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 Alabama Respite Resource Network 
Linda Lamberth 
Project Manager 
2505 Inverness Lane 
Birmingham, Alabama 35242 
(205) 991-0927 (phone and fax) 
Alabamarespite@aol.com 
Arkansas 
Arkansas Respite Coalition 
Rodney Farley 
Parent Activities Coordinator 
Children’s Medical Services 
P.O. Box 1436 – Slot 526 
Little Rock, Arkansas 77203 
(501) 682-1461 
Fax (501) 682-8247 
refarley@juno.com 
Arizona 
Arizona Respite Network 
Susan Abagnale 
Executive Director 
Casey Family Services 
1600 North Country Club Road 
Tucson, Arizona 85716 
(520) 323-0886 
California 
California Respite Services Association 
Catherine Woods, President 
ARC of San Diego 
1550 Hotel Circle North, Suite 400 
San Diego, California 92108-2910 
(619) 574-5352 
Fax (619) 574-5353 
Mike Huckins 
Executive Director 
Family Services of the Bay Area 
100 Corporate Place, Suite B 
Vallejo, California 94590 
(707) 644-4491 
Fax (707) 644-1318 
BASF100@aol.com 
Colorado 
Colorado Respite Committee 
Genean Craig 
Colorado Access 
501 South Cherry Street, Suite 700 
Denver, Colorado 80246 
(303) 316-2252 
genean_craig@coaccess.com 
  
Connecticut 
Mary Jane Cannon 
REACHOUT, Inc. 
300 East Rock Road 
New Haven, CT 06511 
Phone# 203-865-0312 
reachout@reachoutinc.org 
Florida 
Florida Respite Coalition 
Rebecca Varnadore 
2304 Aloma Avenue, Suite 100 
Winter Park, Florida 32792 
(407) 740-8909, ext. 104 
Fax (407) 644-6548 
contact@floridarespite.org 
www.ucptampa.org/frc 
Georgia 
Metropolitan Atlanta Respite Cooperative 
Whitney Fuchs 
Executive Director 
Georgia Community Support and Solutions 
1945 Cliff Valley Way, Suite 220 
Atlanta, Georgia 30329 
(404) 634-4222 
Fax (404) 634-1324 
Whitney.Fuchs@gacommunity.org 
Hawaii 
Joyce Metzger 
999 Wilder Avenue, #402 
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 
(808) 957-0066 
Fax (808) 946-5222 
Illinois 
Illinois Respite Coalition 
Frank Shepke & Tom Coleman 
Co-chairs 
Crittenton Care and Counseling Center 
2619 West Heading Avenue 
Peoria, Illinois 61604 
(309) 674-0105 
Fax (309) 674-7029 
crittentonfrank@juno.com 
www.respiteillinois.org 
Iowa 
Iowa Respite and Crisis Care Coalition 
Jay W. Brewer 
Executive Director 
317 E. Sixth Street 
Des Moines, IA 50309 
515-255-3093 
Fax: 515-288-4475 
jbrewer@irccc.com 
www.IRCCC.com 
 
 
 
 
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Kansas 
Kansas Respite Coalition 
Lorie Angelo 
Coordinator 
Rainbows United, Inc. 
340 South Broadway 
Wichita, Kansas 67202 
(316) 263-0648 
Fax (316) 269-0653 
Louisiana 
Louisiana Respite Coalition 
Mark Terry 
Co-director 
Louisiana Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health 
P.O. Box 4767 
Shreveport, Louisiana 71134-0767 
(318) 227-2796 
Fax (318) 227-2793 
mterry@LAFFCMH.com 
  
Maryland 
Maryland Respite Care Coalition 
Alidz Khachaturian 
113 North Washington Street, Ste. 166 
Rockville, Maryland 20850 
(301) 279-5754 
Fax (301) 294-7203 
alidz@idt.net 
Michigan 
Michigan Respite Coalition 
Doug Cunningham, Chair 
Community Respite Centers, Inc. 
P.O. Box 507 
Jackson, MI 49204-0507 
(517) 788-7533 Phone 
Fax (517) 788-8116 
Doug49203@yahoo.com 
Minnesota 
Minnesota Crisis Care Association 
Lynn Shubitz, Chair 
Bethany Crisis Nursery 
9239 Idaho Street 
Duluth, Minnesota 55808 
(218) 626-2726 
Fax (218) 626-1727 
Missouri 
Family Support and Respite Coalition of Missouri 
Linda Wolf, President 
Jefferson County Arc 
P.O. Box 73 
Mapaville, Missouri 63065 
(636) 931-6644 
Fax (636) 931-2144 
jcarc@jcn1.com 
www.fsrcmo.homestead.com/fsrcmo.html 
 
South Dakota 
Kathy Olson 
Department of Human Services 
Hillsview Plaza, 
E. Hwy. 34, c/o 500 East Capitol 
Pierre, SD 57501-5070 
Kathy.Olson@state.sd.us 
www.state.sd.us/dhs/dd/respite/index.htm 
Tennessee 
Tennessee Respite Coalition 
Louise Barnes, Project Officer 
Tennessee Department of Mental Health and 
Mental Retardation 
Division of Mental Health Services 
Cordell Hull Bldg., 3rd Floor 
Nashville, Tennessee 37243 
(615) 532-6727 
Fax (615) 532-6719 
lbarnes@mail.state.tn.us 
Utah 
Utah Alliance of Family Support Centers 
Reba Nissen 
120 North, 200 West, Suite 225 
Salt Lake City, Utah 84103 
(801) 538-4103 
Fax (801) 538-3993 
hsadmin1.rnissen@state.ut.us 
Washington 
Respite and Crisis Care Coalition 
of Washington State 
Kari Cunningham-Rosvik 
Co-chair 
Arc of King County 
10550 Lake City Way NE, Suite A 
Seattle, Washington 98125 
(206) 364-4645 
Fax (206) 364-8140 
roshamvik@aol.com 
Sally Friedman 
Co-chair 
Senior Services, Inc. 
1601 2nd Avenue, Suite 800 
Seattle, Washington 98101 
(206) 727-6260 
(206) 448-3110 
sallyf@seniorservices.org 
Wisconsin 
Respite Care Association 
of Wisconsin, Inc. 
JoAnn Stormer 
214 N Hamilton Street 
Madison WI 53703 
(877) 260 9207 
(608) 256 3378 
www.respitecarewi.org 
 
 
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