Office of Family Assistance
Division of Tribal TANF Management
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (ACF)
REGIONAL OFFICE CONTACTS
FOR THE NATIVE EMPLOYMENT WORKS (NEW) PROGRAM
Region I – Boston
Hugh Galligan, ACF Regional Administrator
JFK Federal Building , Room 2000
Boston , Massachusetts 02203
Phone: 617-565-1020. Fax: 617-565-2493.
Contact person for NEW grantee in Region I:
John Perez – Phone: 617-565-2468. Fax: 617-565-2493.
NEW grantee in Region I:
In Maine : Penobscot Nation.
Region II – New York
Mary Ann Higgins, ACF Regional Administrator
26 Federal Plaza, Room 4048
New York , New York 10278
Phone: 212-264-2890. Fax: 212-264-4881.
Contact person for NEW grantee in Region II:
James Colangelo – Phone: 212-264-2890, x 134. Fax: 212-264-0013.
NEW grantee in Region II:
In New York : Seneca Nation of New York *.
Region IV – Atlanta
Carlis V. Williams, ACF Regional Administrator
Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center
61 Forsyth Street SW, Suite 4 M60
Atlanta , Georgia 30303-8909
Phone: 404-562-2900. Fax: 404-562-2980.
Contact people for NEW grantees in Region IV:
For grantee in Mississippi : Darrel McGhee – Phone: 404-562-2936.
For grantee in North Carolina : Veronica Young – Phone: 404-562-2894.
Fax for contact people: 404-562-2985.
NEW grantees in Region IV:
In Mississippi : Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
In North Carolina : Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
Region V – Chicago
Joyce Thomas, ACF Regional Administrator
233 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 400
Chicago , Illinois 60601
Phone: 312-353-4237. Fax: 312-353-2204.
Contact people for NEW grantees in Region V:
For grantee in Michigan : Tom Schindler – Phone: 312-886-9540.
For grantees in Minnesota : Joe Smyth – Phone: 312-353-2571.
For grantees in Wisconsin : Gene Niewoehner – Phone: 312-353-5182.
Fax for contact people: 312-886-5373.
NEW grantees in Region V:
In Michigan : Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
In Minnesota : Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa
Indians (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians)*, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians*, White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians*.
In Wisconsin : Forest County Potawatomi Community, Ho-Chunk Nation*, Lac Courte
Oreilles Band of Chippewa Indians, Menominee Indian Tribe*, Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin , Sokaogon Chippewa Community.
Region VI – Dallas
Leon McCowan, ACF Regional Administrator
1301 Young Street , Room 914
Dallas , Texas 75202
Phone: 214-767-9648. Fax: 214-767-3743.
Contact people for NEW grantees in Region VI:
Carl Rich – Phone: 214-767-8095.
Additional contact person: Jane Martin – Phone: 214-767-2815.
Fax for contact people: 214-767-3743.
NEW grantees in Region VI:
In New Mexico : Mescalero Apache Tribe, Pueblo of Zuni (Zuni Tribe)*.
In Oklahoma : Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma , Chickasaw Nation*,
Comanche Indian Tribe, Inter-Tribal Council, Inc., Sac and Fox Nation.
Region VII – Kansas City
Linda Lewis, ACF Regional Administrator
601 East 12th Street , Room 276
Kansas City , Missouri 64106
Phone: 816-426-3981. Fax: 816-426-2888.
Contact person for NEW grantees in Region VII:
Les Thierolf – Phone: 816-426-2265. Fax: 816-426-2888.
NEW grantees in Region VII:
In Kansas : Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas .
In Nebraska : Omaha Tribe of Nebraska , Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska , Winnebago
Tribe of Nebraska *.
Region VIII – Denver
Thomas Sullivan, ACF Regional Administrator
1961 Stout Street , Room 926
Denver , Colorado 80294
Phone: 303-844-3100. Fax: 303-844-2624.
Contact people for NEW grantees in Region VIII:
Doreen McNicholas – Phone: 303-844-1174.
Additional contact person: Marjorie Hudspeth – Phone: 303-844-1159.
Fax for contact people: 303-844-2313.
NEW grantees in Region VIII:
In Montana : Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Ft. Peck Reservation, Blackfeet Tribe,
Chippewa -Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation*, Crow Tribe of Montana, Northern Cheyenne Tribe.
In North Dakota : Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe*, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (also in South
Dakota), Three Affiliated Tribes of the Ft. Berthold Reservation*, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.
In South Dakota : Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux
Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, Rosebud Sioux Tribe*, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate*.
In Wyoming : Eastern Shoshone Tribe (Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation)*, Northern Arapahoe Tribe (Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation).
Region IX – San Francisco
Sharon Fujii, ACF Regional Administrator
50 United Nations Plaza , Room 450
San Francisco , California 94102
Phone: 415-437-8400. Fax: 415-437-8444.
Contact people for NEW grantees in Region IX:
For grantees in Arizona and Nevada : Rick Wever – Phone: 415-437-8460.
For grantee in California : Julie Fong – Phone: 415-437-7579.
Fax for contact people: 415-437-8437 or 415-437-8436.
NEW grantees in Region IX:
In Arizona : Cocopah Indian Tribe, Gila River Indian Community, Hualapai Nation,
Navajo Nation (also in New Mexico and Utah ), Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Tohono O'odham Nation.
In California : California Indian Manpower Consortium.
In Nevada : Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation* (also in Idaho ).
Region X – Seattle
Steve Henigson, ACF Regional Administrator
2201 Sixth Avenue, MS 70
Seattle , Washington 98121
Phone: 206-615-2547. Fax: 206-615-2574 or 206-615-2575.
Contact people for NEW grantees in Region X:
For grantees in Alaska and Oregon : Melodie Rothwell – Phone: 206-615-2118.
For grantees in Idaho and Washington : Judy Ogliore – Phone: 206-615-2568.
For NEW program reports: Melodie Rothwell and Judy Ogliore (see above).
For NEW financial status reports: Pat Contraro – Phone: 206-615-2649.
Fax for contact people: 206-615-2574 or 206-615-2575.
NEW grantees in Region X:
In Alaska : Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association, Inc.*, Association of Village Council
Presidents*, Bristol Bay Native Association*, Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes*, Chugachmiut*, Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc.*, Kawerak, Inc.*, Kodiak Area Native Association*, Metlakatla Indian Community*, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Inc.
In Idaho : Coeur D'Alene Tribe of Idaho , Nez Perce Tribe*.
In Oregon : Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community*.
In Washington : Colville Confederated Tribes*, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Lummi Tribe, Makah Indian Tribe, Nooksack Indian Tribe, Puyallup Tribe, Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, South Puget Inter-Tribal Planning Agency, Stillaguamish Tribe , Swinomish Indian Tribal Community , Tulalip Tribes , Upper Skagit Indian Tribe.
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* Indicates grantees that include their program year (PY) 2004-2005 NEW program grants in Public Law 102-477 demonstration projects. The primary federal contacts for these grantees are through the Department of the Interior.