Contacts by State
Find your assigned FRIENDS TA Coordinator, CBCAP State Contact, Regional Contact, and
other important contacts by clicking on your state below:
New Hampshire
CBCAP Lead Primary Contact
Cliff Simmonds
Phone: (603) 415-0322
Alaska
Tribal/Migrant Grantee Primary Contact
Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc.Deborah Northburg
Phone: (907) 793-3134
Email: DNorthburg@citci.org
Tribal/Migrant Grantee Primary Contact
Helping Ourselves Prevent Emergencies (HOPE)Tiffany Mills
Phone: (907) 826-2581
Email: hopeprevention@aptalaska.net
Tribal/Migrant Grantee Primary Contact
ChugachmuitDuncan Talome
Phone: (907) 562-4155
Email: Duncan@Chugachmiut.org
Tribal/Migrant Grantee Secondary Contact
ChugachmuitChristine Sundly
Email: CSundly@Chugachmiut.org
Alabama
CBCAP Lead Secondary Contact
Sallye Longshore
Phone: (334) 242-5710
Arkansas
CBCAP Lead Primary Contact
Cyndi Rowlett
Phone: (501) 320-3923
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
CBCAP State Lead Secondary Contact
Leonora Hansford
Phone: (202) 727-5049
Email: leonora.hansford1@dc.gov
Delaware
CBCAP State Lead Primary Contact
Claudine Wiant
Phone: (302) 425-7490
CBCAP State Lead Secondary Contact
Kellie Turner
Phone: (302) 425-7490
Email: KellieTurner@pcadelaware.org
Florida
CBCAP State Lead Secondary Contact
Samantha Wass de Czege
Phone: (850) 717-4140
Georgia
Hawaii
Iowa
CBCAP State Lead Primary Contact
Amanda Winslow
Phone: (515) 415-1555
Idaho
CBCAP State Lead Primary Contact
Roger Sherman
Phone: (208) 386-9317
Email: roger.sherman@ctf.idaho.gov
CBCAP State Lead Secondary Contact
Kim Hemmert
Phone: (208) 386-9317
Email: kim.hemmert@ctf.idaho.gov
Illinois
Indiana
CBCAP State Lead Primary Contact
Maria Grinston
Phone: (219) 214-2087
Email: maria.grinston@dcs.in.gov
CBCAP State Lead Secondary Contact
Willie Taylor
Phone: (317) 756-1309
Email: Willie.Taylor@dcs.IN.gov
Kansas
Kentucky
CBCAP State Lead Co-Primary Contact
Belina Shelton
Phone: (502) 564-4502
Email: Belina.shelton@ky.gov
Louisiana
CBCAP State Lead Secondary Contact
Michele Rabalais
Phone: (225) 342-2245
Email: michele.rabalais.dcfs@la.gov
Massachusetts
Maryland
CBCAP State Lead Primary Contact
Taniesha Woods
Phone: (410) 659-7701 ext 145
CBCAP State Lead Secondary Contact
Laura Weeldreyer
Phone: (410) 659-7701 ext. 123
Maine
CBCAP State Lead Primary Contact
Heidi Aakjer
Phone: (207) 623-5120
Email: heidia@mechildrenstrust.org
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
CBCAP Lead Primary Contact
Jennifer Sommerfeld
Phone: 573-751-6511
Mississippi
CBCAP Lead Primary Contact
Verdavia Coleman
Phone: (601) 359-4607
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
CBCAP Lead Secondary Contact
Jennifer Skala
Phone: (402) 817-2001
Email: jskala@nebraskachildren.org
New Jersey
New Mexico
CBCAP Lead Primary Contact
Scott Patterson-Alatoree
Phone: (505) 695-4626
Nevada
CBCAP Lead Primary Contact
Yaraseth Anaya-Lugo
Phone: (775) 684-4407
CBCAP Lead Secondary Contact
Kelsey McCann-Navarro
Phone: (775) 684-4431
Email: kelsey.navarro@dcfs.nv.gov
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Tribal/Migrant Grantee Primary Contact
The Peoria Tribe of Indians of OklahomaAshley Lebonte
Phone: (918) 540-2535x9242
Email: alabonte@peoriatribe.com
Tribal/Migrant Grantee Secondary Contact
The Peoria Tribe of Indians of OklahomaTracy Coach
Phone: (918) 540-2535x2536
Email: tcoach@peoriatribe.com
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
CBCAP Lead Primary Contact
Carl X. Bittman
Phone: (787) 625-4900 ext. 1276
Email: cbittman@familia.pr.gov
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
CBCAP Lead Primary Contact
Ashley Schlichenmayer-Okroi
Utah
Tennessee
Texas
CBCAP Lead Secondary Contact
Anjulie Bonilla
Phone: 512-840-7813
Virginia
Vermont
Washington
Tribal/Migrant Grantee Primary Contact
Yakima Valley Farm Workers ClinicAnnie Contreras
Email: AnnaC@yvfwc.org
Wisconsin
CBCAP Lead Secondary Contact
Claire Ackerman
Phone: (608) 266-6973
CBCAP Lead Secondary Contact
Merrissa Johnson
Phone: (608) 267-3737
West Virginia
Wyoming
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