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Prevention and Protection Services Administration Building Contacts

Listing of key staff
Position Name Phone number E-mail
Deputy Secretary of Family Services ​Tanya Keys ​785-296-3274
Director of Permanency and Licensing​ Rebecca Gerhardt 785-893-1912
Rebecca.Gerhardt@ks.gov
Director of Prevention Pam Hahn 785-296-4292 Pamela.Hahn@ks.gov
​Director of KPM, Performance Improvement and
Safety & Thriving Families​
Deanne Dinkel​ ​785-250-5518 Deanne.Dinkel@ks.gov​​​​
​Director of Medicaid and Children’s Mental Health​ ​Brenda Soto ​​785-250-2741​ Brenda.Soto@ks.gov
​Director of Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System Toni Harryman
Toni.Harryman@ks.gov
​Deputy Director of Foster Care Licensing ​ ​​Leslie ​Rannebeck ​785-296-5135 ​Leslie.Rannebeck@ks.gov
​Deputy Director of Permanency Sydney Dringman​ Sydney.Dringman@ks.gov
​Deputy Director of Youth Services ​​Stacy Tidwell ​​785-296-6846 ​​Stacy.Tidwell@ks.gov
​Deputy Director of Performance Improvement ​Ashley Johnson ​785-380-6445 ​​​AshleyR.Johnson@ks.gov
​​Deputy Director of Adult Protective Services Chrisy Khatib ​785-230-9838 Kerri.Khatib@ks.gov
​Deputy Director of Safety and Thriving Families ​Erica Hunter
Erica.Hunter@ks.gov
​​Deputy Director of Medicaid and Children's Mental Health ​Jennifer Nichelson​ ​​785-207-3333 ​Jennifer.Nichelson@ks.gov
​Deputy Director of Prevention Services ​Ariele Erwine Ariele.Erwine@ks.gov
​Deputy Director of Learning and Development ​Amy Krug Amy.Krug@ks.gov

​​Assistant General Counsel for PPS ​Vivien Olsen ​785-296-4677​ Vivien.Olsen@ks.gov
Safety and Thriving Families Administrator​ ​Kieli Frey ​785-338-0282​ Kieli.Frey@ks.gov
​Student Services Administrator ​Tina Abney ​​785-250-8861 ​​Tina.Abney@ks.gov
​State Plan, Family Services and FRC Administrator​ ​​Shelby Zimmerman Shelby.Zimmerman@ks.gov
​Family Preservation Program Administrator ​Jan Trizuto​ ​785-506-7178 Jan.M.Trizuto@ks.gov
​Family First Grants Administrator​ ​​Jennifer Bretsnyder​ ​785-368-8143 Jennifer.Goodman@ks.gov
Foster Care Program Administrator ​Danielle Davis Danielle.Davis@ks.gov
​Adult Protective Services Administrator ​​Jessica Snyder ​785-368-8105 Jessica.Snyder@ks.gov
​Kansas City Region APS Assistant Administrator​ ​Alonda Forde Harris ​913-942-3693 Alonda.FordeHarris@ks.gov
​East Region APS Assistant Administrator​ ​Becky Bridges 785-296-1354
Rebecca.Bridges@ks.gov
​West Region APS Assistant Administrator​​ ​Mary Ellen Beck ​785-302-6231 MaryEllen.Beck@ks.gov
​WichitaRegion APS Assistant Administrator​​ ​​Laci Guerrero ​316-337-6252​ ​Laci.Guerrero@ks.gov
​Protection Report Center Assistant Administrator ​Jill Collins ​316-337-6610 Jill.Collins@ks.gov​​
​Protection Report Center Assistant Administrator​ ​ ​​Frances Dewell ​785-296-8769 Frances.Dewell@ks.gov
​CAPTA Manager ​Jennifer Slagle​ ​785-260-5517​ ​​Jennifer.Slagle@ks.gov
​Adoption Program Manager ​Hayley Munford Hayley.Munford@ks.gov​
​Foster Care Program Manager ​Katrina Klien ​785-296-2160 Katrina.Klein@ks.gov
​Independent Living Program Manager ​Amy Ervin ​785-368-8192 Amy.Ervin@ks.gov​​
​​Independent Living Assistant Program Manager ​Danae Nelson ​​785-250-8113 Danae.Nelson​@ks.gov​
​Interstate Compact (ICPC) Program Manager ​Jessica Guthery ​​785-213-8214 ​Jessica.Guthery@ks.gov
​Anti-Human Trafficking Program Manager ​Kent Bauman ​​785-276-9736 Kent.Bauman@ks.gov
​Group Home Program Manager ​Olivia Hunt ​​ Olivia.Hunt@ks.gov
​​Family First Program Manager ​​Cecily Hodges ​​785-289-6530 Cecily.Hodges@ks.gov
​​IV-E Manager ​​​Kim Fay ​​ Kim.Fay@ks.gov​
​Performance Improvement Manager Rebecca Turner ​N/A Rebecca.Turner@ks.gov
​Crossover Youth Policy & Practice Coordinator ​​Ashley Brown ​N/A ​​Ashley.Brown@ks.gov
​Data Specialist ​​Christin Loveall ​N/A Christin.Loveall@ks.gov
​Performance Improvement/Data Specialist Kevin Coleman
​​ Kevin.Coleman@ks.gov
​Post Adoption Search​ ​Derith Trickey ​785-296-6619 Derith.Trickey@ks.gov
​​Tribal Specialist
​Medicaid Liaison​ ​​Beth McCloud ​​785-296-6892 Elizabeth.McCloud@ks.gov
​​Expungment Requests ​​ ​​​785-296-6620​

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