Our Leadership

WADE JONES, LPCMH, LCDP, CADC

Wade is the State Wide Community Coordinator. Mr. Jones was instrumental in reestablishing the Sussex County Leadership Committee; he has embodied the Delaware Fatherhood and Family Coalition (DFFC) in the arenas of Substance Abuse, Mental Health and Family Services and Prison Re-Entry establishing community resources and providing education for all individuals of Sussex County. He is the Executive Director, Alternative Solutions Consulting Group, LLC, well as a Licensed Professional Counselor of Mental Health for LaRed Health Center, Inc. and has provided services in the field of Fatherhood and Healthy Adult Relationships over the last eight (8) years throughout the State of Delaware. Mr. Jones continues to strive to create an environment to promote a healthy, drug-free, safe and secure environment within which treatment and education services for fathers and their families that focus on enhancing communication skills in order to reintegrate the family unit.

VICKIE ARTIS, MA, LBSW

Vickie is the DFFC Infrastructure Co-Chair and member of the Guiding Team and Steering Committee. As a member and guiding team she has co- facilitated the development and implemented of the county specific DFFC County Leadership Committees and the collaborative support of the Promoting Safe and Stable Family Consultation and Support Program to this entity of the DFFC. Throughout her career, Mrs. Artis has champion several causes paramount to families in America. Mrs. Artis is the Program Administrator of the Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services Promoting Safe and Stable Family Consultation and Support Program