Ohio’s University Consortium for Child and Adult Services (OUCCAS) is the state training coordinator for the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program (OCWTP) and the Ohio Human Services Training System (OHSTS). OUCCAS oversees the strategic development of all OCWTP and OHSTS program activities, manages the OCWTP and OHSTS trainer and coaching pools, manages the OCWTP and OHSTS Learning Management System (LMS) and 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 |
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Steve Howe |
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Stacey Saunders-Adams |
Kellana Hindert |
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Stacie Furst Holloway |
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Erinn Green |
Amy Dickerson |
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Linda Helm |
| 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 | |
| Melissa Flick | flickms@ucmail.uc.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 | |
| Adult Protective Services Division | ||
| Kristina Allwood | allwood@ohio.edu | |
| Christopher Parsons | parsonsc1@ohio.edu | |
| Skill Building | ||
| Janie Rhoads | rhoadsj@ohio.edu | |
| Alison Nowak | anowak@uakron.edu | |
Xan Boone |
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Trainer Development | ||
Denise Orchard |
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Eddie Lebron |
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Cacy Pena (Recruitment) |
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Liaison and CEUs | ||
Gina Callender | ||
| Learning Management System (LMS) | ||
| Christina Carter | carterc5@ohio.edu | |
| Kathy Kelley | 2kkelley@ohio.edu | |
| Mikki Holmes | mholmes@uakron.edu | |
| Christy Mayle | Maylec1@ohio.edu | |