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-Recruitment and Retention of Foster/Adoptive Homes
-Placement Stability and Placement Capacity
-Staff Recruitment And Retention
-Service Array
-Model of Practice
-Youth Services
-Adoption

Recruitment and Retention of Foster/Adoptive Homes

Agency Leads
Alicen Bennett, Program Manager Alicen.Bennett@arkansas.gov Tele: 501-682-8537
Beki Nance, County Supervisor Beki.Nance@arkansas.gov Tele: 501-676-3113
Lee Allen – UAPB allenl@uapb.edu

NRC Resource Contacts
Sharri Black AdoptUsKids Sharri@adoptex.org Office:785-232-8070 Cell: 303-990-3750
Committee Members
Dana Byrd Darryl Capps Virginia Jordan Julian Holloway Mary Carol Pederson Christie Erwin June Fox Lynda Lancaster Loretta Page Merry Alice Hesselbein	Elaine Jackson Tonya Tackett Leisa Myles Michael Fitzpatrick Lee Allen Gale Hovell Beki Nance Alicen Bennett
Scheduled Meetings
To Be Announced

Meeting Date	\| Meeting Minutes
08/19/08	\| word.doc

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Placement Stability and Placement Capacity

Agency Leads

Cindy Waller, Contracts Unit Manager
Cindy.Waller@arkansas.gov
Tele: 501-682-9978

Stephanie Morris – SAU
symorris@saumag.edu

NRC Resource Contacts

Lynda Arnold
NCWRC for Data and Technology
larnold@cwla.org
Tele: 405-621-2999
Cell 405-812-1806

Placement Stability

PIP -Placement Stability.rtf

Scheduled Meetings

To Be Announced

Meeting Date	\| Meeting Minutes
07/09/2008	\| word.doc
09/04/2008	\| word.doc

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Staff Recruitment And Retention

Agency Leads
Gary Ewart, Area Manager Gary.Ewart@arkansas.gov Tele: 479-444-7038 John Brownlee jrbrownlee@midsouth.ualr.edu

NRC Resource Contacts
Sarah Webster NRC for Organizational Improvement Sarahwebster8@aol.com Tele: 512-528-0992 Cell 512-923-0119
Committee Members
Angela Moses Angela Newcomb Brenda Marks Carolyn Ford Chris Dean Christine Dockery Connie Tanner Debra Hurd Gary Ewart Jill Scott	Larry Stricklen Megon Bush Sue Bruner
Scheduled Meetings
To Be Announced

Meeting Date	\| Meeting Minutes
08/20/08	\| word.doc

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Service Array

Agency Leads

Debbie Roark, Program Administrator
Debbie.Roark@arkansas.gov
Tele: 501-683-2045

Linda Robinson
Linda.robinson@arkansas.gov
Tele: 501-682-2447

Karen Fullen, ASU
kfullen@astate.edu

NRC Resource Contacts

Joe Murray
NRC for Organizational Improvement
murrayj@cox.net
Tele: 405-840-1084
Cell 405-488-5380

Scheduled Meetings

To Be Announced

Meeting Date	\| Meeting Minutes
08/15/08	\| word.doc

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Model of Practice

Agency Leads

Mona Davis
Mona.davis@arkansas.gov
Tele: 501-683-2044

Aaron Phillips
tphillip@uark.edu

NRC Resource Contacts

Stephanie Boyd Serafin
NRC for Family Centered Practice
and Permanency Planning
Stephanie.serafin@hunter.cuny.edu
212-452-7049

Related Documents

Draft of the Arkansas Model of Pratcie - Word Doc

Comments need to be sent to:
mona.davis@arkansas.gov

Scheduled Meetings

To Be Announced

Meeting Date	\| Meeting Minutes
07/30/2008	\| word.doc

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Youth Services

Agency Leads
Libby Cox, Program Administrator Libby.Cox@arkansas.gov Tele: 870-367-6835 Toma.Whitelock, YS Program Manager – subject matter expert Toma.Whitlock@arkansas.gov Tele: 501-682-8453 Marti Wilkerson, Arkansas Tech mwilkerson@atu.edu

NRC Resource Contacts
Thomas Chapmond NRC for Youth Development tchapmond@austin.rr.com Tele: 512-791-3411
Committee Members
Cathryn Summers Kathy Araguz Renita Bennett Joylyn Humphrey - Midsouth Virginia Jordan - CASA Milton Graham	Libby Cox Lashanda Thurman- YAB Toma Whitlock Andre McGowen- YAB Scott Tanner
Scheduled Meetings
To Be Announced

Meeting Date	\| Meeting Minutes
04/04/2008	\| Word.doc
06/10/2008	\| Word.doc
07/15/2008	\| Word.doc

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Adoption

Agency Leads

Cecile Blucker
Cecile.Blucker@arkansas.gov
Tele:501-682-4080

Norine Pippin, Adoption Specialist
Norine.pippin@arkansas.gov
Tele: 479-273-9011

Trish Holt, ASU
pholt@astate.edu

NRC Resource Contacts

John Levesque
NRC for Adoption
Jlevesq7@maine.rr.com
Tele: 207-899-2617
Cell 207-232-5957

Scheduled Meetings

To Be Announced

Meeting Date	\| Meeting Minutes

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Division of Children and Family Services
P.O. Box 1437, Slot S560
700 Main Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72203-1437
Phone (501) 682-8770
Fax (501) 682-6968
TDD (501) 682-1442