UJIMA Community Services - Staff for our Children
UJIMA Community Services -        One Church, One Child of Washington State, Inc.
Staff for UJIMA Families
 
Staff, Consultants, Board and Advisors
 
 
STAFF:
 
Gwendolyn E. Lawson Townsend
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Gwendolyn@ococujima.org
 
Stacy Heinle, MSW, LICSW
Director of Staff Management
Agency Supervisor/Lead Case Manager
Stacy@ococujima.org
 
Cynthia Grayson, MSW, LICSW
Supervisor - R2North
FamilyConnectionNW@gmail.com
 
Carol Scott, MA
Lead Family Licensor
Family Social Worker
Carol@ococujima.org
 
Sam L. Townsend, Jr.
Family Worker
Sam@ococujima.org
 
Hazel Danielle Clayton
Administrative Assistant
Placement Coordinator
Danielle@ococujima.org
 
Riana Benton (volunteer)
Finance Secretary
 
Crystal Townsend
Cherish A Jewel Program
 
Fissaya Townsend (volunteer)
Fowers Beyond The Cell Program
 
Rhonda Simmons (volunteer)
The Birthing Project Program
 
Mohamud A. Scego
Somali Trainer
 
Zahra Mahamud
Somali Consultant
 
Tewolde' Taferi
Eritrean Consultant
 
Raychel Singleton
Spanish-Speaking Consultant
 
Nicole M. Blake, JD
UJIMA Agency Attorney
 
Margaret Brennan, CPA
UJIMA Agency Accountant
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ADVISORY COMMITTEE COORDINATOR & CLINICAL CONSULTANTS:
 
Board of Directors
– list alphabetically:
Reverend Jamal Cole
Greater Gospel Center, Church of God in Christ
 
Bishop Curtis Doakes
Holy Ground Commuinty Church
 
Dr. Emma B. Jones
The Church at South Seattle

Superintendent Ronelle McGraw II
Praise Chapel, Church of God in Christ

Dr. John Penton
Roosevelt Heights Church of God in Christ
 
Dr. Joe Phillips, Jr.
Holly Park Community Church
 
Superintendent Sam Townsend, Sr.
Greater Glory Ministries, Church of God in Christ
 
Dr. Anne Travis-Barker
Faith Tabernacle Full Gospel Pentecostal Church
 
Reverend Reggie Witherspoon
Mount Calvary Christian Center, Church of God in Christ
 
 
Community Advisory Committee
Coordinator
Tess Thomas (foster parent)
Thomas House Director
 
 
ASSOCIATION of AFRICAN AMERICAN SERVICE PROVIDERS:
working towards the elimination of racial disproportionality within the child welfare system
 
  • OCOC/UJIMA Community Services - family recruitment; licensed child placeing agency
  • Grayson and Assoc. - Family Connection NW - parent support
  • Esther Patrick - Patrick & Associates - parent coaching
  • Alice Coleman – Coleman Family Services - parent support
  • Connie Lewis – Connie Lewis Agency, LLC - visitation transportation and supervision
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UJIMA Community Services, following the mandates of the law (MEPA as Ammended in 1996), works primarily in King County, Snohomish County, and Pierce County specializing in the recruitment, training, licensing, and support of families for foster care, adoption, and kinship care placement of African American children in Washington State.