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# Training Contacts by State for Child Passenger Safety

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**ALABAMA  **

Alabama Department of Public Health

Child Passenger Safety Program

Bentasia Parker

State Coordinator

201 Monroe Street, Suite 960M

Montgomery, AL 36104

334-206-7941

Bentasia.Parker@adph.state.al.us

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**ALASKA**

Center For Safe Alaskans

Mandi Seethaler

4241 B Street #100

Anchorage, AK 99503

907-929-3939

mandi@safealaskans.org

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**AMERICAN SAMOA**

Government of American Samoa

Office of Highway Safety

Tutasi Ripley

P. O. Box 1086

Pago Pago, AS 96799

684-733-1101

684-782-7097

Fax: 684-633-7964

tutasitripley@gmail.com

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**ARIZONA**

Arizona HSO

Gabriella Gallegos

1700 West Washington Street

Executive Tower, Suite 430

Phoenix, AZ 85007

602-255-3216

Fax: 602-255-1265

ggallegos@azgohs.gov

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**ARKANSAS**

Children's Hospital/CFAR&E

Holly Terry

1 Children's Way

Slot 512-26

Little Rock, AR 72202-3591

501-364-2478

866-611-3445

Fax: 501-364-3112

terryh@archildren.org

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**CALIFORNIA**

California Office of Traffic Safety

Nancy Wolf

2208 Kausen Drive

Suite 300

Elk Grove, CA 95758

916-509-3027

nancy.wolf@ots.ca.gov 

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**COLORADO**

Colorado State Patrol

Kent Trimbach

CPS State Training Coordinator

15055 S. Golden Road

Golden, CO 80401

303-273-1918

720-376-1391

kent.trimbach@state.co.us

www.carseatscolorado.com 

 

Colorado State Patrol

Angel Giffin

CPS State Training Coordinator

15055 S. Golden Road

Golden, CO 80401

303-273-1919

720-376-1391

angel.giffin@state.co.us

www.carseatscolorado.com 

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**CONNECTICUT**

CT DOT

Juliet Little

Division of Highway Safety

2800 Berlin Turnpike

P.O. Box 317564

Newington, CT 06131-7546

860-549-2365

Fax: 860-549-2374

juliet.little@ct.gov

 

Waterbury Police Department Community Relations

Patricia Zainc

Waterbury PD

240 Bank Street

Waterbury, CT 06702

203-346-3908

Fax: 203-346-3926

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**DELAWARE**

Office of Highway Safety

Sarah Cattie

800 S. Bay Road

Suite 2

Dover, DE 19901

302-744-2746

sarah.cattie@state.de.us

 

OHS-Fitting Station Coordinator

Aubrey Klick

800 S. Bay Road

Suite 2

Dover, DE 19901

302-744-2749

aubrey.klick@delaware.gov

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**DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA**

District Department of Transportation - HSO

Karen Gay

250 M Street SE, 8th Floor

Washington, DC 20003

202-409-0234

karen.gay@dc.gov

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**FLORIDA**

University of Florida T2 Center / Florida Protection Resource Center

Patricia Turner

2100 Northeast Waldo Road

Suite 106

Gainesville, FL 32609

352-273-1671

p.turner@ufl.edu

 

Florida Department of Transportation

State Safety Office

Willem J. de Greef

Traffic Safety Program Manager

605 Suwannee St M.S 53.

Tallahassee, FL 32399-0450

850-414-4048

Fax: 850-245-1553

willem.degreef@dot.state.fl.us

 

 

**GEORGIA**

Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety

Kelly Sizemore

7 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive

Unit 643

Atlanta, GA 30334

470-366-3020

ksizemore@gohs.ga.gov

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**GUAM**

Department of Public Works

Therese Matanane

Office of Highway Safety

542 North Marine Corp Drive

Tamuning, GU 96913

671-647-5059

671-646-3229

Fax: 671-646-3733

therese.matanane@dpw.guam.gov

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**HAWAII**

Christy M. Cowser

Highway Safety Specialist

98-339 Ponohana Place

Aiea, HI 96701

808-587-2360

Christy.M.Cowser@hawaii.gov

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**IDAHO**

Lemhi County Sheriff

Carma McKinnon

205 Courthouse Drive

Salmon, ID 83467

208-742-1683

Fax: 208-756-2288

carma@lemhicountyidaho.org

 

Highway Safety Planning & Child Passenger

Vulnerable Users (Youth)

Lisa Losness

Grants Contracts Officer for Impaired Driving

3311 West State Street

P.O. Box 7129

Boise, ID 83707

208-334-8103

lisa.losness@itd.idaho.gov

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**ILLINOIS**

Rochelle Gillespie

Occupant Protection Coordinator

Illinois Department of Transportation

Bureau of Safety Programs & Engineering

2300 South Dirksen Parkway, Room 007

Springfield, Illinois 62764

217-524-0999

Rochelle.Gillespie@illinois.gov

 

Carissa Calloway

Illinois Department of Transportation

Bureau of Safety Programs & Engineering 

2300 South Dirksen Parkway, Room 007

Springfield, Illinois 62764

217-782-0832 

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**INDIANA**

Automotive Safety Program

Craig Robinson

Child Passenger Safety Coordinator

1002 Wishard Blvd

Suite 0001

Indianapolis, IN 46202

317-274-2977

rocrobin@iu.edu

 

Automotive Safety Program

Lexi Bushhorn

Program Director

IU School of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics 

1002 Wishard Blvd

Suite 0001

Indianapolis, IN 46202

317-278-3168

Fax: 317-274-6710

abushhor@iu.edu

www.preventinjury.medicine.iu.edu

 

Indiana Criminal Justice Institute

Kathy Vasilopulos 

Traffic Safety Division

Child Passenger Safety Specialist Supervisor

402 W. Washington Street

Room W469

Indianapolis, IN 46204-3414

317-499-2372

kstelmar@cji.in.gov

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**INDIAN NATIONS (BIA)**

BIA, Indian Highway Safety Program

Kimberly Belone

1001 Indian School Road NW

Suite 251

Albuquerque, NM 87104

505-563-3900

Fax: 505-563-5375

kimberly.belone@bia.gov

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**IOWA**

Riley Maher

Blank Children’s Hospital / Unity Point Health

1200 Pleasant Street

Des Moines, IA 50309

515-241-6293

riley.maher@unitypoint.org

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**KANSAS**

Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office

Tenille Kimberlin

Director of Traffic Safety

2930 SW Wanamaker Drive, Suite 100

Topeka, KS 66614-4116

800-416-2522

785-233-5885

tkimberlin@dccca.org

 

Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office

Cynthia Callaway

Traffic Safety Specialist

2930 SW Wanamaker Drive, Suite 100

Topeka, KS 66614-4116

800-416-2522

785-430-4029 Direct

ccallaway@dccca.org

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**KENTUCKY**

Kosair Children

Sharon Rengers

P.O. Box 35070

Louisville, KY 40232

502-629-7337

Fax: 502-629-7331

sharon.rengers@nortonhealthcare.org

 

Kentucky Office of Highway Safety

Nathan Dean

200 Mero Street

Frankfort, KY 40601

502-782-3994

Fax: 502-564-2629

nathanr.dean@ky.gov

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**LOUISIANA**

Louisiana Passenger Safety Task Force

Bridget S Gardner, RN - Program Coordinator

University Medical Center - New Orleans

Injury Prevention Center

2000 Canal Street

New Orleans, LA 70112

504-702-2296

bridget.gardner@lcmchealth.org

 

Louisiana Highway Safety Commission

Chanita Vazquez

7919 Independence Blvd

Baton Rouge, LA 70896

225-925-6846

Fax: 225-922-0517

chanita.vazquez@la.gov

**MAINE**

Maine Bureau of Highway Safety

Erica Davis

Highway Safety Coordinator

45 Commerce Drive, Suite 1

Augusta, ME 04333

207-530-6399

Erica.Davis@maine.gov

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**MARYLAND**

MD Kids in Safety Seats

Tracy Whitman

201 W. Preston Street

Baltimore, MD 21201

410-767-1363

Fax: 410-333-5030

tracy.whitman@maryland.gov

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**MASSACHUSETTS**

Baystate Children’s Hospital

Mandi Summers

759 Chestnut Street

Springfield, MA 01199

413-794-6510

mandi.summers@baystatehealth.org

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**MICHIGAN**

Office of Highway Safety Planning

Kara Rueckert

Michigan State Police

P.O. Box 30634

Lansing, MI 48913-0635

517-275-0464

rueckertk1@michigan.gov

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**MINNESOTA**

Minnesota Department of Public Safety

Irene Jones

Office of Traffic Safety

445 Minnesota Street, Suite 150

St. Paul, MN 55101-5150

651-201-7068

Fax: 651-297-4844

irene.n.jones@state.mn.us

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**MISSISSIPPI**

Mississippi Office of Highway Safety

Leslie McCree

Occupant Protection Division Director II

1025 Northpark Drive

Ridgeland, MS 39157

601-977-3724

Fax: 601-977-3701

lmccree@dps.ms.gov

 

Mississippi State Department of Health

Erica Cousin

Occupant Protection State Coordinator

715 Pear Orchard Road

Suite 100

Ridgeland, MS 39157

601-206-1559

erica.cousin@msdh.ms.gov

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**MISSOURI**

Missouri Department of Transportation

Lillian Hinkson

830 MoDOT Drive

P.O. Box 270

Jefferson City, MO 65109

573-751-5420

800-800-2358

Fax: 573-634-5977

lillian.hinkson@modot.mo.gov

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**MONTANA**

Montana Department of Transportation

Erin Root

P.O. Box 201001

2701 Prospect Avenue

Helena. MT 59620-1001

406-444-0809

eroot@mt.gov

Tri-County Buckle Up Montana

Tracie V.M. Kiesel, Coordinator

815 Front Street

Helena, MT 59601

406-324-1072

tkiesel@helenaschools.org 

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**NEBRASKA**

Nebraska Dept of Health and Human Services

Jason Kerkman

301 Centennial Mall South

P.O. Box 95026

Lincoln, NE 68509

402-471-8749

Fax: 402-471-6446

jason.kerkman@nebraska.gov

 

Nebraska Department of Transportation

Highway Safety Office

Marciyanna Nielsen

Occupant Safety Specialist

5001 S 14th Street

Lincoln, NE 68509

P.O. Box 94612

Lincoln, NE 68512

402-471-2017

marciyanna.nielsen@nebraska.gov

https://dot.nebraska.gov/safety/hso/ 

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**NEVADA**

Nevada Office of Traffic Safety

Johnean J. Morrison

107 Jacobsen Way

Carson City, NV 89711

775-684-7479

jjmorrison@dps.state.nv.us

 

Nevada Office of Traffic Safety 

Judith Mata

Child Passenger Safety & Outreach Coordinator

4615 W. Sunset Road

Las Vegas, NV 89118

702-432-5124

JMata@dps.state.nv.us

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**NEW HAMPSHIRE**

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Tom D Leach

One Medical Center Drive

Lebanon, NH 03745

603-308-2256

Thomas.d.leach@hitchcock.org

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**NEW JERSEY**

New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety

Tomi-Anne Raue

P. O. Box 048

Trenton, NJ 08625-0080

609-633-9048

tomi-anne.raue@njoag.gov

 

Safe Kids New Jersey

Porsha Moody

Program Manager

30 Silverline Drive

2nd Floor, Suite 1

North Brunswick, NJ 08902

609-255-0999  Office

732-937-5540  Cell

pmoody@cjfhc.org

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**NEW MEXICO**

Safer New Mexico Now

Jerremy Manzanares

9400 Holly Avenue NE.

Suite 201

Albuquerque, NM 87122

505-471-3965

jmanzanares@safernm.org

 

Safer New Mexico Now

Lisa Kelloff

9400 Holly Avenue NE.

Suite 201

Albuquerque, NM 87122

505-856-6100

505-350-8477

lkelloff@safernm.org

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**NEW YORK**

Governors Traffic Safety Committee

Aubrey Feldman

6 Empire State Plaza

Room 410B

Albany, NY 12228

518-474-2279

aubrey.feldman@dmv.ny.gov

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**NORTH CAROLINA**

Office of State Fire Marshal-NC Department of Insurance

Allan Buchanan

325 N Salisbury Street

Raleigh, NC 27603

919-218-7855

allan.buchanan@ncdoi.gov

 

UNC Highway Safety Research Center

Bevan Kirley

730 Martin Luther King Blvd., Suite 300

CB#3430

Chapel Hill, NC 27599

919-962-5836

Fax: 919-962-8710

kirley@hsrc.unc.edu

 

UNC Highway Safety Research Center

Kristel Robison

730 Martin Luther King Blvd.

Suite 300

CB# 3430

Chapel Hill, NC 27599

919-962-6404

robison@hsrc.unc.edu

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**NORTH DAKOTA**

North Dakota Department of Transportation

Carol Thurn

608 East Boulevard Avenue

Bismarck, ND 58505

701-328-4354

Fax: 701-328-0310

cthurn@nd.gov

 

North Dakota Department of Health

Dawn Mayer

600 East Boulevard Avenue

Bismarck, ND 58505

701-328-4533

Fax: 701-328-1412

drmayer@nd.gov

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**NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS**

Department of Public Safety

Conrad Castro

Highway Safety Office

P.O. Box 791

Saipan, MP 96950

670-664-9125  or 670-483-5817

Fax: 670-664-9141

ccastro@dps.gov.mp

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**OHIO**

Ohio Department of Health

TIffany Jamison

Violence and Injury Prevention Program

35 E. Chestnut St

Columbus, OH 43215

614-466-1663

tiffany.jamison@odh.ohio.gov

 

Ohio Department of Health

Ashton Grigley, MPH, CHES

Violence and Injury Prevention Program

35 E. Chestnut St, 5th Floor

Columbus, OH 43215

614-466-3225

ashton.grigley@odh.ohio.gov

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**OKLAHOMA**

The Childrens' Center

Julie Koelsch

SKO CPS Coordinator

6800 N.W. 39th Expressway

Bethany, OK 73008

405 789-7611 X 2401

jkoelsch@bethanychildrens.org

 

Safe Kids Tulsa Area

Beth Washington

5353 E. 68th Street

Tulsa, OK 74136

918-494-7233

Fax: 918-494-6495

bawashington@saintfrancis.com

www.safekidstulsa.com

 

Safe Kids Tulsa Area

Austin Raska, CPSTI

5353 E. 68th Street

Tulsa, OK 74136

918-494-8256

Fax: 918-494-6495

www.safekidstulsa.com

 

Safe Kids Oklahoma

Elizabeth Koldoff, PhD, RN

Director

405-789-6711

ekoldoff@bethanychildrens.org

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**OREGON**

Doernbecher Children's Hospital

Adrienne Gallardo

3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road

Portland, OR 97239

503-494-3226

gallarda@ohsu.edu

 

Doernbecher Children's Hospital

Michelle Nichols

3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road

Portland, OR 97239

503-494-3735

nichmich@ohsu.edu

 

ODOT Transportation Safety Division

Kelly Mason

4040 Fairview Industrial Drive SE MS3

Salem, OR 97301-1142

503-986-4199

Fax: 503-986-3143

Kelly.M.MASON@odot.state.or.us

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**PENNSYLVANIA**

PA Traffic Injury Prevention Project

Angela Osterhuber, Ed.M

Rose Tree Corporate Center II

1400 North Providence Road, Suite 4000

Media, PA 19063

484-446-3036

Fax: 484-446-3036

aosterhuber@paaap.org

www.pakidstravelsafe.org

 

PA Department of Transportation Bureau of Operations

Division of Highway Safety & Traffic Operations

Christy Timbrell

400 North Street, 6th Floor

Harrisburg, PA 17120

717-783-4577

Fax: 717-783-8012

ctimbrell@pa.gov

PennDOT.pa.gov

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**PUERTO RICO**

Traffic Safety Commission

Vivian Pedraza

POB 41289, Minillas Station

Santurce, PR 00940

787-723-3590

Fax: 787-723-8040

vpedraza@cst.gobierno.pr

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**RHODE ISLAND**

RI DOT Office on Highway Safety

Kelsey Santos

Two Capitol Hill, Suite 150

Providence, RI 02903

401-222-3024, ext. 4406

Fax: 401-222-1856

kelsey.santos@dot.ri.gov

**SOUTH CAROLINA**

South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control

Kevin Poore

Director, Safe Kids South Carolina

Division of Injury and Substance Abuse Prevention

2100 Bull Street

Columbia, SC 29201

803-898-2767

Connect: www.scdhec.gov

poorekh@dhec.sc.gov

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**SOUTH DAKOTA**

Department of Social Services

Melissa Fluckey

Division of Child Care Services

Kneip Building

700 Governors Drive

Pierre, SD 57501

605-773-4766

Fax: 605-773-7294

melissa.fluckey@state.sd.us

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**TENNESSEE**

iCUBE

Julie Brewer, Associate Director

Tennessee Tech University

P.O. Box 5103

Lib-369

Cookesville, TN 38505

931-372-3318

Fax: 931-372-6737

jbrewer@tntech.edu

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**TEXAS**

Traffic Safety Division, TXDOT

Anna Red

13301 Gateway Boulevard West

El Paso, TX 79928

915-790-4248

anna.red@txdot.gov

 

Office of Injury Prevention, MC1923

Texas Department of State Health Services

Marissa Rodriguez

1100 West 49th Street

Austin, TX 78756-3119

817-874-6745

marissa.rodriguez@dshs.texas.gov

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**UTAH**

Utah Highway Safety Office

Kerilee Burton

4501 S 2700 W

Building #3 - 2nd floor

Taylorsville, UT 84129

801-505-3315

Fax: 801-366-6044

kburton@utah.gov

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**VERMONT**

Governor's Highway Safety Program

Susan McAvoy

Agency of Transportation

One National Life Drive

Montpelier, VT 05633

802-522-4582

susan.mcavoy@vermont.gov

 

Sidney Bradley  

Vermont Child Passenger Safety Coordinator

Vermont Department of Health

108 Cherry Street, Suite 201

Burlington, VT 05401

sidney.bradley@vermont.gov

802-734-0510

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**VIRGIN ISLANDS**

Virgin Islands Office of Highway Safety

Denise L Gomes

Occupant Protection Program Coordinator

33B & 33BA Estate Smithfield

Frederiksted, VI 00840

340-772-3025

denise.gomes@vipd.vi.gov

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**VIRGINIA**

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

John Messina

Virginia DMV - Highway Safety Office

2300 W. Broad Street

Richmond, VA 23220

804-497-5338

Fax: 804-367-6031

john.messina@dmv.virginia.gov

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**WASHINGTON**

Bonney Lake Police Department/ CPS

Cesi Velez

18421 Veterans Memorial Dr. E.

Bonney Lake, WA 98391

253-447-3257

velezc@ci.bonney-lake.wa.us

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**WEST VIRGINIA**

Governor's Highway Safety Program

Amy Boggs

5707 MacCorkle Avenue SE

Charleston, WV 25317

304-926-3843

Fax: 304-926-3880

amy.m.boggs@wv.gov

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**WISCONSIN**

WisDOT - Division of State Patrol

Tim Dies

4822 Madison Yards Way

Madison, WI 53705

608-709-0085

Timothyj.dies@dot.wi.gov

 

Children's Wisconsin

Libbe Slavin

705 S. 24th Avenue, Suite 400

Wausau, WI 54401

715-843-1890

lslavin@childrenswi.org

 

Children's Wisconsin

Jim Savage

620 S. 76th Street, Suite 120

Milwaukee, WI 53214

414-231-4982

jsavage@childrenswi.org

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**WYOMING**

Wyoming HSO

Karson James

5300 Bishop Blvd

Cheyenne, WY 82009

307-777-4200

karson.james@wyo.gov