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State Refugee Coordinators
WARNING: State Refugee Coordinators’ jobs depend on good news about refugee resettlement. Complaints directed to them are therefore usually shelved. When writing to them please also copy your governor, US senators and representative. If they do not respond constructively to your complaints and concerns, please then write directly to your governor and US senators and representative. Also contact local media sources.
Alabama
Jana Curran
Wilson/Fish Coordinator
406 Government Street
Mobile, AL 36602
Tel: 251.432.2727
Fax: 251.432.2927
E-mail: jcurran2@cssrrp.org;
legimpro@aol.com
Alaska
Dr. Karen Ferguson
State Refugee Coordinator
3710 East 20th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99508
Tel: 907.222.7376
Fax: 907.258.1091
E-mail: KFerguson@cssalaska.org
Arizona
Charles Shipman
State Refugee Coordinator/SCORR President
Dept. of Economic Security
Division of Aging and Adult Services
1789 West Jefferson Street, Site Code 086Z
Phoenix, AZ 85005
Tel: 602.542.6614
Fax: 602.542.6400
E-mail: cshipman@azdes.gov
Arkansas
Carolyn Jackson
State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Human Services
Employment/Income Support Section
P.O. Box 1437, Slot S-333
Little Rock, AR
72203-1437
Tel: 501.682.8250
Fax: 501.682.1597
E-mail: carolyn.j.jackson@arkansas.gov
California
Website: California Refugee Programs Bureau
John A. Wagner, Director
Department of Social Services
744 P Street, MS 17-11
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: 916.657.2598
Fax: 916.654.6021
Dr. Mike McKay
San Diego Wilson/Fish Director
Catholic Charities San Diego
4575-A Mission Gorge Place
San Diego, CA 92120
Tel: 619.287.9454 x185
Fax: 619.287.6328
E-mail: mmckay@ccdsd.org
Thuan Nguyen
Chief of Bureau
Refugee Programs Bureau
Department of Social Services
744 P Street, MS 6-646
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: 916.654.4356
Fax: 916.654.7187
Email: Thuan.Nguyen@dss.ca.gov
Dr. Mike McKay, Supervisor
Catholic Charities San Diego
4575-A Mission Gorge Place,
San Diego, CA 92120
Tel: 619.287.9454 x185
Fax: 619.287.6328
E-mail: mmckay@ccdsd.org
Colorado
Paul Stein, State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Human Services
Colorado Refugee Services Program
789 Sherman, Suite 440
Denver, CO 80203
Tel: 303.863.8211 x19
Fax: 303.863.0838
E-mail: paul.stein@state.co.us
Connecticut
David Frascarelli , State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Social Services
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Tel: 860.424.5387
Fax: 860.424.4957
E-mail: david.frascarelli@ct.gov
Delaware
Thomas Hall, Social Service Administrator
Delaware Division of Social Services
1901 N. DuPont Highway
Lewis Building
New Castle, DE 19720
Tel: 302.255.9605
Fax: 302.255.4425
E-mail: thomas.hall@state.de.us
District of Columbia
Debra Crawford, DC ORR State Coordinator
645 H St., N.E. 3rd Floor
Washington, D.C. 20002
Tel: 202.299.2153
Fax: 202.478.5747
E-mail: debra.crawford@dc.gov
Florida
Website: http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/refugee/
Hiram A. Ruiz
Director of Refugee Services
Department of Children and Families
401 NW 2nd Ave., Suite N-1007
Miami, Florida 33128
Tel: 305.377.5055 ext. 315
Fax: 305.377.5770
E-mail: hiram_ruiz@dcf.state.fl.us
Georgia
Website: Georgia Department of Human Resources, Community Services Section
Michael Singleton
State Refugee Coordinator
Division of Family and Children Services
OFI Suit 21-402
Atlanta, GA 30303-3142
Tel: 404.657.5118
Fax: 404.463.8046
E-mail: msingleton@dhr.state.ga.us
Hawaii
Lola Salimova
Refugee State Coordinator
Office of Community Services
830 Punchbowl St., Rm. 420
Honolulu, HI 96813
Tel: 808.586.8699
Fax: 808.586.8685
E-mail: Lola.K.Salimova@hawaii.gov
Idaho
Website: Idaho Office for Refugees
Jan A. Reeves
Director Idaho Office for Refugees
Mountain States Group
1607 West Jefferson Street
Boise, ID 83702
Tel: 208.336.4222
Fax: 208.331.0267
E-mail: jreeves@IdahoRefugees.org
Illinois
Dr. Edwin Silverman
State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Human Services
401 South Clinton, 7th Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
Tel: 312.793.7120
Fax: 312.793.2281
E-mail: Edwin.Silverman@illinois.gov
Indiana
Matthew Schomburg
State Refugee Coordinator
Division of Family Resources
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
FSSA Noble County Office
702 Goodwin Place, Suite A
Kendallville, IN 46755
Tel: 260.599.0120
Fax: 260.349.0953
E-mail: matthew.schomburg@fssa.in.gov
Iowa
Website: Iowa Bureau of Refugee Services
John Wilken Chief, Bureau for Refugee Services
Iowa Department of Human Services
401 SW 7th, Suite N
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Tel: 515.283.7904
Fax: 515.283.9160
E-mail: jwilken@dhs.state.ia.us
Kansas
Lewis A. Kimsey
State Refugee Services Coordinator
LIEAP/GA Manager
Social & Rehabilitation Services
915 SW Harrison; 681-W
DSOB
Topeka KS 66612
Tel: 785.296.0147
Fax: 785.296.0146
E-mail: lak@srs.ks.gov
Kentucky
Becky Jordan
Kentucky State Refugee Coordinator
Director, Kentucky Office for Refugees
1177 East Broadway
Louisville KY 40204
Tel: 502.365.4632
Fax: 502.365.4720
E-mail: bjordan@archlou.org
Louisiana
Website: Louisiana: The Refugee Resettlement Center
Kristi Hackney
State Refugee Coordinator
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge
P.O. Box 4213
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4213
Tel: 225.346.0660
Fax: 225.346.0020
E-mail: khackney@ccdiobr.org
Maine
Catherine S. Yomoah
State Refugee Coordinator
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Multicultural Affairs
221 State Street
Augusta, ME 01333-0011
Tel: 207.287.5737
Fax: 207.287.4052
E-mail: Catherine.Yomoah@maine.gov
Website: Department of Human Resources, Maryland Office for Refugees and Asylees
Edward Lin
State Refugee Coordinator & Director
Maryland Office for Refugees and Asylees
Department of Human Resources
Saratoga State Center
311 West Saratoga Street, Room 222
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel: 410.767.7394
Fax: 410.333.0244
E-mail: elin@dhr.state.md.us
Massachusetts
Website: http://www.mass.gov/ori
Josiane Martinez, Director
Office for Refugees and Immigrants
18 Tremont Street, Suite 1020
Boston, MA 02108
Tel: 617.727.7888, x303
Fax: 617.727.1822
E-mail: josiane.martinez@state.ma.us
Michigan
Al Horn
Refugee Program Director
Office of Refugee Services
Interagency and Community Services
235 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 501
P.O. Box 30037
Lansing, MI 48909
Tel: 517.241.7819
Fax: 517.241/7826
E-mail: horna@michigan.gov
Minnesota
Gus Avenido
Refugee State Coordinator/Manager
Resettlement Programs Office
Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 64962
St. Paul, MN 55164-0962
Tel: 651.431.3837
Fax: 651.431.7483
E-mail: gus.avenido@state.mn.us
Mississippi
Lorraine Hunter
State Refugee Coordinator
Family and Children Services
Department of Human Services
750 N. State Street, Room 243
Jackson, MS 39202
Tel: 601.359.4585
Fax: 601.359.2390
E-mail: Lorraine.Hunter@mdhs.ms.gov
Missouri
Valerie Howard, MSW
State Refugee Coordinator
Programs Manager, Community Support Unit
Department of Social Services, Family Support Division
P.O. Box 2320
Jefferson City, MO 65102-2320
Tel: 573.751.6789
Fax: 573.522.9557
E-mail: Valerie.Howard@dss.mo.gov
Montana
Carol W. Carpenter
State Refugee Coordinator
DPHHS/HCSD/PAB
P.O. Box 202952
Helena, MT 59620-2952
Tel:406.444.9291
Fax:406.444.0617
E-mail: ccarpenter@mt.gov
Nebraska
Karen Parde
Program Coordinator
DHHS , Division of Children and Family Services
301 Centennial Mall South, Box 95026
Lincoln, NE 68509
Tel: 402.471.9264
Fax: 402.471.9597
E-mail: karen.parde@nebraska.gov
Nevada
Carisa Ramirez
State Refugee Coordinator
Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada
1511 N. Las Vegas Boulevard
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Telephone: 702.387.2266
Fax: 702.436.1579
E-mail: cramirez@catholiccharities.com
Monsignor Patrick Leary
E-mail: pleary@catholiccharities.com
New Hampshire
Barbara Seebart
State Refugee Coordinator
NH Office of Energy and Planning
4 Chennel Drive
Concord, NH 03301-8501
Tel: 603.271.6361
Fax: 603.271.2615
E-mail: Barbara.Seebart@NH.Gov
New Jersey
Annette Riordan
State Refugee Coordinator
NJDHS Division of Family Development (DFD)
Transitional Services Unit
6 Quakerbridge Plaza P.O. Box 716
Hamilton, NJ 08619
Tel: 609-631-4534
E-mail: Annette.Riordan@dhs.state.nj.us
New Mexico
| Kresta-Leigh Opperman State Refugee Coordinator Work and Family Support Bureau Income Support Division NM Human Services Department Pollon Plaza P.O. Box 2348 Santa Fe, NM 87504-2348 Tel: 505.827.7258 Fax: 505.827.7259 E-mail: kresta.opperman@state.nm.us |
New York
Dodie Wheeler
State Refugee Coordinator
Bureau of Refugees & Immigrant Assistance
New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance
40 North Pearl Street
Albany, NY 12243
Tel: 518.402.3096
Fax: 518.402.3029
E-mail: Dorothy.Wheeler@otda.state.ny.us
North Carolina
Marlene Myers
State Refugee Coordinator
Family Services Section
Department of Human Resources
325 Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
Tel: 919.733.4650
E-mail: marlene.myers@dhhs.nc.gov
North Dakota
Siniša Milovanović
New American Services
Director and State Refugee Coordinator
Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota
1325 11th Street South
Fargo, ND 58103
Tel: 701.235.7341
Fax: 701.235.7359
E-mail: smilovanovic@lssnd.org
Ohio
Evelyn Bissonnette
State Refugee Coordinator
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
Office of Family Stability
P.O. Box 182709
50 W. Town Street, 6th Floor
Columbus, OH 43218-2709
Tel: 614.752.0650
Fax: 614.728.0761
E-mail: Evelyn.bissonnette@jfs.ohio.gov
Oklahoma
Melanie Silva
Refugee Program Manager
Family Support Service Division
P.O. Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
Tel: 405.521.4402
Fax: 405.521.4158
E-mail: Melanie.silva@okdhs.org
Oregon
Rhonda Prodzinski
Acting State Refugee Coordinator
Child Care & Refugee Programs Manager
Department of Human Services
500 Summer Street NE, E-48
Salem, OR 97301
Tel: 503.945.6108
Fax: 503 373.7032
E-mail: Rhonda.prodzinski@state.or.us
Pennsylvania
Norm-Anne Rothermel
Dept of Public Welfare/BETP/RRP
Health and Welfare Bldg, 2nd Floor West
7th and Forster Sts.
Harrisburg, PA 17105
Tel: 717.787.8608
E-Mail: nrothermel@state.pa.us
Rhode Island
Ms. Gail Dunphy
State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Human Services
Contract Management
600 New London Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920
Tel: 401.462.3375
Fax: 401.462.2975
E-mail: gdunphy@dhs.ri.gov
South Carolina
Dorothy Addison
State Refugee Coordinator
Program Supervisor
SCDSS Family Assistance
Refugee Resettlement & Repatriation Services
Columbia, SC 20202-1520
Phone: 803.898.0989
Fax: 803.898.7156
E-mail: dorothy.addison@dss.sc.gov
South Dakota
Tim Jurgens
Director of Refugee and Immigration Programs
Lutheran Social Services
1609 West 11th
Street Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Tel: 605.731.2015
Fax: 605.731.2029
E-mail: tim.jurgens@lsssd.org
Tennessee
Holly Johnson
State Refugee Coordinator
Tennessee Office for Refugees
Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc.
21 White Bridge Road, Suite 201
Nashville, TN 37205
Tel: 615.352.9520, ext. 222
Fax: 615.352.0701
E-mail: hjohnson@cctenn.org
Texas
Website: Texas Department of Human Services, Office of Immigration and Refugee Affairs (OIRA)
Caitriona Lyons, State Refugee Coordinator
Texas Health and Human Services Commissions
Office of Family Services
HHSC/Mail Code 2010
909 West 45th Street, PO Box 12668
Austin, TX 78751
Tel: 512.206.5076
Fax: 512.206.5812
E-mail: caitriona.lyons@hhsc.state.tx.us
Jeff Johnson
Manager, Family and Community Services
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Office of Family Services
Email: jeff.johnson@hhsc.state.tx.us
Utah
Gerald Brown
Director of Refugee Services
Utah Department of Workforce Services
140 East 300 South, 5th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Tel: 801.526.9787
Fax: 801.526.9789
E-mail: geraldbrown@utah.gov
Vermont
Denise Lamoureux
State Refugee Coordinator
Agency of Human Services
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05671-0203
Tel: 802.241.2229
Fax: 802.241.4461
E-mail: Denise.Lamoureux@state.vt.us
Virginia
Kathy Cooper
State Refugee Coordinator
Office of Newcomer Services
Virginia Department of Social Services
801 East Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219-3301
Tel: 804.726.7927
Fax: 804.726.7127
E-mail: Kathy.Cooper@dss.virginia.gov
Washington
Tom Medina, State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Social and Health Services
Office of Refugee & Immigrant Assistance
712 Pear Street
Olympia, WA 98504-5470
Tel: 360.725.4636
Fax: 360.725.4879
E-mail: Medintr@dshs.wa.gov
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West Virginia
Ms. Monica Hamilton
State Refugee Coordinator
Office of Family Support
350 Capitol Street, B-18
Charleston, WV 25301
Tel: 304.356.4620
Fax: 304.558.2059
E-mail: Monica.A.Hamilton@wv.gov
Wisconsin
Mette J. Brogden
State Refugee Coordinator
The Bureau of Working Families
Department of Children and Families
201 East Washington Avenue, Second
Floor P.O. Box 8916
Madison, WI 53708-8916
mette.brogden@wisconsin.us
Tel: 608.267.9705
Fax: 608.266.6836
E-mail: mette.brogden@wisconsin.gov
John Eilertson said
Wisconsin has new Refugee Coordinator. Update.
suganthan said
dear sir
i am suganthan from india.i am a srilankan refugees since 1990 .i have done B.Tech(Agricultural Engineering).i got married.lot of trouble here.i have not jobs here becaz of refugees.i cant go back srilanka .my home and all land destroyed by militory.now i am idle in refugee camp.please sir help for me i want go to other country like australiya.what is the procedure a refugee go to australiya.you are my god i am very poverty life in india sir.
Christopher Coen said
First, you must register with the UNHCR to apply for refugee status.
Hasham said
Respectable Madam/Sir,
I want to request you very humbly that I am a asylum seeker with my family from Pakistan and living in Bangkok since 5 months.
I have three children under 5 years old.
I have to left Pakistan after the attempt of killing me.
I am not allowed to take a job and no body is helping me.
I have tried some organisations like JRS to take financial help but the have delayed since 3 months and at end they say that they have no budget more.
I am in miserable condition where the infants need milk. and I need house rent and also something to eat.
I have nothing to survive more please help me where the Great America helping the big states I need only for my little family to survive.
Please do something for me.
I am very thankful for your kind response.
We are looking to you.
Kind Regards.
Ch.Hasham Ahmad
tel:0863261798
Bangkok