The Capital District Office

Parent to Parent of New York State
500 Balltown Road
Schenectady, NY | 12304

Contact Person: Tina Beauparlant

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Phone: 1-800-305-8817
518-381-4350
Fax: 518-393-9607
Counties Served:

Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, and Washington

Welcome to the Capital District Office of Parent to Parent of NYS

a place where families of individuals with special needs and the professionals who support them can meet and share information.
a place for us to find each other, a place for us to be made strong.

Our office has the following grants Capital Region Special Education Information Center –know as PTIC, MSC and Family to Family Health Care Information and Education Center (F2F).

The Capital District Office Staff

Lara Turney : Family to Family Coodinator

Lara is delighted to be working for Parent to Parent of NYS after years of being involved in P2P training programs and benefitting from the knowledge of the team. Her role is Family to Family Coordinator for outreach and assistance related to the Healthcare Information Center.
Lara and her husband, a retired Navy officer, have spent time in Virginia, Washington State and recently moved back to New York State where they originated. Lara’s family is now happy to call the Capital Region home. She has two children, one a step-daughter who just graduated from college, and a son who is in elementary school.

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Jim Swart : Coordinator

James resides in Johnstown, New York in the county of Fulton with his wife, Veronica, and two children, Cassandra and Madison. He has been actively advocating for people with disabilities since 1998 when Madison was born and diagnosed with Down syndrome.

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Michele Juda : Family to Family Coordinator

Michele Juda is happy to be contributing to Parent to Parent of NYS in her role as the Upstate Coordinator for New York’s Family to Family Health Care Information and Education Center. The FHIC exists to empower families who are raising children with special health care needs with the resources, support and skills they will need to more effectively advocate for their children and make better health care decisions on their behalf.

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Tina Beauparlant : Parent Advocate

Tina Beauparlant is a Program Assistant and Educational Advocacy Specialist with the Capital District office of Parent to Parent of NYS.

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Mary Jo Hebert : Coordinator

Mary Jo Hebert is the Upstate Program Assistant for Parent to Parent of New York State, where she educates families across the state about the features and benefits of Medicaid Service Coordination and their rights under the program.

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