If you are interested in becoming a member of the Child Welfare Citizen Review Panel, please fill out and return this application. You may submit the application year-round by e-mail to michele.safrin@dcf.state.nj.us or by regular mail to:
Michele Safrin, CCAPTA Coordinator
NJ Child Welfare Citizen Review Panel
PO Box 729
Trenton, NJ 08625-0729
Linda Porcaro, MA, Chair
Administrator
Somerset County Office of Youth Services
P.O. Box 3000
Somerville, NJ 08876
Tel: 908.704.6313
Fax: 908.231.0180
Porcaro@co.somerset.nj.us
Shyra Bland, MS, Vice-Chair
Executive Director
CASA of Camden County, Inc.
216 Haddon Avenue, Suite 608
Westmont, NJ 08108
Tel: 856.858.4488
Fax: 856.858.6765
sbland@casaofcamdencounty.org
Diana MTK Autin
Executive Co-Director
Statewide Parent Advocacy Network
35 Halsey Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Tel. 973.642.8100 x 105
diana.autin@spannj.org
Mary Coogan, Esq.
Assistant Director
Association for the Children of New Jersey
35 Halsey Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Tel: 973.643.3876
mcoogan@acnj.org
John M. Doran, Esq.
Law Guardian
172 A New Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Tel: 732.246.5912
Fax: 732.729.6573
john.doran@opd.state.nj.us
Francesca Gervasi
Foster and Adoptive Family Services
PO Box 518
Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852
Tel: 609.520.1500
Fax: 609.520.1515
FGervasi@FAFSonline.org
Keeva Kase, M.Div.
Director of Program Services
CASA of New Jersey, Inc.
945 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08618
Tel: 609.695.8817
Fax: 609.695.0040
keeva@casaofnj.org
Jody C. Layton, M.S.
Certified Trauma & Loss Specialist
PO Box 43112
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
Tel: 862.686.3007
Sea-free@hotmail.com
Cathy Lindenbaum
494 Birch Bark Drive
Brick, NJ 08723
Fax: 732.920.0009
Cathylindenbaum@aol.com
Leslie Malkin
New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women
1670 Whitehorse-Hamilton Square Road
Trenton, NJ 08690
Tel: 609.584.8107
Fax: 609.584.9750
malkin@njcbw.org
Randi Sue Mandelbaum, Esq.
Child Advocacy Center
Rutgers University School of Law - Newark
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Tel: 973.353.3271 (Work)
Fax: 973.353.3397
rmandelbaum@kinoy.rutgers.edu
Maria McGowan
Deputy Director, Welfare & Health Policy Monitoring
New Jersey Office of the Child Advocate
135 West Hanover Street, 3rd Floor
Trenton, NJ 08625
Tel: 609.984.1188
Fax: 609-292-1433
Maria.McGowan@childadvocate.state.nj.us
Gary T. Mitchell, Esq.
Director of Litigation
Office of Parental Representation
25 Market Street
Trenton, NJ 08904
Tel: 609.341.3832
Gary.mitchell@opd.state.nj.us
Kathleen Roe, MA
Executive Director
Parents Anonymous of NJ, Inc.
127 Route 206 South, Suite 10
Trenton, NJ 08610
Tel: 609.585.7666
Fax: 609.585.7686
Kroepanj@aol.com
Jennifer N. Rosen Valverde, Esq., MSW
Associate Clinical Professor of Law
Special Education Clinic
Rutgers University School of Law - Newark
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Tel: 973.353.5576
Fax: 973.353.3397
JValverde@kinoy.rutgers.edu
Jonathan Sabin
Executive Director
N.J. Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect
222 South Warren Street
PO Box 711
Trenton, NJ 08625-0711
Tel: 609.292.4388
Fax: 609.633.2926
jonathan.sabin@dcf.state.nj.us
Staff to Panel:
Michele Safrin
CCAPTA Coordinator, DCF
P.O. Box 729
Trenton, NJ 08625-0729
Tel: 609.777.4536
Fax: 609.633.3697
michele.safrin@dcf.state.nj.us
