Adoption Assistance

Gayle Kittleson

Biography

Address:
Ramsey County
160 E. Kellogg Blvd #7000
Saint Paul, MN 55101

Logo for PACC

Suzanne Johnson

Biography

Address:
Johnson Counseling Services
8100 Penn Avenue South
Suite 151
Bloomington, MN 55431

Suzanne Johnson

Tina Jay, MA/MS

Biography

I hold an AS, BSW, MA, and have advocated for children as a Guardian Ad Litem since 1997. A background in Early Childhood Education, Bachelors Degree in Social Work and a Masters Degree in Forensic Mental Health. I pursued a degree in Forensic Mental Health because of personal experience working with children and adults with mental illness, many with adverse childhood experiences, including FASD and other neurobehavioral disorders resulting in out of home placements; foster care, adoption, disrupted adoptions, child protection, or involvement in the criminal justice system.

Tina Jay

Nicole Frank

She/Her/Hers
Biography

County work in CP, permanency, licensing and relative work. Always learning and changing to do what is most helpful for the children in our communities.

Address:
Stevens County Human Services
400 Colorado Ave
Suite 104
Morris, MN 56267

Logo for PACC

Debra Dalin, BSW

She/Her/Hers
Biography

I work in child welfare in the area of permanency for Olmsted County Health, Housing and Human Services. I have the privilege to serve foster and adopted children, youth and their families. This is a true gift!

Address:
Olmsted County Health, Housing and Human Services
2117 Campus Drive SE
Rochester, MN 55904

Logo for PACC

Casey Casper, LSW

She/Her/Hers
Biography

I am an Adoption and Child Foster Care licensing social worker in a county setting. I have worked in the Children's Services unit for 10 year, but the last seven focusing on licensing and adoption. I also provide some Child Protection Case Management services. I work on a variety of cases from reunification to post TPR to finalizing an adoption. Along with this, I license and case manage our traditional and corporate child foster homes in our county.

Logo for PACC

Danielle Biederman

She/Her/Hers
Biography

Permanency Worker- focusing on adoptions, transfer of permanency and legal custody (TPLPC), adoption disruptions/dissolutions, and statewards.

Address:
Olmsted County Health Housing and Human Services
2117 Campus Drive SE
Rochester, MN 55904

Danielle Biederman