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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 S.T.A.R., Inc.
131 John Muir Drive
Amherst, NY 14228
Contact:
Zachary Fried, Executive Director
Phone:
716-639-3900
Fax:
716-639-3700
Email: zachary@adoptionstar.com
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
87 Mineola Boulevard, 2nd Floor
Mineola, NY 11501
30-31 Hampstead Circle
Wynnewood, PA 19096
Contact:
Heidi Gonzalez, 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:
abswadoptnyc@gmail.com
Baker Hall
Doing Business As: OLV Human Services
790 Ridge Road
Lackawanna, NY 14218
Contact:
Virginia Goodremote, Director of Foster Care
Phone:
716-828-9593
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
Contact:
Maria Mahtani, Executive Director of New York and New Jersey
Phone:
201-703-4371
901 Eastern Avenue NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49501
Website: bethany.org
Buffalo Urban League, Inc.
15 Genesee Street
Buffalo, NY 14203
Contact:
Thomas Beauford, Jr., President & Chief Executive Officer
Phone:
716-250-2403
Fax:
716-854-8960
Email:
tbeauford@bulny.org
Website: buffalourbanleague.org
Foster Care & Adoption Programs
15 Pine Street
Buffalo, NY 14204
Contact:
Tracy Glover-Cruz, Program Director
Phone:
716-250-2433
Fax:
716-854-2171
Email:
tglover@bulny.org
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:
Desarae Stewart-White, Director of Permanency
Phone:
718-993-7700, ext. 714
Email:
dstewartwhite@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:
Jackie Buff Rogers, Executive Director
Phone:
518-482-8836
Email:
jackie@cccms.org
Website: cccms.com
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester
Doing Business As: Catholic Charities Family and Community Services
79 North Clinton Avenue
Rochester, NY 14604
Contact:
Jennifer Berenson, LCSW, Director of Children and Family Services
Phone:
585-546-7220, ext. 4850
Email:
Jennifer.Berenson@fcscharities.org
Website: fcscharities.org
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 407
New York, NY 10037
Contact:
Troy Brathwaite, Chief Operations Officer, Federal Programs
Phone:
800-421-2031, ext. 1608
Email:
troy.brathwaite@cayugacenters.org
Website: cayugacenters.org
Child & Family Services of Erie County
824½ Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14209-2008
Contact:
Mia Clark, Director of Family Preservation
Phone:
716-335-7218
Email:
mclark@cfsbny.org
Contact:
Nicole Luko, Supervisor for Foster Care & Adoption
Phone:
716-335-7211
Email:
nluko@cfsbny.org
Website: cfsbny.org
Children At Heart Adoption Services, Inc.
44 North Main Street
PO Box 270
Mechanicville, NY 12118
Contact:
Janice Bergeron, Director
Phone:
910-431-3372
Fax:
910-763-4415
Email:
cahadoptions@aol.com
Website: childrenatheart.com
Children Awaiting Parents, Inc.
Doing Business As: Hon. Donald J. Corbett Adoption Agency
176 Anderson Avenue, Suite F202
Rochester, NY 14607
Contact:
Lauri McKnight, Executive Director
Phone:
585-232-5110
Director's Cell:
585-978-4268
Work Cell:
585-867-1705
Fax:
585-232-2634
Email:
info@capbook.org
Website: childrenawaitingparents.org
Children's Home of Wyoming Conference
1182 Chenango Street
Binghamton, NY 13901
Contact:
Aliscia Gaucher, , Director, Close to Home Foster Care
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.
100 Underhill Street
Yonkers, NY 10710
Contacts:
Sr. Elizabeth Engel, O.P., Executive Director
Kimberly Frink, Communication Manager
Phone:
914-222-9498
Fax:
914-222-9497
Email:
centraloffice@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:
Devon Miles, LCSW, Manager of Adoption
Phone:
203-855-8765
Email:
adoption@fcagency.org
Website: www.familyandchildrensagency.org
* Intercountry Adoption Services Provider - 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: adoptfamilyconnections.org
* Intercountry Adoption Services Provider - Accredited
Family Focus Adoption Services
1528 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 202
Castleton, NY 12033
Contact:
Jack Brennan, Executive Director
Phone:
718-224-1919
Website: familyfocusadoption.org
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:
Zara Sheikh, 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 Services Provider - Accredited
Friends in Adoption, Inc.
Article 13 - Vermont
125 High Rock Avenue
Saratoga Springs NY 12866
Contact: Tara Saltis, Executive Director
Email: info@friendsinadoption.org
Phone: 800-844-3630
49 Castleton Meadows Lane, Suite 103
Castleton, VT 05735
Website: friendsinadoption.org
Gateway-Longview, Inc.
10 Symphony Circle
Buffalo, NY 14201
Contact:
Joanna Palma, Director of Permanency Outcomes
Phone:
716-783-3100, ext. 3344
Email:
jpalma@gateway-longview.or
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, Senior Vice President
Phone:
718-561-4340
Email:
Karen_Callender@goodshepherds.org
Corporate Office:
305 7th Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Contact:
Michelle Yanche, CEO
Phone:
212-243-7070
212-381-0255
Email:
Michelle_Yanche@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:
Lavern Harry, Vice President
Phone:
917-386-2121, ext. 7928
Email:
HarryL@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:
Jean Galle, Community Based Director of Foster Care Services
Phone:
585-256-7500
Email:
jgalle@hillside.com
Website: hillside.com
Holt International Children’s Services, Inc.
Article 13 – Oregon
5625 Arlington Avenue
Bronx, NY 10471
Contact:
Sama Alghali, Branch Director
Phone:
646-233-4847
Email:
newyork@holtinternational.org
250 Country Club Road
Eugene, OR 97401
Email:
adopt@holtinternational.org
Website:
holtinternational.org
* Intercountry Adoption Services Provider - 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 Services Provider - Accredited
Hudson Valley Adoption Services, Inc.
Doing Business As: Hudson Hearts Adoption
58 West 58th Street, Suite 7B
New York, NY 10019
Contact:
Ruth Rich, Executive Director
Phone:
212-758-2411
Email:
info@hudsonvalleyadoption.org
Website: hudsonheartsadoption.org
Jewish Child Care Association of New York
425 Westchester Avenue, 7th Floor
Bronx, NY 10452
Contact:
Kristine Anderson-Welch, Director of Permanency and Homefinding
Phone:
929-813-7223
Email:
welchk@jccany.org
Contact:
Latoya Johnson, Assistant Director of Homefinding
Phone:
929-539-0408
Email:
johnsonlat@jccany.org
Contact:
Kyana Hicks, Permanency Supervisor
Phone:
646-531-8972
Email:
hicksk@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
Contact:
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:
Margarita Marriaga, Executive Director, Children's Services
Phone:
646-790-6560
Website: lssny.org
Madison Adoption Associates Ltd.
Article 13 – Delaware
160 Lakewood Parkway
Amherst, NY 14226
1102 Society Drive
Claymont, DE
Contact:
Anne Marie Dobies, NYS Primary Contact
Phone:
302-475-8977
716-860-8780
Email:
AnnieD@madisonadoption.org
Website: madisonadoption.org
*Intercountry Adoption Services Provider - Accredited
MercyFirst
241 37th Street, Suite 6A, Unit 10
Brooklyn, NY 11232-2417
Contact:
Jamie Aubry, Adoption Expeditor
Phone:
718-232-1500, ext. 2345
Email:
jaubry@mercyfirst.org
Website: mercyfirst.org
New Alternatives for Children, Inc.
825 7th Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Contact:
Christine Carroll, Permanency Facilitator
Phone:
212-696-1550, ext. 470
Email:
ccarroll@NACKidsCan.org
Contact:
Carla Riccobono, LSW, Senior Director, Foster Care and Adoption
Phone:
212-696-1550, ext. 237
Email:
criccobono@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 Services Provider - 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:
716-345-6662
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
Email:
kjerman@newhopefamilyservices.com
Website: nhfsadoption.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: Andrea Lamkins, Director of Foster Care
Phone: 518-701-9051
Email: Andrea.Lamkins@northernrivers.org
Website: northernrivers.org
Rising Ground, Inc.
151 Lawrence Street,5th floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Contact:
Stacy St. Jean, Adoption/KinGAP Supervisor
Phone:
914-819-2533
Email:
sstjean@risingground.org
Contact:
Moji Obadeyi, Adoption Expeditor
Phone:
212-437-3541
Email:
mobadeyi@risingground.org
Contact:
Miriam Rosenberg-Sica, Adoption Expeditor
Phone:
347-371-0661
Email:
mrosenberg-sica@risingground.org
Website: risingground.org
Saint Dominic's Family Services
853 Longwood Avenue, Suite 202
Bronx, NY 10454
Contact:
Tumeka Williams, LMSW, Vice President of Family Foster Care
Phone:
917-645-9100, ext. 8103
Email:
twilliams@sdfs.org
Contact:
Alicia Milchin, LCSW, Vice President of Family Foster Care
Phone:
917-645-9100
Email:
amilchin@sdfs.org
Website: www.sdfs.org
SCO Family of Services
1 Alexander Place
Glen Cove, NY 11542
89-30 161 Street, 2nd Floor
Jamaica, NY 11432
Contact:
Michele Aguirre-Jones, Director of Permanency and Support Services and Adoption
Phone:
516-671-1253, ext. 1814
Email:
majones@sco.org
Contact:
Claudia Joseph, Adoption/KinGAP Specialist/WWK Supervisor
Phone:
516-671-1253, ext. 1814
Email:
cjoseph@sco.org
Website: sco.org
Seamen's Society for Children & Families
50 Bay Street
Staten Island, NY 10301
Contact:
Palma Speranza, Permanency Manager
Phone:
718-447-7740, ext. 4290
Email:
PSperanza@seamenssociety.org
Contact:
Dan Barckhaus, Vice President, Foster Care and Adoption Services
Phone:
718-447-7740, ext. 3054
Email:
DBarckhaus@seamenssociety.org
Website: seamenssociety.org
Spence-Chapin, Services to Families and Children
120 East 16th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Contact:
Yekaterina Trambitskaya, Chief Executive Officer
Phone:
212-369-0300
Website: spence-chapin.org
*Intercountry Adoption Services Provider - 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
307 West 38th Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Contacts:
Susan Wright, Chief Operating Officer
Renee Lubowich, Chief Clinical Officer
Phone:212-202-2812
781-444-7148
Fax: 781-444-7979
Email:
information@allforchildren.org
Website: allforchildrenadoption.org
*Intercountry Adoption Services Provider - 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: childrensaidnyc.org
The Children's Village
2139 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
New York, NY 10027
Contact:
Majaina (Gina) Singh, Director of Adoption and Foster Care
Phone:
212-932-9009, ext. 7704
Email:
msingh@childrensvillage.org
Website: childrensvillage.org
The Gladney Center for Adoption
Article 13 – Texas
250 West 55th Street, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Contact:
Wendy Stanley
Phone:
347-387-0889
Email:
wendy.stanley@gladney.org
6300 John Ryan Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76132
Contact:
Ashley Whiteside, Manager of Domestic Adoption
Phone:
817- 922-6000
Email:
ashley.whiteside@gladney.org
Website: adoptionsbygladney.com
*Intercountry Adoption Services Provider - Accredited
The Lutheran Service Society of New York
646 North French Road, Suite 3
P.O. Box 1963
Williamsville, NY 14231-1963
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, Vice President, Foster Care Services
Phone:
212-886-4082
Cell:
917-763-6154
Email:
Liyan.Bao@nyfoundling.org
Website: nyfoundling.org
Wide Horizons For Children, Inc.
Article 13 - Massachusetts
123 South Street, Suite 208
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
Contact:
Charlotte Torti, Senior Social Worker
Phone:
781-419-0351
Email:
ctorti@whfc.org
391 Totten Pond Road, Suite 303
Waltham, MA 02451
Contact:
Maryanne Ludwig, Director of Adoption
Phone:
781-419-0345
Fax:
781-899-2769
Email:
mludwig@whfc.org
Website: whfc.org
* Intercountry Adoption Services Provider - 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