Phyllis Stevens
Founder and Executive Director
Together as Adoptive Parents, Inc. (TAP)

           Phyllis is founder and Executive Director of Together as Adoptive Parents, Inc. (TAP) a non-profit, multi-racial adoptive, foster and kinship parent group in Pennsylvania. Phyllis and her husband Derek have 5 children. One birth son and 4 adopted. She has conducted trainings and presented locally & nationally on topics such as parent support group development, adoption subsidies, post-adoption/permanent services, special needs adoption, cultural competency, recruitment and retention, and grant writing. In addition, Phyllis served on the North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) board of directors for eight years. She now serves on The Pennsylvania’s Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) advisory board and The City of Philadelphia Community Oversight Board. 

           Phyllis is a technical assistance consultant for NRC for Recruitment and Retention of Foster and Adoptive Parents at AdoptUsKids. She is also a technical assistance consultant for the National Child Welfare Resource Center for Adoption. Phyllis has won many awards locally and nationally for her work with children.