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OUCCAS logo. Ohio's university consortium for child and adult services

Ohio’s University Consortium for Child and Adult Services (OUCCAS) is the state training coordinator for the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program (OCWTP). OUCCAS oversees the strategic development of all OCWTP program activities, manages the OCWTP trainer,  producer, and coaching pools, manages standardized learning objects in the OCWTP’s Learning Management System (LMS), manages the OCWTP’s website, and provides fiscal administration. 

 

OUCCAS is a team of professionals from three Ohio public universities and includes staff and faculty from the following four programs:

  • The School of Social Work at the University of Cincinnati
  • The Department of Social Work at Ohio University
  • The School of Social Work at the University of Akron
  • The Department of Psychology at the University of Cincinnati
  • Kellana Hindert and Associates, LLC

OUCCAS’ goal is to provide Ohio’s child and adult protective workers and resource families an array of innovative learning opportunities to achieve the knowledge and skill needed to ensure the safety, permanency, and well-being of vulnerable children and adults.

Sally Fitch

fitchsd@ucmail.uc.edu

 

Steve Howe

howesr@ucmail.uc.edu

 

Stacey Saunders-Adams

saundes3@ohio.edu

 

Linda Helm

helml@ohio.edu

 
Stacey Saunders-Adams saundes3@ohio.edu
Alexis Parsons Alexis.parsons@ohio.edu
Family and Protective Services Division
Laura Patrasso hughesl3@ohio.edu
Rachel Wooddell wooddellr@ohio.edu
Anna (Snyder) Stormer asnyder1@uakron.edu
Chris Malcolm malcolcr@ucmail.uc.edu
Emily Taylor etaylor1@uakron.edu
Janie Rhoads rhoadsj@ohio.edu
Substitute Care and Permanency Division
Kelley Gruber gruberk@ohio.edu
Sarah Tornichio stornichio@uakron.edu
Amanda Schranghamer aschranghamer@uakron.edu
Laura Friedhoff FRIEDHLR@ucmail.uc.edu
Allison Nowak anowak@uakron.edu
Product Adoption and Skill Development
Kristina Allwood allwood@ohio.edu
Christopher Parsons parsonsc1@ohio.edu
Janet Russell jrussel4@uakron.edu

Christina Carter

carterc5@ohio.edu  

Trainer, Coach, and Producer Pool Management & Development

Denise Orchard

orchard@ucmail.uc.edu

 

Eddie Lebron

LEBRONEN@ucmail.uc.edu

 

Cacy Pena (Recruitment)

penacn@ucmail.uc.edu

 

Coaching

Xan Boone

boonexn@ucmail.uc.edu

 
Learning Management System (LMS)
Kathy Kelley 2kkelley@ohio.edu
Mikki Holmes mholmes@uakron.edu
Christy Mayle Maylec1@ohio.edu