CNA Organizations
Organizations listed by state for Nursing Assistants and direct care providers to join.
Alaska
Alaska Alliance for Direct Service Careers (AADSC)
615 Bidwell Avenue, Suite 301
Fairbanks, AK 99701
(907) 456–4218
Email: anhjf@uaa.alaska.edu
Arizona
Arizona Direct Care Worker Association
3003 S. Country Club Road, Suite 229
Tucson, AZ 85713
Phone: (520) 300-6872
Connecticut
Connecticut Association of Personal Assistants
Debbie Barisano
Phone: 860-643-6452
Email: info@ctapa.org
PO Box 316
Manchester, CT 06045-0316
Delaware
Delaware Certified Nursing Assistants
Pat Engelhardt
Phone: 302-239-5290
Email: daveemc@earthlink.net
1859 Graves Road
Hockessin, DE 19707-9720
Florida
Florida Professional Association of Care Givers, Inc.
1920 Verano Drive #205
Haines City, Florida 33844
Phone: 863-421-5807
FANA promotes continuing education, career information, and enhancement training for nursing assistants. It was incorporated in December 1997. Its members include direct-care workers, facilities, and agencies in 50 counties in Florida, as well as a few in other states.
Georgia
Georgia Alliance of Direct Support Professionals
Lisa Robinson
Phone: 770-499-2172
Email: lrobinson@sespecialists.net
615 Roswell Street, Suite 110
Marietta, GA 30060
Indiana
National Association for Direct-Care Workers of Color
John Booker
Phone: 574-289-9326
Email: j.booker@directcareworkersofcolor.org
2425 Poland Street
South Bend, IN 26619-3409
Indiana Care-Givers Association
John Booker
Phone: 574-289-9326
Email: nadwoc@sbcglobal.net
P.O. Box 3036
South Bend, IN 46619
Iowa
Iowa CareGivers Association
Di Findley
Phone: 515-241-8697
Email: iowacga@aol.com
1117 Pleasant Street, Suite 221
Des Moines, IA 50309
Kansas
The Kansas Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (KADSP)
Kathy Olson for more information
phone: 620.421.6550 extension 1771
2601 Gabriel Parsons, Kansas 67357
Kentucky
Support Providing Employees' of Kentucky (SPEAK)
Jeff King
Phone: 502-459-0205 x120
Email: JKing@sevencounties.org
Louisiana
Louisiana Direct Support Professionals
Direct Support Professional (DSP) Coalition
LSUHSC/HDC
1100 Florida Ave. #119
New Orleans, LA 70119
504-942-8289
504-942-5908 (fax)
Email: sdelvi@lsuhsc.edu
Maine
Maine Personal Assistance Services Association (PASA)
P. O. Box 11612
Portland, ME 04104
Toll Free: (800) 268-6612
Minnesota
National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP)
Mark Olson, President.
Phone: 612-624-1157
Email: molson@nadsp.org
Institute on Community Integration
University of Minnesota
150 Pillsbury Drive SE Room 204
Minneapolis, MN 55455
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Direct Support Professionals
David Johnson
Phone: 603-206-2743
Email: david.johnson@moorecenter.org
132 Titus Avenue
Manchester, NH 03103
New York
National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce
349 East 149th Street, 10th Floor
Bronx, NY 10451
Phone: (718) 402-4138
Toll Free: (866) 402-4138
Fax: (718) 585-6852
Email: Clearinghouse@PHInational.org
North Carolina
Direct-Care Workers Association of North Carolina
P.O. Box 37365
Raleigh, NC 27627
(919) 327-9732
Career Nursing Assistants Network of North Carolina
Melvin Whitley
Phone: 919-596-9691
Email: tellmelvin@nc.rr.com
2614 Harvard Ave.
Durham, N.C.27703
Ohio
National Network of Career Nursing Assistants
Jeni Gipson
Phone:330-825 9342
Fax: 330-825 9378
Email: cnajeni@aol.com
3577 Easton Road
Norton, OH 44203
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Direct Care Workers Association
Better Jobs Better Care-PA
Karen Reever
Phone: 215-545-5728
Fax: 215-546-9963
Email: reever@carie.org
100 N. 17th St., Suite 600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
CARE
Tamara Dunlap
Phone:717-799-1858
Email: tamaradunlap2003@yahoo.com
This Pennsylvania-based association’s goal is to address the needs of direct-care workers. Founded in 2004, it is primarily funded by the Pennsylvania Intra-Governmental Council on Long-Term Care.
Schuylkill County Direct Care Professionals Association
Lori Michael
Phone: 570-385-8450
Email: jlskm@verizon.net
223 Route 61 South
Shuylkill Haven, PA 17972
Tennesse
Direct Support Professionals Association of Tennesse
Earl Foxx Jr.
Phone: 615-248-5878, ext. 29
Email: efoxx@dspat.org
151 Athens Way Suite 100
Nashville, Tennessee 37228
Texas
Texas Association of Nursing Assistants
Vermont
Vermont Association of Professional Care Providers
Community of Vermont Elders (COVE)
Susan Gordon
Phone: 802-229-4731
Email: vapcp@vermontelders.org
PO Box 1276
Montpelier, VT 05602
Virginia
Virginia Association of Personal Care Assistants
1716 East Franklin St, #200
Richmond, VA 23223
1-800-893-8343
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Association for Caregiver Excellence
Jackie Houser
Phone: 608-296-2052
2913 Pelham Rd
Madison, WI 53713
Wisconsin Direct Caregiver Alliance
C/O Cooperative Care
PO Box 620
Wautoma, WI 54982
P: 612.272.0281
info@wicaregivers.com
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