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ALABAMA

Bill Fuller
Commissioner
Department of Human Resources
Gordon Persons Building
50 Ripley Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
Phone: (334) 242-1160
Fax: (334) 242-0198
bfuller@dhr.state.al.us

ALASKA

Karen Perdue
Commissioner
Department of Health
  and Social Services
P.O. Box 110601
Juneau, AK 99811-0601
Phone: (907) 465-3030
Fax: (907) 465-3068
karenpurdue@health.state.ak.us

ARIZONA

Paulina Vazquez-Morris
Acting Assistant Director
Department of Economic Security
1789 West Jefferson, 001A
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: (602) 542-6159
Fax: (602) 542-5339
pvazquez@de.state.az.us

ARKANSAS

Kurt Knickrehm
Director
Department of Human Services
Donaghey Building, Suite 329
7th and Maine Street
Little Rock, AR 72203
Phone: (501) 682-8650
Fax: (501) 682-6836
kurt.knickerehm@mail.state.ar.us

CALIFORNIA

Rita Saenz
Director
California Department
  of Social Services
Mail Station 17-11
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 657-2598
Fax: (916) 654-6012

COLORADO

Marva Hammons
Director
Department of Human Services
1575 Sherman Street
Denver, CO 80203-1714
Phone: (303) 866-5096
Fax: (303) 866-4740
marva.hammons@state.co.us

CONNECTICUT

Patricia A. Wilson-Coker
Commissioner
Department of Social Services
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 424-5008
Fax: (860) 424-4960
pat.wilson-coker@po.state.ct.us

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Ricardo Lyles
Commissioner
Family Services Administration
2146 24th Place, NE
Washington, DC 20018
Phone: (202) 541-3921
Fax: (202) 541-3964
rlyles@dhs.dcgov.org

DELAWARE

Gregg C. Sylvester
Secretary
Delaware Health
  & Social Services
1901 N. DuPont Highway
Holloway Campus
Debnam Building
New Castle, DE 19720
Phone: (302) 577-4502
Fax: (302) 577-4510
gsylvester@state.de.us

FLORIDA

Kathleen Kearney
Secretary
Department of Children & Families
1323 Winewood Boulevard
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0700
Phone: (850) 487-0834
Fax: (850) 922-2993
kathleen.kearney@dcf.state.fl.us

GEORGIA

Audrey Home
Commissioner
Department of Human Resources
Two Peach Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30303-3180
Phone: (404) 651-6314
Fax: (404) 651-8669
awhome@dhr.state.ga.us

GUAM

Dennis Rodriquez
Director
Department of Public Health
  & Social Services
P.O. Box 2816
Agana, GU 96910
Phone: (671) 735-7201

HAWAII

Susan Chandler
Director
Hawaii Department
  of Human Services
P.O. Box 339
Honolulu, HI 96809
Phone: (808) 548-6260
schandler@dhs.state.hi.us

IDAHO

Karl Kurtz
Director
Idaho Department of Health
  and Welfare
State House
450 West State Street
Boise, ID 83720-5450
Phone: (208) 334-5546
Fax: (208) 334-6558
kurtzk@dhw.state.id.us

ILLINOIS

Howard Peters III
Secretary
Department of Human Services
Harris Building II, 3rd Floor
100 South Grand Avenue East
Springfield, IL 62762
Phone: (217) 557-1601
Fax: (217) 557-1647

INDIANA

Peter A. Sybinsky
Secretary
Family & Social
  Services Administration
P.O. Box 7083
Indianapolis, IN 46207
Phone: (317) 233-4454
Fax: (317) 233-4693
psybinsky@fssa.state.in.us

IOWA

Jessie K. Rasmusser
Director
Human Services
Hoover State Office Building
East 13th & Walnut
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: (515) 281-5452
Fax: (515) 281-4597
jrasmu@dhs.state.ia.us

KANSAS

Janet Schalansky
Secretary
Kansas Department of Social & Rehabilitation Services
Docking State Office Building
915 Harrison Street, Room 603N
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: (785) 296-3271
Fax: (785) 296-4685
jks@srskansas.com

KENTUCKY

Diedra Paris
Commissioner
Department for Community
  Based Services
275 East Main Street, 3WA Floor
Frankfort, KY 40621
Phone: (502) 564-3703
Fax: (502) 564-6907
dietra.paris@mail.state.ky.us

LOUISIANA

Madelyn Bagneris
Secretary
Department of Social Services
P.O. Box 3776
755 Third Street, Room 228
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Phone: (504) 342-0286
Fax: (504) 342-8636
mbagneris@dss.state.la.us

MAINE

Kevin Concannon
Commissioner
Department of Human Services
221 State Street
Augusta, ME 04333-0011
Phone: (207) 287-2736
Fax: (207) 287-3005
kevin.w.concannon@state.me.us

MARYLAND

Lynda Fox
Secretary
Maryland Department of Human Resources
311 West Saratoga Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: (410) 767-7109
Fax: (410) 333-0099
lfox@dhr.state.md.us

MASSACHUSETTS

Jeffrey Locke
Commissioner
Massachusetts Department of Social Services
24 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02210
Phone: (617) 727-0900
Fax: (617) 261-7435
jlocke@date.ma.us

MICHIGAN

Lynda Crandall
Director
Michigan Family
  Independence Agency
P.O. Box 30037
Lansing, MI 48809
Phone: (517) 335-3094
Fax: (517) 335-7771
crandalll@state.mi.us

MINNESOTA

Michael O'Keefe
Commissioner
Minnesota Department of Human Services
444 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155
Phone: (651) 296-2701
Fax: (651) 296-5868
michaelo'keefe@state.mn.us

MISSISSIPPI

Donald Taylor
Executive Director
Department of Human Services
750 North State Street
Jacksonville, MS 39202
Phone: (601) 359-4500
Fax: (601) 359-4422
dtaylor@mdhs.state.ms.us

MISSOURI

Gary Stangler
Director
Department of Social Services
Broadway State Office Building
P.O. Box 1527
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 751-4815
Fax: (573) 751-3203
gstangl@mail.state.mo.us

MONTANA

Laurie Ekanger
Director
Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services
P.O. Box 4210
Helena, MT 59604
Phone: (406) 444-5622
Fax: (406) 444-1970
lekanger@mt.gov

NEBRASKA

Ron Ross
Director
Department of Health
  and Human Services
P.O. Box 95044
Lincoln, NE 68509-5044
Phone: (402) 471-9106
Fax: (402) 471-0820
ron.ross@hhhs.state.ne.us

NEVADA

Charlotte Crawford
Director
Department of Human Resources
505 E. King Street, Room 660
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: (775) 684-4000
Fax: (775) 684-4010
slindsey@govmail.state.nv.us

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Donald Shumway
Commissioner
New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services
129 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-4688
Fax: (603) 271-4912
dshumway@dhs.state.nh.us

NEW JERSEY

Michele Guhl
Commissioner
New Jersey Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 700
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: (609) 292-3717
Fax: (609) 292-3824
mguhldhs.state.nj.us

NEW MEXICO

Debora Hartz
Cabinet Secretary
Department of Children, Youth
  & Families
P.O. Drawer 5160
Sante Fe, NM 87502
Phone: (505) 827-7602
Fax: (505) 827-4053
ddhartz@cysa.state.nm.us

NEW YORK

John Johnson
Commissioner
New York Office of Children and Families
52 Washingon Street
Rensselaer, NY 12144
Phone: (518) 473-8437
Fax: (518) 473-9131
2849xx@dfa.state.nt.us

NORTH CAROLINA

E.C. Modlin
Director
North Carolina Division of Social Services
325 North Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
Phone: (919) 733-3055
Fax: (919) 733-7058
chip.modlin@ncmail.net

NORTH DAKOTA

Yvonne Smith
Associate Director
North Dakota DHS, Office of Field Services & Program Development
600 E. Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58505
Phone: (701) 328-2310
Fax: (701) 328-2359
somiy@state.nd.us

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

Jesse Pangelinan
Director
Department of Community
  and Cultural Affairs
Saipan, MP 96950
Phone: (670) 322-9366

OHIO

Jacqui Romer-Sensky
Director
Ohio Department of Human Services
30 East Broad Street, 32nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 466-6282
Fax: (614) 466-2815
romer@odhs.state.oh.us

OKLAHOMA

Howard Hendrick
Director
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
Phone: (405) 521-3646
Fax: (405) 521-6458
howard.hendrick@okdhs.org

OREGON

Gary Weeks
Director
Oregon Department
  of Human Resources
500 Summer Street
Salem, OR 97310
Phone: (503) 945-5944
Fax: (503) 378-2897

PENNSYLVANIA

Feather Houston
Secretary
Pennsylvania Department
  of Public Welfare
Health and Welfare Building
Room 333
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: (717) 787-2600
Fax: (717) 772-2062

PUERTO RICO

Carmen Rodriquez de Rivera
Secretary
Puerto Rico Department
  of the Family
P.O. Box 11398
Santurce, PR 00910
Phone: (809) 725-4511

RHODE ISLAND

Christine Ferguson
Director
Department of Human Services
600 New London Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920
Phone: (401) 462-6856
Fax: (401) 462-2626
cferguson@gw.dhs.state.ri.us

SOUTH CAROLINA

Samuel Griswold
Director
SC Dept. of Health
  & Human Services
P.O. Box 8206
Columbia, SC 29202-8206
Phone: (803) 253-6100
Fax: (803) 253-4437

SOUTH DAKOTA

James Ellenbecker
Secretary
Department of Social Services
Richard Kneip Building
700 Governor's Drive
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: (605) 773-3165
Fax: (605) 773-4855
jamese@dss.state.sd.us

TENNESSEE

Natasha Metcalf
Commissioner
Dept. of Human Services
Citizens Plaza Building
400 Deaderick Street
Nashville, TN 37243-0001
Phone: (615) 741-4710
Fax: (615) 741-4710
s.troope@mail.state.tn.us

TEXAS

Eric Bost
TX Dept. of Human Resources
701 W. 51st Street
P.O. Box 149030
Austin, TX 78714
Phone: (512) 483-3011
Fax: (512) 438-4220
ebost@dhs.state.tx.us

UTAH

Robin Arnold-Williams
Executive Director
Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 45500
Salt Lake City, UT 84145-0500
Phone: (801) 538-4001
Fax: (801) 538-4016
rarnold@state.ut.us

 

VERMONT

Jane Kitchel
Secretary
Agency of Human Services
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05671-0204
Phone: (802) 241-2220
Fax: (802) 241-2979

VIRGINIA

Sonia Rivero
Commissioner
Department of Social Services
730 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219-1849
Phone: (804) 692-1900
Fax: (804) 692-1949
commissiioner900@email1.dss.state.va.us

VIRGIN ISLANDS

Sedonie Halbert
Commissioner
Virgin Islands Department
  of Human Services
Building A
1303 Hospital Ground
St. Thomas, VI 00802
Phone: (340) 774-1166
Fax: (807) 774-3466

WASHINGTON

Dennis Braddock
Secretary
Department of Health
  and Social Services
P.O. Box 45010
Olympia, WA 98504-5010
Phone: (360) 902-8400
Fax: (360) 902-7848

WEST VIRGINIA

Ann Byrd
Director
Office of Social Services
Building 6, Room 850
State Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: (304) 558-7980
Fax: (304) 558-8800
wvdhhr.org.mjthomas

WISCONSIN

Susan Dreyfus
Administrator
WI Department of Health
and Family Services
P.O. Box 7850
Madison, WI 53707
Phone: (608) 266-3728
Fax: (608) 266-683

WYOMING

Kari Jo Gray
Executive Director
WY Deparatment of Family Services
Hathaway Building
2300 Capitol Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone: (307) 777-7564
Fax: (307) 777-7747
kgray@state.wy.us

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