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 2011 The Judge Richard Ware Award – Louisiana Children’s Trust Fund (November)
- 2011 Child Welfare Advocate Award – Family Focus Adoption Agency (November)
- 2011 Named the Julia Lathrop Professor of Child Welfare, Hunter College School of Social Work
- 2010 Child Advocate of the Year Award – North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC).
- 2010 Nominee for 22nd Annual Lambda Literary Award – Transgender category for Social work practice with transgender and gender variant youth.
- 2010 Nominee for 22nd Annual Lambda Literary Award - LGBT Studies category for Social work practice with transgender and gender variant youth.
- 2007 Academic Book of the Year Award, 2006 – Child Welfare for the Twenty-First Century: A Handbook of Practices, Policies, and Programs, co-edited with Peg McCartt Hess from CHOICES, the American Library Journal
- 2006 Hunter College Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence in Applied Research
- 2005 Faculty Leadership Award, New York State Social Work Educator’s Association
- 2005 LGBTQ Pioneer Award. Child Welfare League of America, Washington, DC
- 2004 Adoption Advocate Award. Center for Family Connections, Cambridge, MA
- 2004 Featured Author at New York is Book Country, New York Times for Gay Men Choosing Parenthood
- 2003 Adoption MVP Award to the NRCFCPP. The National Center for Adoption Law and Policy at the Capitol University Law School: The 5th Annual National Conference,
Columbus, Ohio
- 2001 Nominee for Academic Book of the 90’s. Let's get this straight: A gay and lesbian affirming approach to child welfare from Linguafranca: The Review of Academic Life
- 2001 Nominee for the Colin Higgins Courage Award
- 2001 Recipient of the Roger Caseman/Eva Gore Booth Leadership Award from
The Lavender & Green Alliance
- 1999 Academic Book of the Year Award - We Don't Exactly Get the Welcome Wagon: The Experiences of Gay and Lesbian Adolescents in Child Welfare Systems from CHOICES, the American Library Journal
- 1998 Honored for Outstanding Service to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered
Youth in New York City by the Greenwich Village Youth Council
- 1997 Honored for Outstanding Contributions to Independent Living Programs in Child Welfare in New York City by the South Bronx Human Development Organization
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