STATE CONTACTS
State leads include employees in the state Medicaid agency (SMA), the state intellectual disability authority (SIDA), and the state mental health authority (SMHA) that are involved with the state's PASRR program. The contact information for the PASRR state leads (below) was last updated October 2024.
Click on your region in the legend below for more information
Eastern Region PASRR Contacts
Connecticut
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SMA/ Amy Dumont
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(860) 424-5173
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​SMHA
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SIDA
Delaware
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SMA/ Kimberly Pettyjohn
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(302) 515-3169
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SMHA/ Wynne Hewitt
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(302) 932-4013
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SIDA/ Kamin Giglio
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(302) 933-3410
District of Columbia
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SMA/ Uzoaku Chukwu
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(202) 724-3825
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SMHA/ Chaka Curtis​
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(202) 673-6450
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SIDA/ Lisa Scott​
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(202) 870-7672​​​
Maine​
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SMA/ Kathryn Temple
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SMHA​
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SIDA​
Maryland
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SMA/Jarrod Terry
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(410) 767-6764
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SMHA/ Stefani O'Dea
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(240) 761-1341
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SIDA/ Adrienne Hollimon
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Adrienne.Hollimon@maryland.gov​​​
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Massachusetts
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SMA/ Pavel Terpelets
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(857) 343-0247
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SMHA/ Kim Clougherty
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SIDA/ Diane Pixely
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Diane.Pixley2@mass.gov​​
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New Hampshire​
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SMA
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SMHA
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SIDA​
New Jersey
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SMA/ Elizabeth Brennan
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(609) 438-4804
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SMHA/ Bolanle Popoola
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(609) 438-4152
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SIDA/ Kelly Friedman
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(609) 414-7121​​​​​
​​New York
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SMA/ Karen Meier
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(518) 402-3360
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SMHA/​
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SIDA/ George Shaw
Pennsylvania
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SMA/ RuthAnne Barnard
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(717) 214-3736
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SMHA​
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SIDA​
Rhode Island​
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SMA
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SMHA/ Audra DiChiaro
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(401) 462-1717
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SIDA/ Lori Lombardi-Burns
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(401) 462-0089​​
Vermont
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SMA
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SMHA/ Patricia Singer
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SIDA/ Deborah Smith
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(802) 585-6274​​
Virginia
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SMA/ Lisa Rogers
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(804) 347-5260
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SMHA
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SIDA​
West Virginia​
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SMA/ Terry McGee​
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(304) 352-4241
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SMHA​
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SIDA
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Southern Region PASRR Contacts
Alabama​
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SMA/ Cheryl Cardwell​
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(334) 242-5578
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SMHA/ Angela Howard ​
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(334) 242-3947
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SIDA​
Arkansas​
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SMA/ Sandrae Nicholson
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(501) 320-6274
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SMHA​
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SIDA
Florida​​
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SMA/ Cathy Cross​​
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(850) 412-4690
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SMHA/ ​Heather Allman​
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(850) 717-4288
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SIDA​/ Chrishonda Jenkins
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850-921-3786
Georgia​
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SMA/ Maxine Elliott
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(470) 692-2780
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SMHA/ SIDA/ Wendy Tiegreen
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(404) 291-9826
Kentucky
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SMA/ Kimberly Bickers
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(502) 564-8889
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SMHA/ Jason Bagley
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(502) 564-0824
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SIDA/ Crystal Adams
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(502) 782-8883
Louisiana​
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SMA/ Mary Norris
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(225) 342-2768
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SMHA/ Summer Chaves
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(225) 342-4344
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SIDA/ Tanya Murphy
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(225) 342-8538​
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Aging and Adult Services/ Theresa Forrester
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(225) 427-7978
Mississippi​
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SMA/ Laquita Reed
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(601) 359-5251
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SMHA/ Ruth Gilliam ​​​
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Ruth.Gilliam.msh.state.ms.gov
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(601) 351-8267
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SIDA/ Willis Garrison
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(601) 359-6527​​
New Mexico
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SMA/ Christina Lucero
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(505) 479-1793
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SMHA​
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SIDA​​​
North Carolina
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SMA/ Jennifer Moore
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(919) 527-7009​
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SMHA/SIDA/ Laurael Robichaud
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(984) 236-5294​
Oklahoma
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SMA/ Tanesha Hooks
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(405) 522-7014
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SMHA/ Kenneth Jones
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(405) 845-2654
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SIDA/ Chuck Waldrip
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(405) 488-4581
South Carolina​
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SMA/ Russell Morrison
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803-898-3044​​
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SMHA/ Teresa Davis
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803- 737-5373
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SIDA​​/ Emily Parece
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803-935-6712
​​Tennessee​
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SMA/ Melissa Simpson
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(615) 507-6975
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SMHA/ Alicia Robeson
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(615) 253-2794
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SIDA/ Carmelita Hillsman
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(615) 532-3241​​​​
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SMA/ Kristeena Ashby-Wilson
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​(615) 507-6679
Texas
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SMA/ Judy Southall
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(512) 850-8366
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SMHA​
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SIDA​
Western Region PASRR Contacts
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Alaska​
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SMA/ Moli Atanoa
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(907) 444-6803
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SMHA/ Eric Talbert​
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(907) 269-3626
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SIDA/ Heather Chord​
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(907) 269-2753
Arizona​
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SMA/ Joni Mazon
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(602) 417-4914
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SMHA​
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SIDA/ Patrillya Stemmons
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(480) 404-3769
California
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SMA/ Shelly Taunk
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(916) 224-2874
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SMHA/ Kyna Kemp​
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(916) 539-5017
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SIDA/ Cindy Martell​
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(916) 653-3288​​
Hawaii​
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SMA/ Kathleen Ishihara
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(808) 692-8159
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SMHA/ Judelyn Vallesteros
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(808) 453-6946
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SIDA​/ Stephanie Guieb, Annilet Pingul
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(808) 733-9177
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(808) 692-7493
Idaho
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SMA/ Alexandra Fernandez
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(208) 287-1179
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SMHA/ Russell Anderson
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(208) 528-5704
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​SMHA/ Sarah Bickford-Thorpe
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(208)-736-2177
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SIDA/ ​​
Nevada
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SMA/ Kelly Carranza
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(775)-684-3789
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SMHA​
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SIDA​
Oregon
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SMA/ Vivian Levy
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(503) 400-1976
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SMHA​
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SIDA​
Washington
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SMA/ Beth Loska
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(360) 725-1478
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SMHA​
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SIDA/ Heidi Johnston
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(564) 999-0214
Central Region PASRR Contacts
Colorado
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SMA/ Margaret Anderson
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(303) 866-5605
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SMHA/ Michelle Voss
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(720) 646-2881​
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SIDA​​
Illinois
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SMA/ Gabriela M. Moroney
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(217) 843-1415
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SMHA​/ Teresa Glaze
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(312) 814-1626
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SIDA​
Indiana
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SMA
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SMHA​
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SIDA/ Holly Wimsatt ​
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(812) 283-1040
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FSSA/Aging/ Vanessa Convard ​
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(317) 232-4355​​
Iowa
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SMA/SMHA/SIDDA/ Lila Starr
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(515) 281-5318​​
Kansas
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SMA
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SMHA/ Christian Hodges
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(785) 296-7246
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​SMHA/ Dorene Beasley
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​(785)-296-7246​
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SIDA
Michigan
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SMA
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SMHA/ Kathleen Johnson
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(517) 241-5881​
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SIDA​​
Minnesota
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SMA/ Rachel Hulsizer
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651-431-4591
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SMHA/ Sherray Greene
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(651) 431-2237
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SIDA​​/ Beth Siewert
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(651)-431-2452
Missouri​
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SMA/ Karen Tappel
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(573) 751-6086
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SMHA/ SIDA/ Michelle Clark
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(573) 751-8070
Montana
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SMA/ Stephanie Goetz
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SMHA​
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SIDA
Nebraska​
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SMA/ Dawn Sybrant
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(402) 471-9678
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SMHA/ Heather Nelson​
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(402) 471-7849
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SIDA/ Shauna Adams​
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(402) 471-3121
North Dakota
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SMA/ Melissa Kainz
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(701) 328-4864
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SMHA​
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SIDA
Ohio
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SMA/ Norma Tirado
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(614) 752-2591
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SMHA/ Terry Watts
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(614) 466-9796
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SIDA/ Heidi Clarke
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(614) 466-6187
South Dakota​
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SMA/ Emily Johnson
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(605) 773-8434
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SMHA​/ Andrea Heronimus
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SIDA/ Heidi Sperry
Utah
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SMA/ Erin Lloyd
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(801) 538-6979
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SMHA/ Nicole Cunha
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(385)-272-5150
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​SMHA/ Pam Bennett​
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(801)-819-9450
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SIDA/ Amanda Barr
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(435) 429-5162
Wisconsin​
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SMA
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SMHA/ Joanette Robertson
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(608) 266-0907
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SIDA​​
Wyoming
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SMA/ Amy Guimond
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(307) 777-3427
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SMHA​
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SIDA