State Foster Care Program Managers

State Foster Care Program Managers

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

Includes 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. The State Foster Care Manager is the administrator who has oversight responsibility for all foster care services provided to children in the custody of the State.

Alabama

Kanoschu Campbell
State IL Program Manager
Alabama Department of Human Resources
Family Services Division
50 Ripley Street
Montgomery, AL 36130-4000
Phone: (334) 353-3107
Information Last Updated: 29-April-2022
contactID: 13813 nadid: 27167
Valencia Curry
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: 22-February-2022
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) 465-2759
Information Last Updated: 09-August-2021
contactID: 10431 nadid: 26552

Arizona

Mollie Mesaros, MSW
National Foster Care Month Contact/Foster and Adoption Recruitment Manager
Arizona Department of Child Safety
PO Box 6030
Site Code C010-22
Arizona Department of Child Safety
Phoenix, AZ 85005
Phone: (602) 255-2689
Information Last Updated: 15-October-2021
contactID: 14038 nadid: 213
Gillian Vanasse
Assistant Director of Foster Care
Arizona Department of Child Safety
PO Box 6030
Site Code: C010-22
Arizona Department of Child Safety
Phoenix, AZ 85005
Phone: (602) 255-2719
Information Last Updated: 15-October-2021
contactID: 13974 nadid: 213

Arkansas

Laci Lawlis
Arkansas Department of Human Services
PO Box 1437
Slot S565
Little Rock, AR 72203
Phone: (501) 396-6236
Information Last Updated: 05-October-2021
contactID: 13983 nadid: 27721

California

Valerie Earley
Chief, Child and Youth Permanency Branch
California Department of Social Services
744 P Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-7464
Information Last Updated: 07-October-2021
contactID: 13977 nadid: 27739

Colorado

Mary Griffin, MSW
Adoption/Guardianship
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: 03-October-2021
contactID: 10356 nadid: 507

Connecticut

Pamela Kelley
Foster Care Program Director
Connecticut Department of Children and Families
Connecticut Foster & Adoption Services
505 Hudson Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 550-6396
Information Last Updated: 08-October-2021
contactID: 10490 nadid: 11843
Valerie Lilley
Foster Care Division Program Director
Connecticut Department of Children and Families
Connecticut Foster & Adoption Services
505 Hudson Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 560-5040
Information Last Updated: 08-October-2021
contactID: 14137 nadid: 11843
Natalia Liriano
State Foster Care Director
Connecticut Department of Children and Families
Connecticut Foster & Adoption Services
505 Hudson Street
Connecticut Foster & Adoption Services
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 550-6317
Information Last Updated: 08-October-2021
contactID: 14314 nadid: 11843

Delaware

Vera Greenplate
Foster Care Administrator
Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families
Delaware Division of Family Services
1825 Faulkland Road
Wilmington, DE 19805
Phone: (302) 892-6401
Information Last Updated: 23-February-2022
contactID: 10347 nadid: 780
Tracy Whitehouse
Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families
Delaware Division of Family Services
1825 Faulkland Road
Wilmington, DE 19805
Phone: (302) 633-2659
Information Last Updated: 08-October-2021
contactID: 14197 nadid: 780

District of Columbia

Nichole Cobbs (LICSW)
Program Manager, Permanency Administration
District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency
200 I St., SE
Suite 2651
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 727-3169
Information Last Updated: 24-January-2022
contactID: 10348 nadid: 809
Tamitha M. Davis-Rama (LICSW, LCSW-C)
Permanency Administration
Administrator, Permanency Administration
District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency
200 I Street, SE
Suite 2636
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 727-2455
Cell: (202) 262-4362
Information Last Updated: 24-January-2022
contactID: 14190 nadid: 809
Alicha Jones (LICSW)
Program Manager
Permanency Administration
District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency
3350 9th Street, NE
District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 442-6145
Information Last Updated: 24-January-2022
contactID: 14327 nadid: 809
Alexandra Mizelle (LICSW)
Program Manager, Permanency Administration
District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency
200 I Street, SE
Suite 2645
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 727-2742
Cell: (202) 497-2532
Information Last Updated: 08-October-2021
contactID: 14189 nadid: 809
Lisa Willoughby (LICSW)
Program Manager
Permanency Administration
District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency
200 I Street, SE
Suite 2635
District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 727-2042
Information Last Updated: 24-January-2022
contactID: 14326 nadid: 809

Florida

Teanna Houston
Statewide Foster Home Licensing Specialist
Florida Department of Children and Families
Office of Child Welfare
2415 North Monroe Street
Suite 400
Tallahassee, FL 32303
Phone: (850) 717-4203
Information Last Updated: 24-January-2022
contactID: 10201 nadid: 10341
Jessica Johnson
Out-of-Home Care Specialist
Florida Department of Children and Families
2415 North Monroe Street
Suite 400
Tallahassee, FL 32303
Phone: (850) 717-4491
Information Last Updated: 24-January-2022
contactID: 14110 nadid: 748

Georgia

Glenene Lanier
Permanency Connection Section Director
Georgia Department of Human Services
Division of Children & Family Services
2 Peachtree, 18-470
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (404) 313-5012
Information Last Updated: 24-January-2022
contactID: 14297 nadid: 1264

Hawaii

Lynne Kazama
Hawaii Department of Human Services
Child Welfare Services Division
1010 Richards Street
Suite 216
Child Welfare Services Branch
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 586-7212
Fax: (808) 586-4806
Information Last Updated: 24-January-2022
contactID: 10349 nadid: 968
Kintaro Yonekura
National Foster Care Month Contact
1010 Richards Street
Suite 216
Hawaii Department of Human Services
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 586-5699
Fax: (808) 586-4806
Information Last Updated: 23-February-2022
contactID: 10159 nadid: 970

Idaho

Marjean Hazen
Foster Care Licensing Program Manager
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
601 Pole Line Road Suite #6
Twin Falls, ID 83301
Phone: (208) 732-1354
Information Last Updated: 08-October-2021
contactID: 14211 nadid: 1000
Julie Sevcik
Policy Program Specialist
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
450 West State Street, 5th Floor
Boise, ID 83720
Phone: (208) 334-6953
Fax: (208) 332-7330
Information Last Updated: 08-October-2021
contactID: 10350 nadid: 1000

Illinois

Timothy Snowden
Permanency and Intact Services
Statewide Chief Deputy Director
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
15115 Dixie Hwy
Harvey, IL 60426
Phone: (708) 210-3562
Cell: (708) 608-1059
Fax: (708) 210-3729
Information Last Updated: 24-January-2022
contactID: 14099 nadid: 29819

Indiana

Angela Smith Grossman
Assistant Deputy Director Field Operations
Indiana Department of Child Services
Field Operations
250 Main Street
Suite 301
Lafayette, IN 47901
Information Last Updated: 24-January-2022
contactID: 10163 nadid: 1432

Iowa

Dawn Luetje
National Foster Care Month Contact
Lutheran Services in Iowa
205 S. 7th Street
Denison, IA 51442
Phone: (712) 263-9341
Information Last Updated: 14-September-2020
contactID: 14130 nadid: 29986
Nancy Swanson
Foster Family Care Program Manager
Iowa Department of Human Services
Adult, Child and Family Services
1305 East Walnut Street
Hoover State Office Building, 5th Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319-0114
Phone: (515) 281-6379
Fax: (515) 281-3012
Information Last Updated: 09-February-2021
contactID: 8266 nadid: 1767
Jennifer Royer
National Foster Care Month Contact
Program Officer
Lutheran Services in Iowa
5400 Kirkwood Blvd SW
Four Oaks Family & Children’s Services
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
Phone: (319) 784-2361
Information Last Updated: 24-January-2022
contactID: 14328 nadid: 29986

Kansas

Michelle Warner
Foster Care Program Manager
Kansas Department for Children and Families
555 S. Kansas Avenue
4th Floor
Topeka, KS 66603
Phone: (785) 296-2160
Information Last Updated: 14-January-2020
contactID: 14054 nadid: 25228

Kentucky

Kelli Root
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
275 East Main Street, 3E-D
Frankfort, KY 40621
Phone: (502) 564-2147 ext 3551
Fax: (502) 564-5995
Information Last Updated: 02-October-2020
contactID: 13997 nadid: 12303

Louisiana

LaTrese LeCour
State Foster Care Program Manager
Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services
627 North 4th Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: (225) 342-4005
Information Last Updated: 07-April-2021
contactID: 14293 nadid: 2214

Maryland

Shalini Arora
Director, Permanency
Maryland Department of Human Services
Social Services Administration
311 W. Saratoga Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (410) 767-7018
Information Last Updated: 03-January-2022
contactID: 14322 nadid: 25912

Massachusetts

Karin Bettencourt
Foster Care Support Manager
Massachusetts Department of Children and Families
600 Washington Street
Massachusetts Department of Children and Families
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: (617) 748-2265
Information Last Updated: 18-January-2022
contactID: 14090 nadid: 12302
Jennifer Pudder
Foster Care Support Manager
Massachusetts Department of Children and Families
600 Washington Street
Massachusetts Department of Children and Families
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: (617) 748-2264
Information Last Updated: 18-January-2022
contactID: 14133 nadid: 12302

Michigan

Sarah Goad
Manager for Foster Care, Guardianship and Adoption Program Office
Michigan Department of Health and 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: 18-January-2022
contactID: 10416 nadid: 17863

Minnesota

Deborah Beske Brown
Foster Care Unit Supervisor
Minnesota Department of Human Services
PO Box 64943
St. Paul, MN 55164-0943
Phone: (651) 431-4731
Information Last Updated: 03-October-2021
contactID: 14035 nadid: 3104
Maxie Rockymore
Foster Care & Title IV-E Manager
Minnesota Department of Human Services
PO Box 64943
St. Paul, MN 55164-0943
Phone: (651) 431-4667
Fax: (651) 431-7491
Information Last Updated: 18-January-2022
contactID: 10423 nadid: 3104

Mississippi

Kimberly Wheaton
Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services
750 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39202
Phone: (601) 359-9655
Information Last Updated: 09-February-2021
contactID: 14281 nadid: 2919

Missouri

Lauren Masterson, MSW
Adoption/Guardianship
Missouri Department of Social Services
Children's Division
205 Jefferson Street
Jefferson City, MO 65103
Phone: (573) 526-8040
Fax: (573) 526-3971
Information Last Updated: 18-January-2022
contactID: 14323 nadid: 12564

Montana

Theresa C. Becker
State Foster Care Licensing Programs Supervisor
Child and Family Services Division
49627 Highway 93
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
Polson, MT 59860
Phone: (406) 439-0627
Fax: (406) 841-2487
Information Last Updated: 14-March-2022
contactID: 10213 nadid: 3175

Nebraska

Ivy Bloom
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Children and Family Services
301 Centennial Mall South
Nebraska State Office Building 3rd Floor
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 219-2399
Fax: (402) 471-9034
Information Last Updated: 09-February-2021
contactID: 14104 nadid: 3212

Nevada

Megan Tingle
Social Services 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) 684-4418
Fax: (775) 684-4456
Information Last Updated: 08-February-2021
contactID: 10222 nadid: 23723

New Hampshire

Shawnasey Madison
Program Specialist IV, Foster Care Manager
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Division for Children, Youth and Families
129 Pleasant Street
Thayer Building
Concord, NH 03301-6522
Phone: (603) 271-4451
Information Last Updated: 04-March-2022
contactID: 14344 nadid: 24127

New Jersey

Dawn Marlow
Administrator
New Jersey Department of Children and Families
Division of Family and Community Partnerships
50 East State Street
5th Floor CC# 965
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: (609) 888-7055
Fax: (609) 341-9342
Information Last Updated: 07-December-2020
contactID: 14046 nadid: 10276

New Mexico

Anthony Beltran
Acting Bureau Chief
New Mexico Department of Children, Youth and Families
Protective Services Division/State Child Placement Agency Licensing, Criminal Background Checks
PO Drawer 5160
PERA Building, Room 254
Santa Fe, NM 87502
Phone: (505) 827-8400
Information Last Updated: 18-March-2022
contactID: 14309 nadid: 24553

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 16-February-2022
contactID: 10425 nadid: 10237

North Carolina

Kimaree Sanders, MSW, MPA
Foster Care Manager
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Social Services, Child Welfare
820 South Boylan Avenue, McBryde Building East
2409 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27603
Phone: (919) 527-6398
Fax: (919) 733-3052
Information Last Updated: 09-February-2021
contactID: 14282 nadid: 23727

North Dakota

Dean Sturn
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: 04-October-2020
contactID: 10372 nadid: 3426

Ohio

Vacant
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Office of Families and Children
Substitute Care and Permanency Policy Section
PO Box 183204
Columbus, OH 43218-3204
Fax: (614) 728-9682
Information Last Updated: 21-January-2022
contactID: 10498 nadid: 4376

Oklahoma

Andrea Buck
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
PO Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
Information Last Updated: 21-January-2022
contactID: 14135 nadid: 26557
Robin Gibson
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
PO Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
Information Last Updated: 27-April-2021
contactID: 14285 nadid: 26557
Gerald Peters
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
PO Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
Information Last Updated: 04-October-2020
contactID: 14134 nadid: 26557

Oregon

Lacey Andresen
Deputy Director, Child Welfare Practice & Program
Oregon Department of Human Services
Office of Child Welfare Programs
500 Summer Street NE, E-71
Salem, OR 97310-1068
Phone: (971) 304-4149
Fax: (503) 945-6633
Information Last Updated: 03-October-2021
contactID: 10484 nadid: 13807
Stacey Loboy
Child Welfare Program Manager for Relative Caregivers (Kinship Care) and Foster
Oregon Department of Human Services
Office of Child Welfare Programs
500 Summer Street, NE
Human Services Building Adoption Unit 2nd Floor
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: (541) 968-6215
Information Last Updated: 09-March-2022
contactID: 10378 nadid: 4503
Billy Cordero
Resource Family Retention and Recruitment Program Manager
Oregon Department of Human Services
Office of Child Welfare Programs
500 Summer Street, NE
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: (503) 884-5892
Information Last Updated: 21-January-2022
contactID: 14041 nadid: 4503

Pennsylvania

Alicia Tyler
Policy Director
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
Office of Children, Youth, and Families
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: (717) 214-3809
Fax: (717) 214-3784
Information Last Updated: 21-January-2022
contactID: 13950 nadid: 12950

Rhode Island

Melissa Aguiar Rivard
Chief of Recruitment Development and Support
Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Division of Resource Families
101 Friendship Street, 2nd Floor
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 528-3771
Fax: (401) 528-3650
Information Last Updated: 03-October-2021
contactID: 14207 nadid: 14020

South Carolina

Dawn Barton
Permanency Management
South Carolina Department of Social Services
PO Box 1520
1535 Confederate Avenue
Columbia, SC 29202
Phone: (803) 898-9051
Cell: (803) 446-7764
Fax: (803) 898-9053
Information Last Updated: 21-January-2022
contactID: 14069 nadid: 24019

South Dakota

Eric Grover
Program Specialist
South Dakota Department of Social Services
Division Child Protection Services
510 North Cambell Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: (605) 394-2525, ext.2000251
Fax: (605) 394-6651
Information Last Updated: 09-March-2022
contactID: 10309 nadid: 5285

Tennessee

Anna Wiginton
State Foster Care Program Director
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: 08-October-2021
contactID: 10413 nadid: 17864

Texas

Christy Ashworth-Mazerolle
CPS Director, Youth and Transitional Living Services
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
4900 N. Lamar
Austin, TX 78751
Information Last Updated: 21-January-2022
contactID: 10426 nadid: 5669

Utah

Jean Marie Morris
Kinship and Foster Care Program Administrator
Utah Department of Human Services
195 North 1950 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
Phone: (801) 556-5246
Fax: (629) 586-6629
Information Last Updated: 27-September-2020
contactID: 13932 nadid: 27515

Vermont

Carrie Deem
Foster Kin Care Manager
Vermont Department for Children and Families
280 State Drive
HC1 North
Waterbury, VT 05671
Phone: (802) 735-6042
Information Last Updated: 21-January-2022
contactID: 14324 nadid: 26317
Barbara Joyal
System of Care Unit Director
Vermont Department for Children and Families
280 State Drive HC1 North
Waterbury, VT 05671-1030
Phone: (802) 760-0599
Information Last Updated: 05-February-2021
contactID: 10432 nadid: 26317

Virgin Islands

Carla Benjamin
Assistant Commissioner
Virgin Islands Department of Human Services
Division of Children and Family Services
3012 Golden Rock
St. Croix, VI 00820
Information Last Updated: 21-January-2022
contactID: 10505 nadid: 24023

Virginia

C. Garrett Jones, LCSW
Resource Family Program Manager/NFCM Point of Contact
Virginia Department of Social Services
801 East Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (804) 726-7527
Cell: (434) 906-1856
Information Last Updated: 03-October-2021
contactID: 14136 nadid: 28922
Lora Smith
Guardianship
Foster Care Program Manager
Virginia Department of Social Services
801 East Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (804) 726-7538
Information Last Updated: 21-January-2022
contactID: 14037 nadid: 28922

Washington

Codie Veitenheimer
Caregiver Recruitment & Retention Program Supervisor
Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Division of Child Welfare Programs
1115 Washington Street, SE
PO Box 40983
Olympia, WA 98504-5710
Phone: (360) 701-9100
Information Last Updated: 21-January-2022
contactID: 10409 nadid: 25674

West Virginia

Kendra Boley-Rogers, MSW/LSW
Office of Programs and Resource Development
Program Manager
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
Bureau for Social Services
350 Capitol Street
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: (304) 872-0803
Information Last Updated: 09-March-2022
contactID: 10381 nadid: 6234

Wisconsin

Shannon Braden
Out-of-Home Care Specialist Section Manager
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
201 East Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53703
Information Last Updated: 08-October-2021
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: 14-September-2020
contactID: 10382 nadid: 6282