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Joyce A. Thomas
Regional Administrator, Region II (New York) |
Joyce A. Thomas is the Regional Administrator for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Region II, in New York . The Region comprises New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. In her capacity, Ms. Thomas partners with state, local, community based organizations, and tribes within the Region to promote economic independence and healthy development of children and families. Ms. Thomas provides executive leadership, and direction to ensure coordination and integration of activities among Head Start, child care, foster care and adoption, child support enforcement, youth services and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) programs. Ms. Thomas serves as National Lead Regional Administrator for the Office of Community Services and the Faith Based and Community Initiatives within ACF. The Region represents 22.8% of the nation's Child Support Enforcement caseload, while collecting 25.0% of the nation's child support collections and established 20.5% of the nation's child support orders in 2001. In addition, Thomas serves as the national Lead for the ACF Office of Community Services in the Regions. In that capacity, she provides leadership for ACF’s support of community based economic development networks. The Region is responsible for 209 Head Start Grantees serving 141,588 children, 97 Early Head Start Grantees serving 7,797 pregnant women, infants and toddlers and 82 Runaway and Homeless Youth Organizations. Before her employment with the Administration for Children and Families she
served as the Commissioner of the State of
A graduate of the
Thomas is married and has one daughter. |