Contact Us
ND ICWA Implementation Partnership Grant Staff
Melanie Sage, PhD
Principal Investigator
- msage@buffalo.edu
- 716.645.1270
- University at Buffalo SUNY School of Social Work, 621 Baldy Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260
Carenlee Barkdull, PhD, LMSW
Co-Principal Investigator
- carenlee.barkdull@UND.edu
- 701.777.3770
- University of North Dakota – Department of Social Work Gillette Hall, Room 301A, 225 Centennial Drive, Stop 7135, Grand Forks, ND 58202-7135
Harmony Bercier, MA
ICWA Partnership Grant Manager/Trainer
Avery Davies, BA
ICWA Partnership Research Assistant
- avery.erickson@UND.edu
- 701.777.1423
- University of North Dakota – Department of Social Work Gillette Hall, Room 306B, 225 Centennial Drive, Stop 7135, Grand Forks, ND 58202-7135
ND ICWA Implimentaion Grant Partners
Jessi Leneaugh, MS
ICWA Partnership Trainer – Native American Training Institute
- jessil@nativeinstitute.org
- 701.255.6374
- 3333 East Broadway Avenue, Suite 1210 Bismarck, ND 58501
Stephanie DeCoteau, BA, MA in Progress
Director – Native American Training Institute
- stephanied@nativeinstitute.org
- 701.255.6374
- 3333 East Broadway Avenue, Suite 1210 Bismarck, ND 58501
Heather Traynor, LSW
ICWA Partnership Court Liaison – ND Supreme Court
- htraynor@ndcourts.gov
- 701.328.4287
- Judicial Wing, 1st Floor, 600 E Boulevard Ave, Mailstop 180, Bismarck, ND 58505-0530
Children and Families Services
North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services
- dhscfs@nd.gov
- 701.328.2316
- 600 East Boulevard Avenue, Department 325
Bismarck ND 58505-0250