State Foster Care Program Managers

State Foster Care Program Managers

Series: Related Organizations Lists
Author(s): Child Welfare Information Gateway

Contact information for the Foster Care Program Manager and/or individual(s) designated as the point of contact for National Foster Care Month in each State and Territory.

Alabama

Valencia Curry, Interim Adoption Program Manager
National Foster Care Month Contact
Alabama Department of Human Resources
Family Services Division
50 Ripley Street
Montgomery, AL 36130-4000
Phone: (334) 353-2509
Information Last Updated: 18-October-2018
contactID: 13991 nadid: 27167

Alaska

Barbara J. Cosolito
Social Services Program Officer
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Office of Children's Services
PO Box 110630
130 Seward Street, Room 406
Juneau, AK 99811-0630
Phone: (907) 465-3209
Information Last Updated 03-July-2018
contactID: 10431 nadid: 26552

Arizona

Julie O'Dell
Adoption Manager
Arizona Department of Child Safety
Division of Children, Youth and Families
PO Box 6030
Site Code: C010-22
Phoenix, AZ 85005
Phone: (602) 255-2623
Information Last Updated 02-July-2018
contactID: 8135 nadid: 213
Gillian Vanasse
Arizona Department of Child Safety
Division of Children, Youth and Families
PO Box 6030
Site Code: C010-22
Phoenix, AZ 85005
Phone: (602) 255-2719
Information Last Updated 02-July-2018
contactID: 13974 nadid: 213
Janine Ramirez
National Foster Care Month Contact
Arizona Department of Child Safety
Division of Children, Youth and Families
PO Box 6030
Site Code: C010-22
Phoenix, AZ 85005
Phone: (602) 255-2635
Information Last Updated 02-July-2018
contactID: 14038 nadid: 213

Arkansas

Christin Harper
Arkansas Department of Human Services
PO Box 1437
Little Rock, AR 72203
Phone: (501) 682-8541
Information Last Updated 09-February-2018
contactID: 13983 nadid: 27721
LeCole White
Arkansas Department of Human Services
PO Box 1437
Little Rock, AR 72203
Information Last Updated 09-February-2018
contactID: 13959 nadid: 27721
Tiffany Wright
Foster Care/Kinship Manager
Arkansas Department of Human Services
PO Box 1437
SLOT S561
Little Rock, AR 72203
Phone: (501) 396-6477
Fax: (501) 683-2788
Information Last Updated 09-February-2018
contactID: 13984 nadid: 27721

California

Lori Fuller
Permanency Policy Bureau Chief
California Department of Social Services
744 P Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-1858
Information Last Updated 29-June-2018
contactID: 13977 nadid: 27739
Rochelle Trochtenberg
State Foster Care Ombudsperson
California Department of Social Services
744 P Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Toll-Free: (877) 846-1602
Information Last Updated 29-June-2018
contactID: 13962 nadid: 27739

Colorado

Mary Griffin, MSW
Foster Care Program Manager
Colorado Department of Human Services
Division of Child Welfare
1575 Sherman Street
2nd Floor
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: (303) 866-3546
Fax: (303) 866-5563
Information Last Updated 09-July-2018
contactID: 10356 nadid: 507

Connecticut

Sarah Gibson, J.D., M.S.W.
State Foster Care Program Director
Connecticut Department of Children and Families
Bureau of Adoption and Interstate Compact Services
505 Hudson Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 550-6536
Information Last Updated 08-February-2018
contactID: 10490 nadid: 11843
Jacqueline Ford
National Foster Care Month Contact
Connecticut Department of Children and Families
Bureau of Adoption and Interstate Compact Services
505 Hudson Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Information Last Updated 08-February-2018
contactID: 14032 nadid: 11843

Delaware

Kimberly M. Warren
Foster Care Program Manager
Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families
Delaware Division of Family Services
1825 Faulkland Road
Wilmington, DE 19805
Phone: (302) 633-2665
Fax: (302) 633-2652
Information Last Updated 08-February-2018
contactID: 10347 nadid: 780

District of Columbia

Michelle Frazier
Permanency Administrator
District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency
Family Resource Division
200 I Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 645-6547
Information Last Updated 01-October-2018
contactID: 10348 nadid: 809

Florida

Courtney M. Smith, MSW
Permanency and Well Being Manager
Florida Department of Children and Families
1317 Winewood Boulevard
Building 1
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Phone: (850) 717-4660
Information Last Updated 09-July-2018
contactID: 13704 nadid: 26967

Georgia

Tammy Reed
Placement & Permanency Services Director
Georgia Department of Human Services
Division of Children & Family Services
Two Peachtree Street, NW
Suite 18-395
Atlanta, GA 30303-3142
Phone: (404) 463-3957
Fax: (404) 657-3406
Information Last Updated 04-October-2018
contactID: 10351 nadid: 1264

Hawaii

Lynne Kazama
Foster Care Program Manager/Independent Living Program Coordinator
Hawaii Department of Human Services
Child Welfare Services Division
1010 Richards Street
Suite 216
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 586-7212
Fax: (808) 586-4806
Information Last Updated 09-October-2018
contactID: 10349 nadid: 968
Stephanie Helbush
National Foster Care Month Contact
Hawaii Department of Human Services
Child Welfare Services Division
1010 Richards Street
Suite 216
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 441-1121
Information Last Updated 09-October-2018
contactID: 14034 nadid: 968
Tracey Yadao
National Foster Care Month Contact
Hawaii Department of Human Services
1010 Richards Street
Suite 216
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 586-5699
Fax: (808) 586-4806
Information Last Updated 09-October-2018
contactID: 10159 nadid: 970

Idaho

Sabrina Brown
Family Foster Care Program Specialist
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
450 West State Street, 5th Floor
Boise, ID 83720
Phone: (208) 334-5648
Fax: (208) 332-7330
Information Last Updated 08-February-2018
contactID: 10350 nadid: 1000

Illinois

George Vennikandam
Senior Deputy Director
IIllinois Department of Children & Family Services
Bureau of Operations
1755 Lake Cook Road
5th Floor
Deerfield, IL 60015
Phone: (847) 948-6719
Information Last Updated 26-February-2018
contactID: 14043 nadid: 28980

Indiana

Elisa Suarez
Indiana Department of Child Services
302 West Washington Street
Room E306, MS-47
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (317) 234-5743
Information Last Updated 13-July-2018
contactID: 13939 nadid: 27495

Iowa

Heather Davidson, LMSW
Foster Care Program Manager
Iowa Department of Human Services
1305 East Walnut Street
Hoover State Office Building, 5th Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319-0114
Phone: (515) 281-3012
Information Last Updated 08-February-2018
contactID: 14019 nadid: 28399
Susan Salmon
National Foster Care Month Contact
Iowa Department of Human Services
Des Moines, IA
Phone: (712) 263-9341
Information Last Updated 08-February-2018
contactID: 14040 nadid: 28399
Theresa Lewis
National Foster Care Month Contact
Iowa Department of Human Services
IA
Phone: (319) 784-2061
Information Last Updated 08-February-2018
contactID: 14039 nadid: 28399

Kansas

Kirsten Prekopy
Deputy Director of Prevention and Protection Services
Kansas Department for Children and Families
555 S. Kansas Avenue
4th Floor
Topeka, KS 66603
Phone: (785) 296-6619
Information Last Updated 09-July-2018
contactID: 14054 nadid: 25228

Kentucky

Paula Saenz
State Manager for Out of Home Care
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
275 East Main Street, 3E-D
Frankfort, KY 40621
Phone: (502) 564-2147
Toll-Free: (800) 232-5437
Fax: (502) 564-5995
Information Last Updated 26-July-2018
contactID: 10417 nadid: 12303
Kelli Root
State Foster Care Program Manager
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
275 East Main Street, 3E-D
Frankfort, KY 40621
Phone: (502) 564-2147
Fax: (502) 564-5995
Information Last Updated 26-July-2018
contactID: 13997 nadid: 12303

Louisiana

Toni Buxton
Foster Care Program Manager
Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services
PO Box 3318
627 North Fourth Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: (225) 342-4006
Fax: (225) 342-9087
Information Last Updated 05-July-2018
contactID: 10410 nadid: 2215

Maine

Hope Tormey
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau of Child and Family Services
2 Anthony Avenue, SHS #11
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: (207) 624-5276
Fax: (207) 287-6156
Information Last Updated 05-July-2018
contactID: 10233 nadid: 17862

Maryland

Debbie Marini
Director, Placement and Permanency
Maryland Department of Human Services
Social Services Administration
311 W. Saratoga Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (410) 767-7018
Information Last Updated 26-July-2018
contactID: 14055 nadid: 25912

Massachusetts

Kathy Lopes
Assistant Commissioner for Foster Care, Adoption, and Adolescent Services
Massachusetts Department of Children and Families
600 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: (617) 748-2248
Information Last Updated 27-September-2018
contactID: 10392 nadid: 12302
Susan Tucke
Acting Director of Foster Care Support Services
Massachusetts Department of Children and Families
600 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: (617) 748-2198
Information Last Updated 27-September-2018
contactID: 14075 nadid: 12302

Michigan

Sarah Goad
Foster Care Policy & Program Manager
Michigan Department of Human Services
Office of Child Welfare Policy and Programs/Children's Services Agency
235 South Grand Avenue
Suite 510
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: (517) 599-8408
Fax: (517) 241-7047
Information Last Updated 13-August-2018
contactID: 10416 nadid: 17863

Minnesota

Maxie Rockymore
Unit Supervisor
Minnesota Department of Human Services
PO Box 64943
St. Paul, MN 55164-0943
Phone: (651) 431-4667
Fax: (651) 431-7491
Information Last Updated 21-September-2018
contactID: 10423 nadid: 3104
Deborah Beske Brown, Foster Care Unit Supervisor
National Foster Care Month Contact
Minnesota Department of Human Services
PO Box 64943
St. Paul, MN 55164-0943
Phone: (651) 431-4731
Fax: (651) 431-7491
Information Last Updated 21-September-2018
contactID: 14035 nadid: 3104

Mississippi

Tamara Garner, LSW
Foster Care Unit Director
Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services
State Permanency Support Services/Licensure
PO Box 352
Jackson, MS 39205
Phone: (601) 359-4262
Fax: (601) 359-4360
Information Last Updated 28-February-2018
contactID: 10359 nadid: 2919

Missouri

Ivy Doxley
Foster Care Program Manager
Missouri Department of Social Services
Children's Division
PO Box 88
205 Jefferson Street
Jefferson City, MO 65103
Phone: (573) 526-1422
Information Last Updated 02-July-2018
contactID: 14061 nadid: 12564

Montana

Theresa C. Becker
Foster Care Program Manager
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
Child and Family Services Division
PO Box 8005
301 S. Park Avenue
Helena, MT 59604-8005
Phone: (406) 841-2415
Fax: (406) 841-2487
Information Last Updated 02-July-2018
contactID: 10213 nadid: 3175

Nebraska

Nanette Simmons
Foster Care Administrator
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Children and Family Services
301 Centennial Mall South
Nebraska State Office Building 3
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-9457
Fax: (402) 471-9034
Information Last Updated 24-July-2018
contactID: 10371 nadid: 3212

Nevada

Dorothy Pomin
Social Services Program Specialist III
Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Child and Family Services
4126 Technology Way
3rd Floor
Carson City, NV 89706
Phone: (775) 684-4434
Fax: (775) 684-4456
Information Last Updated 24-July-2018
contactID: 10222 nadid: 23723

New Hampshire

Kathleen M. Companion
Foster Care Program Manager
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Division for Children, Youth and Families
129 Pleasant Street
Thayer Building
Concord, NH 03301-6522
Phone: (603) 271-4711
Fax: (603) 271-7982
Information Last Updated 24-July-2018
contactID: 10424 nadid: 24127

New Jersey

Gilbert Soto
Acting Administrator
New Jersey Department of Children and Families
Division of Child Protection and Permanency/Office of Resource Families
50 East State Street
5th Floor CC# 965
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: (609) 888-7055
Fax: (609) 341-9342
Information Last Updated 10-July-2018
contactID: 14046 nadid: 10276

New Mexico

Isela Burciaga
Foster Care, Guardianship and Adoptions Bureau Chief
New Mexico Department of Children, Youth and Families
PO Drawer 5160
PERA Building, Room 219
Santa Fe, NM 87502-5160
Phone: (505) 476-1046
Fax: (505) 476-5490
Information Last Updated 16-August-2018
contactID: 13710 nadid: 26977
Renee Fitts
State Foster Care Program Specialist
New Mexico Department of Children, Youth and Families
Foster and Adoptive Parent Recruitment And Retention
#4 Grand Avenue Plaza
Roswell, NM 88201
Phone: (575) 626-9612
Fax: (575) 624-6190
Information Last Updated 16-August-2018
contactID: 10545 nadid: 20982

New York

Renee Hallock
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Office of Child Welfare and Community Services
52 Washington Street
Room 327 North
Rensselaer, NY 12144-2796
Phone: (518) 474-4726
Information Last Updated 09-July-2018
contactID: 10425 nadid: 10237
Shelly Fiebich
National Foster Care Month Contact
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Office of Child Welfare and Community Services
52 Washington Street
Room 322 North
Rensselaer, NY 12144-2796
Phone: (518) 402-1639
Information Last Updated 09-July-2018
contactID: 14036 nadid: 10237

North Carolina

Erin Baluyot
Interim State Foster Care Program & State Adoption Services Program Manager
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Social Services, Child Welfare
820 South Boylan Avenue
2411 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC, NC 27699-2411
Phone: (919) 527-6369
Fax: (919) 334-1191
Information Last Updated 10-October-2018
contactID: 14047 nadid: 12558

North Dakota

Dean Sturn
Foster Care Manager
North Dakota Department of Human Services
Children & Family Services
600 East Boulevard Avenue
State Capitol Building, Dept. 325
Bismarck, ND 58505-0250
Phone: (701) 328-1018
Fax: (701) 328-3538
Information Last Updated 03-July-2018
contactID: 10372 nadid: 3426

Ohio

Karen McGormley
Section Chief, Substitute Care and Permanency
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Office of Families and Children
Substitute Care and Permanency Policy Section
4200 E. Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43219
Phone: (614) 752-0651
Fax: (614) 728-9682
Information Last Updated 18-July-2018
contactID: 10498 nadid: 4376

Oklahoma

Jami Majors
Foster Care/Kinship Manager
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
PO Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
Phone: (405) 767-2508
Information Last Updated 17-September-2018
contactID: 10386 nadid: 26557

Oregon

Phil Cox
Statewide Interim Foster Care Program Manager
Oregon Department of Human Services
Office of Child Welfare Programs
500 Summer Street, NE
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: (971) 701-5378
Fax: (503) 945-6969
Information Last Updated 05-July-2018
contactID: 10378 nadid: 4503
Billy Cordero
National Foster Care Month Contact/Diligent Recruitment Grant Director
Oregon Department of Human Services
Office of Child Welfare Programs
500 Summer Street, NE
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: (503) 945-6620
Information Last Updated 05-July-2018
contactID: 14041 nadid: 4503

Pennsylvania

Alicia Tyler
Foster Care Program Manager
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
Office of Children, Youth, and Families
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: (717) 214-3809
Information Last Updated 17-September-2018
contactID: 13950 nadid: 12950

Puerto Rico

Pedro Cartagena Martínez
Puerto Rico Administration for Children and Families
Department of the Family
PO Box 194090
San Juan, PR 00919-4090
Phone: (787) 625-4900
Fax: (787) 625-4958
Information Last Updated 09-May-2017
contactID: 10363 nadid: 5131

Rhode Island

Veronica Davis
Chief of Licensing and Regulation
Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Division of Licensing
101 Friendship Street, 4th Floor
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 528- 3515
Fax: (401) 528-3650
Information Last Updated 19-September-2018
contactID: 10202 nadid: 14020

South Carolina

Rebecca Sharp
State Intensive Foster Care Program Manager
South Carolina Department of Social Services
PO Box 1520
Room 613
Columbia, SC 29202
Phone: (803) 898-1881
Fax: 803) 898-7124
Information Last Updated 27-July-2018
contactID: 10546 nadid: 24019
Dawn Barton
Permanency & Adoption Program Division Director
South Carolina Department of Social Services
PO Box 1520
Columbia, SC 29202
Phone: (803) 898-4324
Cell: (803) 446-7764
Fax: (803) 898-9053
Information Last Updated 27-July-2018
contactID: 14069 nadid: 24019

South Dakota

Stacy Nemec
Program Specialist
South Dakota Department of Social Services
Child Protection Services
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: (605) 773-3227
Fax: (605) 773-6834
Information Last Updated 17-September-2018
contactID: 10309 nadid: 5285

Tennessee

Anna Wiginton
Director of Foster Care and Resource Eligibility
Tennessee Department of Children's Services
Office of Child Permanency
315 Deaderick Street
UBS Building , 9th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 532-1101
Fax: (615) 532-6495
Information Last Updated 04-October-2018
contactID: 10413 nadid: 17864
Odessa Krech
National Foster Care Month Contact
Tennessee Department of Children's Services
315 Deaderick, 10th Floor
UBS Tower
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615)253-6906
Information Last Updated 04-October-2018
contactID: 13930 nadid: 27513

Texas

Cristina R. Guerrero, MSSW
Division Administrator - FAD/ICPC
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Child Protective Services
701 West 51st Street
MC W-157
Austin, TX 78751
Phone: (512) 438-2405
Fax: (512) 339-5850
Information Last Updated 30-July-2018
contactID: 10495 nadid: 24131
Debra Emerson
Foster Care Program Manager
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS)
701 West 51st Street
PO Box 149030, Mail Code W-157
Austin, TX 78717-9030
Phone: (512) 438-4760
Fax: (512) 438-3782
Information Last Updated 30-July-2018
contactID: 10426 nadid: 5669

Utah

Tanya Albornoz
Foster Care Program Administrator
Utah Department of Human Services
Division of Child and Family Services
195 North 1950 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
Phone: (801) 696-4866
Fax: (801) 538-3993
Information Last Updated 18-September-2018
contactID: 10368 nadid: 5773

Vermont

Joan Rock
Foster/Kin Care Manager
Vermont Department for Children and Families
280 State Drive HC1 North
Waterbury, VT 05671-1030
Phone: (802) 241-0900
Information Last Updated 04-October-2018
contactID: 10432 nadid: 26317

Virgin Islands

Janet Turnbull-Krigger
Assistant Administrator
Virgin Islands Department of Human Services
1303 Hospital Ground, Building A
Knud Hansen Complex
St. Thomas, VI 00802
Phone: (340) 774-0930
Fax: (340) 774-4393
Information Last Updated 28-March-2016
contactID: 10505 nadid: 24023

Virginia

Dr. Em Parente
Foster Care & Family Engagement Program Manager
Virginia Department of Social Services
Division of Family Services
801 East Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219-2901
Phone: (804) 726-7538
Fax: (804) 726-7499
Information Last Updated 12-October-2018
contactID: 10367 nadid: 5507
Keisha Williams, MSW
National Foster Care Month Contact
Virginia Department of Social Services
801 East Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (804) 726-7550
Information Last Updated 12-October-2018
contactID: 14037 nadid: 28922

Washington

Meri Waterhouse
Foster Care Program Manager
Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Children's Administration
1115 Washington Street, SE
PO Box 45710
Olympia, WA 98504-5710
Phone: (360) 902-8035
Information Last Updated 04-October-2018
contactID: 10409 nadid: 25674

West Virginia

Kendra Boley-Rogers
Foster Care Program Manager
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
Bureau for Children & Families
707 Professional Park Drive
Summersville, WV 26651
Phone: (304) 872-0803
Fax: (304) 872-3839
Information Last Updated 10-October-2018
contactID: 10381 nadid: 6234

Wisconsin

Jonelle Brom
Foster Care Program Manager
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
201 East Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 422-6930
Information Last Updated 06-July-2018
contactID: 10380 nadid: 6200

Wyoming

Thomas Kennah
Foster Care Program Manager
Wyoming Department of Family Services
3817 Beech Street
Suite 200
Laramie, WY 82070
Phone: (307) 721-1951
Information Last Updated 02-July-2018
contactID: 10382 nadid: 6282