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There are many individuals and organizations who played an important role in the development and the implementation of the January 13th dialogue and this report. From beginning to end, it has been a collaborative process. Many thanks are extended to:
Jerry Tello, National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute and Patricia Montoya, Commissioner, Administration for Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), HHS, for their advice, support and able facilitation of the meeting.
Gumecindo Salas, Carmen Seleme-McDermott, Jackie Melandez and Vanessa Bernal from the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) for their hard work in providing the logistical arrangements for meeting participants and for contributing to the writing and publishing this report.
Preston Garrison, Executive Director of the National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families, and The Annie E. Casey Foundation for providing financial support for community-based programs to attend the meeting and for distribution of the report.
Laura Vazquez and Librada Estrada, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Fellows, who worked tirelessly to design and organize this meeting and for Ms.Vazquez special contribution to this report.
Lisa A. Gilmore, Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary, HHS and Linda Mellgren, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, HHS who were responsible for coordinating the overall effort.
The members of the HHS Hispanic Agenda for Action/Fatherhood Initiative steering committee who diligently met to determine the focus of meeting and to identify potential partners within and outside the government. Steering Committee participants included: Cecilia Casale and DeLoris Hunter, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Jack Corrigan, John Pride, and Delores Terrazas, Head Start Bureau/ACYF/ACF; Frank Fuentes, Velma Guinn, James Sharman, and David Siegel, Office of Child Support Enforcement, ACF; Chris Howe and Mel Schmerler, Health Care and Financing Administration; Marissa Huttinger, Office of Family Assistance/ACF; Carl Montoya, ACYF/ACF; Guadalupe Pacheco, Office of Minority Health, OS; Robert Velasco, Office of the Secretary; and Jorge Velazquez, ACF.
Sarita Brown, Deborah A. Santigo, and Richard Toscano, of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans for keeping us informed and up-to-date on related activities and events. And to Michael Lopez, ACYF/ACF for information on National Association of Bilingual Education conference events.
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