
tchalvire@risingground.org
Contact:
Moji Obadeyi, Adoption Expeditor
Phone:
212-437-3541
Email:
mobadeyi@risingground.org
Contact:
Gerald Brumskine, Adoption Expeditor
Phone:
212-437-3506
Email:
gbrumskine@risingground.org
Website: risingground.org
Saint Dominic's Family Services
853 Longwood Avenue, Suite 202
Bronx, NY 10454
Contact:
Tumeka Williams, Vice President of Family Foster Care
Phone:
917-645-9100, ext. 8103
Email:
twilliams@sdfs.org
Website: www.sdfs.org
SCO Family of Services
1 Alexander Place
Glen Cove, NY 11542
Contact:
Michele Aguirre Jones, Director of AIMS (Agency Information Management System)
Phone:
516-671-1253, ext. 1814
Email:
majones@sco.org
Website: sco.org
Seamen's Society for Children & Families
50 Bay Street
Staten Island, NY 10301
Contact:
Denisa Sulollari, Adoption Specialist
Phone:
718-447-7740, ext. 3054
Email:
DSulollari@seamenssociety.org
Contact:
Dan Barckhaus, Vice President, Foster Care and Adoption Services
Phone:
718-447-7740, ext. 3053
Email:
DBarckhaus@seamenssociety.org
Website: seamenssociety.org
Sheltering Arms Children and Family Services, Inc.
25 Broadway, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Contact:
Theresa R. Maddicks, Adoption Supervisor
Phone:
718-401-5145
Email:
info@shelteringarmsny.org
Website:
shelteringarmsny.org
Spence-Chapin, Services to Families and Children
410 East 92nd Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10128
Contact:
Yekaterina Trambitskaya, Chief Executive Officer
Phone:
212-369-0300
Website: spence-chapin.org
* Intercountry Adoption Accredited
The Adoption Alliance
Article 13 – Texas
2530 Oak Street
Bellmore, NY 11710
7303 Blanco Road
San Antonio, TX 78216
Contact:
Justin Johnson, Executive Director
Phone:
210-349-3991
Website:
adoption-alliance.com
The Alliance for Children, Inc.
Article 13 - Massachusetts
58 West 58th Street, Suite 7B
New York, NY 10019
Contact: Renee Lubowich and Susan Wright, Executive Directors
Phone: 781-444-7148
Fax: 781-444-7979
Email: information@allforchildren.org
Website: allforchildrenadoption.org
* Intercountry Adoption Accredited
The Children's Aid Society
1522 Southern Boulevard
Bronx, NY 10460
Contact:
Maritza Batista, LMSW, Administrative Supervisor for Adoption & Kinship Guardianship
Phone:
718-764-2406, ext. 5206
Email:
Maritzab@childrensaidnyc.org
Website: childrensaidsociety.org
The Children's Village
2139 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
New York, NY 10027
Contact:
Daniela Pogue, Director of Adoption and Foster Care
Phone:
212-932-9009, ext. 7224
Email:
dpogue@childrensvillage.org
Website: childrensvillage.org
The Gladney Center for Adoption
Article 13 – Texas
410 East 92nd Street, 3rd floor
New York, NY 10128
Contact:
Wendy Stanley
Phone:
347-387-0889
Fax:
212-868-4566
Email:
wendy.stanley@gladney.org
6300 John Ryan Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76132
Contact:
Ashley Whiteside, Manager of Domestic Adoption
Phone:
817-922-5957
Email:
ashley.whiteside@gladney.org
Website: adoptionsbygladney.com
* Intercountry Adoption Accredited
The Lutheran Service Society of New York
6680 Main Street
P.O. Box 1963
Williamsville, NY 14221
Contact:
Susan Lichtenthal, Executive Director
Phone:
716-631-9212
Email:
info@lssofny.org
Website: lssofny.org
The New York Foundling
590 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10011
Contact:
Liyan Bao, VP Specialized Services and Permanency Support
Phone:
212-886-4082
Cell:
917-763-6154
Email:
Liyan.Bao@NYfoundling.org
Website: nyfoundling.org
Wide Horizons For Children, Inc.
Article 13 - Massachusetts
71 West Main Street
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
Contact:
Charlotte Torti, Senior Social Worker
Phone:
516-922-0751
Fax:
516-922-6944
Email:
ctorti@whfc.org
375 Totten Pond Road, Suite 100
Waltham, MA 02451
Contact:
Maryanne Ludwig, Director of Family Services
Phone:
781-894-5330
Fax:
781-899-2769
Email:
mludwig@whfc.org
Website: whfc.org
* Intercountry Adoption Accredited
You Gotta Believe! The Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement, Inc.
3114 Mermaid Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11224
Contact:
Jennifer Pinder, Executive Director
Phone:
718-372-3003
Website: yougottabelieve.org