State Agencies on Aging

Agencies offer information on services for older Americans.

The offices listed in this section coordinate services for older Americans. They provide information on services, programs and opportunities for these consumers. (This list is printed in larger type for the benefit of older consumers.)

Alabama

Dr. Melissa Galvin

Executive Director, Commission on Aging

770 Washington Ave., Suite 470

Montgomery, AL 36130

334-242-5743

Fax: 334-242-5594

Toll free: 1-800-243-5463

Alaska

Jane Demmert

Director, Alaska Commission on Aging

Division of Senior Services

P.O. Box 110209

Juneau, AK 99811-0209

907-465-3250

Fax: 907-465-4716

E-mail: acoa@admin.state.ak.us or

nanlathrop@admin.state.ak.us

Arizona

Henry Blanco

Administrator, Aging and Adult Administration

Site Code 950A

Department of Economic Security

1789 West Jefferson Street

Phoenix, AZ 85007

602-542-4446

Fax: 602-542-6575

TDD/TTY: 602-542-6435

Arkansas

Betty French

Information Specialist, Division of Aging and Adult Services

Department of Human Services

P.O. Box 1437

Slot 1412

Little Rock, AR 72203-1437

501-682-2441

Fax: 501-682-8155

California

Dixon Arnett

Director, Department of Aging

1600 K Street

Sacramento, CA 95814

916-322-3887

Fax: 916-324-1903

TDD toll free nationwide: 1-800-735-2929

Colorado

Rita Barreras

Director, Aging and Adult Service

Department of Social Services

110 16th Street, Suite 200

Denver, CO 80202-4147

Fax: 303-620-4191

TDD: 303-620-4147

Connecticut

Christine Lewis

Director, Community Services

Department of Social Services

Elderly Services Division

25 Sigourney Street, 10th Floor

Hartford, CT 06106-5033

860-424-5277

Toll free in CT: 1-800-443-9946

Fax: 860-424-4966

Delaware

Eleanor Cain

Director, Div. Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities

DDHSS

1901 North DuPont Highway

New Castle, DE 19720

302-577-4791

Toll free nationwide: 1-800-223-9074

Fax: 302-577-4793

E-mail: dsaapdinfo@state.de.us

District of Columbia

Sammy A. Gawad

Acting Director,

D.C. Office on Aging

441 Fourth Street, NW

Suite 900 South

Washington, DC 20001

202-724-5622

Fax: 202-724-4979

TDD: 202-724-8925

Web site: www.ci.washington.dc.us

Jearline Williams

Executive Director, Department of Human Services

2700 Martin Luther King Ave., SE

801 East Building

Washington, DC, 20032

202-279-6002

Fax: 202-279-6014

Florida

Bentley Lipscomb

Secretary, Florida Department of Elder Affairs

4040 Esplanade Way

Tallahassee, FL 32399-7000

850-414-2000

Fax: 850-414-2004

TDD: 850-414-2001

Georgia

Judy Hagebak

Director, Division of Aging Services

Department of Human Resources

2 Peachtree Street, NW

26th Floor, Suite 385

Atlanta, GA 30303

404-657-5258

Fax: 404-657-5285

Guam

Arthur U. San Agustin

Administrator, Division of Senior Citizens

Department of Public Health and Social Services

P.O. Box 2816

Agana, GU 96932

671-475-0263

Fax: 671-477-2930

E-mail: arthursa@ns.gov.gu

Web site: www.mail.admin.gov.gu/pubhealth

Hawaii

Marilyn Seely

Director, Executive Office on Aging

250 South Hotel Street

Suite 107

Honolulu, HI 96813-2831

808-586-0100

Toll free in HI: 1-800-468-4644, ext. 60100

Fax: 808-586-0185

Idaho

Arlene Davidson

Director, Idaho Commission on Aging

700 West Jefferson, Room 108

P.O. Box 83720

Boise, ID 83720-0007

208-334-3833

Toll free: 1-800-377-1363

Fax: 208-334-3033

TDD/TTY toll free in ID: 1-800-377-3529

Illinois

Maralee Lindley

Director, Department on Aging

421 East Capitol Avenue, #100

Springfield, IL 62701-1789

217-785-3356

Chicago Office: 312-814-2630

Fax: 217-785-4477

TDD toll free in IL: 1-800-252-8966

E-mail: ilsenior@age084rl.state.il.us

Web site: www.state.il.us/aging/

Indiana

Geneva Shedd

Acting Director, Division of Disability, Aging and Rehabilitative

Services

Bureau of Aging and In-Home Services

402 W. Washington Street

Indianapolis, IN 46207-7083

317-232-1147

Toll free nationwide: 1-800-545-7763

Fax: 317-232-7867

TDD toll free in IN: 1-800-962-8408

Web site: www.state.in.us

Iowa

Betty Grandquist

Executive Director, Department of Elder Affairs

Clemens Building, 3rd Floor

200 Tenth Street

Des Moines, IA 50309-3609

515-281-5187

Fax: 515-281-4036

TDD: 515-281-5188

Kansas

Thelma Hunter Gordon

Secretary, Department on Aging

Docking State Office Building,

Room 150

915 SW Harrison

Tokepa, KS 66612-1505

913-296-4986

Toll free in KS: 1-800-432-3535

Fax: 913-296-0256

TDD: 913-291-3167

Kentucky

Department of Social Services

CHR Bldg., 5th West

275 East Main Street

Frankfort, KY 40521

502-564-6930

Fax: 502-564-4595

Louisiana

Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs

P.O. Box 80374

Baton Rouge, LA 70898-0374

504-342-7100

Toll free in LA: 1-800-259-4990 (elderly protection/ombudsman hotline)

Fax: 504-342-7144

Maine

Christine Gianopoulos

Director, Bureau of Elder and Adult Services

Department of Human Services

State House, Station 11

35 Anthony Avenue

Augusta, ME 04333-0011

207-624-5335

Fax: 207-624-5361

TDD: 207-624-5442; TDD/TTY Toll free in ME: 1-888-720-1925

Web site: www.state.me.us/beas

Maryland

Sue Fryer Ward

Director, Office on Aging

State Office Bldg., Room 1007

301 West Preston Street

Baltimore, MD 21201

410-767-1102

Toll free in MD: 1-800-243-3425

Fax: 410-333-7943

TDD: 410-767-1083

Massachusetts

Franklin Ollivierre

Secretary, Executive Office of Elder Affairs

One Ashburton Place

5th Floor

Boston, MA 02108

617-727-7750

Toll free in MA: 1-800-882-2003

Fax: 617-727-9368

TDD toll free: 1-800-872-0166

Michigan

Lynn Alexander

Director, Office of Services to the Aging

P.O. Box 30676

Lansing, MI 48909-8176

Main phone line: 517-373-8230

Fax: 517-373-4092

TDD: 517-373-4096

Web site: mass.iog.wayne.edu/

Minnesota

James Varpness

Executive Secretary,

Minnesota Board on Aging

444 Lafayette Road

St. Paul, MN 55155-3843

612-296-2770

Toll free in MN: 1-800-882-6262

Fax: 612-297-7855

Mississippi

Eddie Anderson

Director, Division of Aging and Adult Services

750 North State Street

Jackson, MS 39202

601-359-4925

Toll free in MS: 1-800-948-3090

Fax: 601-359-4370

Missouri

Andrea Routh

Director, Division on Aging

Department of Social Services

P.O. Box 1337

615 Howerton Court

Jefferson City, MO 65102-1337

573-751-3082

Fax: 573-751-8687

TDD toll free nationwide: 1-800-735-2966

E-mail: pwoodsma@mail.state.mo.us

Montana

Charles Rehbein

Bureau Chief, Office on Aging

111 North Sanders

Room 210

Helena, MT 59620

406-444-4077

Toll free in MT: 1-800-332-2272

Fax: 406-444-7433

Nebraska

Dennis Loose

Chief Deputy Director, Department on Aging,

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

P.O. Box 95044

301 Centennial Mall, South, 3rd Fl.

Lincoln, NE 68509-5044

402-471-2306

Fax: 402-471-0820

TDD toll free in NE: 1-800-942-7830

Nevada

Carla Sloan

Acting Administrator, Division for Aging Services

Department of Human Resources

340 North 11th Street, Suite 203

Las Vegas, NV 89101

702-486-3545

Toll free: 1-800-AGE-DNEV

Fax: 702-486-3572 (Las Vegas)

702-687-4264 (Carson City)

TDD: 702-486-3420

E-mail: csloan@govmail.state.nv.us

Web site: www.state.nv.us

New Hampshire

Rick Crocker

Director, Division of Elderly and Adult Services

State Office Park South

115 Pleasant Street, Annex Bldg. #1

Concord, NH 03301-6501

603-271-4680

Toll free in NH: 1-800-351-1888

Fax: 603-271-4643

TDD toll free in NH: 1-800-735-2964

New Jersey

Ruth Reader

Assistant Commissioner, Department of Health and Senior Services

Division of Senior Affairs

101 South Broad Street,

P.O. Box 807

Trenton, NJ 08625-0807

609-292-3766

Toll free in NJ: 1-800-792-8820

Fax: 609-633-6609

New Mexico

Michelle Lujan Grishan

Director, State Agency on Aging

La Villa Rivera Bldg.

228 E. Palace Avenue, Ground Floor

Santa Fe, NM 87501

505-827-7640

Toll free in NM: 1-800-432-2080

Fax: 505-827-7649

New York

Walter Hoefer

Director, New York State Office for the Aging

2 Empire State Plaza

Albany, NY 12223-1251

518-474-5731

Fax: 518-474-0608

TDD toll free in NY: 1-800-342-9871

Web site: www.aging.state.ny.us/nysofa

North Carolina

Bonnie Cramer

Director, Division of Aging

CB 29531

693 Palmer Drive

Raleigh, NC 27626-0531

919-733-3983

Fax: 919-733-0443

North Dakota

Linda Wright

Director, Department of Human Services

600 South Second Street

Suite 1C

Bismarck, ND 58504-5729

701-328-8910

Toll free in ND: 1-800-755-8521

Fax: 701-328-8989

Ohio

Judith Brachman

Director, Ohio Department of Aging

50 West Broad Street, 9th Floor

Columbus, OH 43215-5928

614-466-5500

Fax: 614-466-5741

Oklahoma

Roy Keen

Division Administrator,

Services for the Aging

Department of Human Services

P.O. Box 25352

Oklahoma City, OK 73126

405-521-2281

405-521-2327

Toll free in OK: 1-800-211-2116

Fax: 405-521-2086

Norma Goff

Programs Administrator, Home and Community Based Services

Department of Human Services

P.O. Box 25352

Oklahoma City, OK 73126

405-521-4165

405-522-3068

Toll free in OK: 1-800-211-2116

Fax: 405-521-2086

Oregon

Roger Auerbach

Administrator, Senior and Disabled Services Division

500 Summer Street, NE, 2nd Floor

Salem, OR 97310-1015

Toll free in OR: 1-800-282-8096

Fax: 503-373-7823

TDD: 503-945-5811

Pennsylvania

Richard Browdie

Secretary, Department of Aging

Governor's Office of General Counsel

555 Walnut Street, 5th Floor

Harrisburg, PA 17101-1919

Phone: (717) 783-1609

Fax: (717) 787-9572

Puerto Rico

Ruby Rodriguez Ramirez

M.H.S.A. Executive Director, Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs

P.O. Box 50063

Old San Juan Station, PR 00902

787-721-5710

787-721-4560

Fax: 787-721-6510

Rhode Island

Barbara Casey Ruffino

Director, Department of Elderly Affairs

160 Pine Street

Providence, RI 02903-3708

401-277-2858

Fax: 401-277-1490

TDD toll free in RI: 1-800-322-2880

South Carolina

Constance Rinehart

Deputy Director, Department of Health and

Human Services Office on Aging

P.O. Box 8206

Columbia, SC 29202-8206

803-253-6100

Toll free in SC: 1-800-868-9095

Fax: 803-253-4137

South Dakota

Gail Ferris

Administrator, Office of Adult Services and Aging

Richard Kneip Building

700 Governors Drive

Pierre, SD 57501

605-773-3656

Fax: 605-773-6834

E-mail: GAILF@SS.STATE.SD.US

Tennessee

Emily Wiseman

Director, Commission on Aging

500 Deaderick Street

Andrew Jackson Building, 9th Floor

Nashville, TN 37243-0860

615-741-2056

Voice relay service: 1-800-848-0299

Fax: 615-741-3309

TDD toll free nationwide: 1-800-848-0298

E-mail: jharpe19@mail.idt.net

Texas

Mary Sapp

Executive Director,

Department on Aging

4900 North Lamar

Austin, TX 78751-2399

512-424-6840

Fax: 512-424-6890

TDD/TTY toll free nationwide:

1-800-252-9240

Web site: www.tdoa.state.tx.us

Utah

Helen Goddard

Director, Division of Aging and Adult Services

P.O. Box 45500

Salt Lake City, UT 84145-0500

801-538-3910

Fax: 801-538-4395

E-mail: INET:HSADM2.HGODDARD@EMA.STATE.UT.US

Web site: www.dhs.state.ut.us

Vermont

David Yaczone

Commissioner, Department of Aging and Disabilities

Waterbury Complex

103 South Main Street

Waterbury, VT 05671-2301

Fax: 802-241-2325

TDD: 802-241-2400

Virgin Islands

Catherine Mills

Commissioner, Department of Human Services

Knud Hansen Complex, Bldg. A

1303 Hospital Ground

Charlotte Amalie, VI 00802

340-774-0930

Fax: 340-774-3466

Virginia

Thelma Bland Watson

Commissioner,

Department for the Aging

1600 Forest Avenue, #102

Richmond, VA 23229

Fax: 804-662-9354

TDD: 804-662-9333

Web site: www.aging.state.va.us

Washington

Ralph Smith

Assistant Secretary, Aging and Adult Services Administration

Dept. of Social and Health Services

P.O. Box 45050

Olympia, WA 98504-5050

360-902-7797

Toll free nationwide: 1-800-422-3263

Fax: 360-902-7848

West Virginia

Patricia F. Bradford

Commissioner,

Bureau of Senior Services

Commission on Aging

1900 Kanawha Blvd. East

Holly Grove, Building 10

Charleston, WV 25305-0160

304-558-3317

Fax: 304-558-0004

Wisconsin

Donna McDowell

Director, Bureau of Aging and Long Term Care Resources

Department of Health and Family Services

217 South Hamilton Street, Suite 300

Madison, WI 53703

608-266-2536

Fax: 608-267-3203

Wyoming

Wayne Milton

Chief Fiscal Officer, Office on Aging

139 Hathaway Building

Cheyenne, WY 82002

307-777-7986

Toll free nationwide: 1-800-442-2766

Fax: 307-777-5340

E-mail: EVAJDA@MISSC.STATE.WY.US

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