Authorized Voluntary Adoption 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: Damarise Alexander-Mann, Director of Foster Care and Adoption Programs
Phone: 518-426-2620

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: Ruth A. Rich, Executive Director
Phone: 212-751-4095
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