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Guardian Ad Litem – Circuit 20

Holly Rodriguez, Circuit Director Twentieth Judicial Circuit Mailing Address Lee County Justice Center Annex 1700 Monroe Street Fort Myers, FL 33901 Physical Address 2075 West First Street, Suite 300 Fort Myers, FL 33901 Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee 239-533-KIDS (5437)

Guardian Ad Litem – Circuit 12

Toni Latortue , Circuit Director Twelfth Judicial Circuit 1051 Manatee Avenue W, Hensley Wing, Suite 330, Bradenton, FL 34205 DeSoto, Manatee, Sarasota 941-744-9473 http://www.12gal.org

Southwest Florida Foster Adoptive Parent Association

Co-Presidents Wendy and Paul Vernon swflfapa@embarqmail.com

Children’s Legal Services – Circuit 20 (DCF)

Debra Dryce Bass Managing Attorney 2295 Victoria Ave. Fort Myers, FL 33901 Office: (239) 895-0145 E-mail: Debra_Dryce_Bass@dcf.state.fl.us

Children’s Legal Services – Circuit 12 (DCF)

David Silverstein Managing Attorney 1864 17th St. Sarasota FL 34234 Office: (941) 527-4282 E-mail: David.Silverstein@myflfamilies.com

Children’s Network of SW Florida

Community Based Care Lead Agency for: Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee counties. (All of Judicial Circuit 20.) Contact: Nadereh Salim, CEO, nsalim@cnswfl.org, 2232 Altamont Ave., Fort Myers, FL 33901, (239) 226-1524 http://www.childnetswfl.org

Safe Children Coalition

Community Based Care Lead Agency for: DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota counties. (All of Judicial Circuit 12) Contact: Brena Slater, CEO bslater@sccfl.org Robin Jensen, COO, rjensen@sccfl.org 1500 Independence Blvd. Suite 210 Sarasota, FL 34239 (941) 371-4799 www.sccfl.org

Manatee County Foster and Adoptive Parent Association

President: Michele Connizzo Vice President: Cindy Spray Secretary: Kelly Lipp Treasurer: Vacant Membership: Kimberlee Peralta Sarasota County Liaison: Ronda Banks DeSoto County Liaison: Vacant. Montly Meetings/Trainings are held the first Thursday of each month at 7pm via Zoom. Visit http://www.manateecountyfapa.com or http://www.facebook.com/manateecountyfapa for more information