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     Office of Family Support
 
  Executive Offices
     
 

Assistant Secretary
Alison K. Neustrom, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Alison.Neustrom@dss.state.la.us

Location
627 N.  4th St.
Baton Rouge, La. 70802-5343
Telephone: (225) 342-3950

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 94065
Baton Rouge, La. 70804-9065
FAX: (225) 219-9399

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
Ms. Gail Denham
gdenham@dss.state.la.us

Special Services
Ms. Jeannathan Anderson
(225) 342-4953
janders1@dss.state.la.us

Disability Determinations Services Division
Ms. Sally Gilbert, Executive Director
445 N. Twelfth Street
Baton Rouge, La. 70802
(225) 342-2238
Fax: (225) 342-2160
sgilbert@dss.state.la.us

Solutions To Poverty (STOP)
Mr. Drew Murray, Director
(225) 342-9415
Fax: (225) 219-9399
   dmurray@dss.state.la.us 

Human Resource Section
Ms. Dortha George
(225) 342-9720
Fax: (225) 342-5558
dgeorge@dss.state.la.us

Equal Employment Opportunity
Ms. Jacqueline Walker, Coordinator
(225) 342-0297
Fax: (225) 342-5558
jwalker@dss.state.la.us

Administrative Support Division
Mr. Daniel Tuman, Division Director
(225) 342-9391
Fax: (225) 342-5558
dtuman@dss.state.la.us

Budget Section
Ms. Cynthia Brooks, Director
(225) 342-9391
Fax: (225) 342-6812
cbrooks@dss.state.la.us

Property Control
Ms. Karen Goudeau, Manager
(225) 342-9393
Fax: (225) 342-6812
kgoudeau@dss.state.la.us

Contract Services Section
Ms. Gwendolyn Brooks, Manager
(225) 342-2511
Fax: (225) 342-2536
gbrooks@dss.state.la.us

Rental and Leases
Ms. Tara Davenport 
(225) 342-2567
Fax: (225) 342-6996
tdaven1@dss.state.la.us 

Planning Section
   Vacant, Director
(225) 342-3859
Fax: (225) 342-6996

Inquiry Services/Planning Section
Ms. Dana D. Garlington, Program Specialist
(225) 342-2342
Fax: (225) 342-6996
dgarling@dss.state.la.us

Support Enforcement Services Division
Ms. Robert (Robbie) N. Endris, Executive Director
(225) 342-4780
Fax: (225) 342-7397
rendris@dss.state.la.us 

Administration/Policy Section
Ms. Sandra Broussard, Director
(225) 342-4780
Fax: (225) 342-7397
sbroussa@dss.state.la.us

Field Operations
Ms. Lisa Andry, Director
(225) 342-4780
Fax: (225) 342-7397
landry@dss.state/la.us

Program Operations/Automation
and Financial Operations
Ms. Charlene Worley, Program Director
(225) 219-7698
Fax: (225) 219-7697
cworley@dss.state.la.us

Customer Service Section
Ms. Cynthia Allen, Program Specialist
(225) 342-2741
Fax: (225) 342-7397
callen@dss.state.la.us 
 

Family Assistance Program Policy and Field Operations Division
Mr. Sammy Guillory, Acting Executive Director
sguillor@dss.state.la.us 
(225) 342-6482
Fax: (225) 219-4363 

Field Operations Section
Mr. Benjamin Francois, III, Acting Director
(225) 342-3911
Fax: (225) 219-4363
bfrancoi@dss.state.la.us

Regions:

Family Assistance Program Policy Section
Mr. Sammy Guillory, Manager
(225) 342-4051
Fax: (225) 219-4363
sguillor@dss.state.la.us 











Training Section
Ms. Kim Matherne, Director
(225) 219-2428
Fax: (225) 219-4363
kmathern@dss.state.la.us

Electronic Benefits
Transfer Section
Mr. Michael Morris, Manager
(225) 342-3535
Fax: (225) 219-4363 
mmorris@dss.state.la.us

 Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education 
Ms. Sherry S. Guarisco, Executive Director
(225) 342-0694
Fax: (225) 219-4248
sguarisc@dss.state.la.us

Child Care Licensing and
Regulatory Section
Ms. Angie Rollins, Acting Licensing Director
(225) 342-9905
Fax: (225) 219-4248
arollins@dss.state.la.us

Head Start Collaboration Project
Mr. Kahree Wahid, Director
(225) 342-1292
Fax: (225) 219-4248
kwahid@dss.state.la.us

Child Care Provider Directory
Ms. Brenda Pikes
(225) 925-7594
HOTLINE TELEPHONE NUMBER:
1-800-680-9098
Fax: (225) 925-7596
bpikes@dss.state.la.us 

Quality Improvement Unit
Vacant, Director
(225) 342-0694
Fax: (225) 219-4248


 

Quality Assurance Division
Mr. David D. Sigue, Executive Director
(225) 342-3877
Fax: (225) 219-1663
dsigue@dss.state.la.us  

Fraud and Recovery Section
Mr. Raymond Pease, Director
Mailing: P.O. Box 91147
Baton Rouge, La. 70821-9147
(225) 342-3970
Fax: (225) 219-1663
rpease@dss.state.la.us

Quality Control
Ms. Paula Saltaformaggio, Manager
(225) 219-2463
Fax: (225) 219-1663
psaltafo@dss.state.la.us

 

Program Accountability Section
Ms. Rosalyn Shackelford, Manager
(225) 342-2783
Fax: (225) 219-4707
rshackel@dss.state.la.us

Research and Monitoring
Ms. Tara Prejean, Manager
(225) 342-4096
Fax: (225) 219-4707
tprejean@dss.state.la.us

Contract Accountability Review Team
Ms. Elaine Fontenot, Manager
(225) 219-7754
Fax: (225) 219-4171
efontenot@dss.state.la.us

Contract Performance Review Section 
Ms. Tara Prejean, Manager
(225) 342-4096
Fax: (225) 219-4707
tprejean@dss.state.la.us

SIEVS Unit
Mr. Melvin Unkraut, Manager
(225) 342-2518
Fax: (225) 219-1663
munkraut@dss.state.la.us

     

     
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