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United Council on Welfare Fraud

PO Box 226948
Miami, FL
33222-6948

PH: 786.431.1085
 [email protected]

 

 

 

  

Report Fraud Contact Page    

 

 

To report fraud, contact the appropriate individual or agency in the state or province where you believe the fraud was committed or where the individual(s) are currently living.

State/Province

Point of Contact Information

Telephone/Fax #

Administration for Children and Families (Federal)

Associate Commissioner
Child Care Bureau
Administration for Children and Families
370 L’Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington, DC 20447

 

Telephone:

202.690.6782

 

Alabama 

Charles Cook

[[email protected]]

Director, Fiscal Integrity Division
Program Integrity Division
50 Ripley Street
Montgomery, AL 36130-4000

 

Telephone:

334.242.1331

Fax: 334.242.1086

Alaska 

Christopher Lauer 

[[email protected]]

Chief Investigator
Department of Health and Social Services
Div of Public Assistance/Fraud Control Unit
3601 C Street, Suite 200
Anchorage, AK 99503

 

Telephone:

907.269.1050

 

Fax: 907.269.1062

Arizona 

Barry Rogers

[   ]

Department of Economic Security
Office of Special Investigations
1789 W. Jefferson St, 1st FL NW
 PO Box 6123
Phoenix, AZ 85005

 

Telephone:

602.255.0098

      Ext 220

Fax: 602.254.8568

Arkansas 

Tom Fowler

[[email protected]]

Office of Chief Counsel
Fraud Investigation
700 Main Street
PO Box 1437/S290
Little Rock, AR 72203
 

Telephone:

501.682.8627

 

Fax: 501.682.8646

California 

 

[email protected]

Department of Social Services
PO Box 944243, MS 19-26
Sacramento, CA 94244-2430

 

Telephone:

800.344.8477

 

 

Canada 

Kathryn Breau

[[email protected]]

Program Coordinator
Prince Edward Lennox & Addington Social Services
95 Advance Avenue
Napanee, Ontario

 

Telephone:

613.354.0957

Ext 508

Fax: 613.354.4099

Colorado 

Paula Lujan

[[email protected]]

Chief of Program Integrity
Division of Colorado Works
Eligibility and Program Integrity Section
1575 Sherman Street, 3rd Floor
Denver, CO 80203

 

Telephone:

303.866.3306

 

Fax: 303.866.5488

Connecticut 

James Wietrak

[[email protected]]

Director
Department of Social Services, Quality Assurance
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, CT 06106
 

Telephone:

860.424.5903

 

Fax: 860.424.5900

Delaware 

Lavinia McGinty

[[email protected]]

Acting Director
Department of Health and Social Services
Audit and Recovery Management Services
1901 N. DuPont Highway
New Castle, DE 19720

 

Telephone:

302.255.9035

 

Fax: 302.255.4443

District of Columbia 

Denise E. Nedab, Chief

[Denise.Nedab@dc.gov]

DC Department of Human Services
Office of Program Review, Monitoring
and Investigation
216 Georgia Avenue, NW, Room 113
Washington, DC 20009

Alternate:  Muriel Gregory

[[email protected]]

 

Telephone:

202.576-9444

 

Fax: 202.576.9481

Florida 

Randy Burkhalter

[[email protected]]

Director
Public Assistance Fraud Unit
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
PO Box 1489
Tallahassee, FL 32302

Alternate:  Russ Fernandes

[[email protected]]

Online Fraud Reporting Hotline link:

http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/access/ReportFraud/MainForm.aspx

 

Telephone:

850.410.8380

Fax: 850.410.7483

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Fax: 813.878.7351

Georgia 

Kenneth Bramlett

[[email protected]]

Director
Department of Human Resources
Office of Fraud and Abuse
2 Northside 75, Suite 250 Beta Building
Atlanta, GA 30318

 

Telephone:

404.463.2480

Hawaii 

Eric Weyenberg

[[email protected]]

Chief Investigator
Department of Human Services
Investigations Office (Oahu)
826 Mililani Street, Suite 717
Honolulu, HI 96813

 

Telephone:

808.586.7177

 

Fax: 808.586.2453

Idaho 

Eileen Williams

[[email protected]]

Investigator
Department of Health and Welfare
Bureau of Audits and Investigations
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0036

Alternate:  Lynette Porter

[[email protected]]

 

 

 

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Telephone:

208.334.0610

 

Fax: 208.334.2026

Illinois 

Mickey Tinder

[[email protected]]

Assistant Bureau Chief
Department of Public Aid
Office of the Inspector General
410 North Fifth Street
Springfield, IL

Alternate: Terry Mercer

[[email protected]]

 

Telephone:

217.524.5106

 

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Telephone:

312.793.1750

Fax: 312.793.6313

Indiana 

Scott Davis

[[email protected]]

Bureau of Investigations
Indiana Family and Social Services
PO Box 283
Brownstown, IN 47220

 

Telephone:

813.358.8400

 

Fax: 813.358.8100

Iowa 

Jim Smith

[[email protected]]

Division Chief
Department of Inspections and Appeals
Division of Investigations
321 E. 12th Street, Lucas Building
Des Moines, IA 50319

Alternate: Elise Pippin

[Elise.Pippin@dia.iowa.gov]

Telephone:

515.281.7109

Fax: 515.242.6507

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Alternate Telephone:

515.281.5714

Fax: 515.242.6507

 

Kansas 

IlaRose Bosworth

[[email protected]]

Chief of Investigations
Dept of Social and Rehabilitation Services
915 SW Harrison, 6th Floor South
Topeka, KS 66612

 

Telephone:

785.296.3967

 

Fax: 785.296.4960

Kentucky 

Kathy A. Duncan

[[email protected]]

Program Coordinator
Office of the Inspector General
Division of Audit  & Investigations
275 East Main Street, 5E-D
Frankfort, KY 40621-0001

 

 

Telephone:

1-800-372-2790

 Hotline

Fax: 502.564.7876-

 

 

 

 

Louisiana 

Raymond Pease

[[email protected]]

Director
Office of Family Support
Fraud and Recovery Section
PO Box 91147
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-9147

 

Telephone:

225.342.4267

 

Fax: 225.342.2047

Maine 

Robert Stillings

[   ]

Department of Human Services
Fraud Investigation and Recovery
Whitten Road, State House Station 11
Augusta, ME 04333-0011

 

Telephone:

207.287.2409

 

Fax: 207.287.5096

Maryland 

Charles "Pete" Williams, Director

[[email protected]]

Program Fraud Division
Bureau of Investigative Services
Office of the Inspector General
Department of Human Resources
110 S. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

 

Telephone:

443.378.4000

443.378.4070 FAX

 

 

Massachusetts 

Bruce B. Carmichael

[[email protected]]

Director
Office of the State Auditor
Bureau of Special Investigations
One Ashburton Place, Room 1402
Boston, MA 02108

 

9AM-5PM M-F
617.727.6771

After hours
617.727.6771
ext. 500
      or
1-800-FRAUD-99 (24 hours)

 

Michigan 

Alan Kimichik

[[email protected]]

Director
Office of the Inspector General
Family Independence Agency
235 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 115, Grand Tower
Lansing, MI 48933

 

Telephone:

517.335.3899

 

Fax: 517.335.6364

Minnesota 

Brian Shields

[[email protected]]

Senior Investigator
Department of Human Services
444 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155-3845

 

Telephone:

651.296.0323

 

Fax: 651.282.6120

Mississippi 

Gordon Kennedy

[[email protected]]

Director
Department of Human Services
750 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39205

 

Telephone:

601.359.4900

 

Fax: 601.359.4910

Missouri 

Jodie L. Bayless

[[email protected]]

Investigator I
DLS Investigations
PO Box 1527
Jefferson City, MO 65102

 

Click here for a direct link to report fraud

 

Telephone:

573.751.5242

 

Fax: 573.751.0196

 

Montana 

Steven Kranich

[[email protected]]

Supervisor
DPHHS
Fraud & Recovery Unit
2401 Colonial Drive, 2nd Floor
Helena, MT 59620-2953

Alternate: Nan LeFebvre

[[email protected]]

 

Telephone:

406.444.9356

Fax: 406.444.2759

 

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Phone: 406.444.4120

Fax: 406.444.0778

Nebraska 

Jana McDonough

[[email protected]]

NE Health & Human Services
Fraud Investigator
1215 S. 42nd Street
Omaha, NE 68105

 

Telephone:

402.595.3786

 

Fax: 402.742.8308

Nevada 

Brenda Lee Burch

[no email address]

Chief of Investigations
EBT & Recovery
Nevada State Welfare Division
1470 E. College Parkway
Carson City, NV 98706-7924

 

Telephone:

775.684.0559

 

Fax: 775.684.0617

New Hampshire 

Martin Laughlin

[[email protected]]

Supervisor
Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Special Investigations
129 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301

 

Telephone:

603.271.4392

Fax: 603.271.4472

New Jersey 

John Zajac

[john.zajac@dhs.state.nj.us]

Chief
Bureau of Administrative Review and Appeals
PO Box 716
Trenton, NJ 08625-0716

 

Telephone:

609.588.2145

Fax: 609.631.4507

New Mexico 

Randy Scott

[[email protected]]

Inspector General
New Mexico Human Services Department
PO Box 2348
Santa Fe, NM 87504

 

Telephone:

505.827.8141

 

Fax: 505.827.8165

New York 

Richard Nawrot

[[email protected]]

Director
Office of Temporary and Disability 
     Assistance Program Integrity
40 North Pearl Street
Riverview Center, 4th Floor
Albany, NY 12243

 

Telephone:

518.402.0125

Fax: 518.402.0121

North Carolina 

David Locklear

[[email protected]]

Policy Coordinator
Economic Services Section
NC Division of Social Services
2420 Mail Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2420

 

Telephone:

919.733.7831

Fax: 919.733.0645

North Dakota 

Bonnie Roth

[email protected]

State of North Dakota
Department of Human Services
600 East Boulevard
Dept. 325
Bismark, ND 58505
 
Toll Free Contact:  1.800.472.2622

 

Telephone:

701.328.1980

Fax: 701.328.2359

Ohio 

No Point of Contact Appointed

Department of Job and Family Services
PO Box 1618
Columbus, OH 43216-1618

 

Telephone:

614.728.7741

-or-

800.627.8133

Fax: 614.728.7740

Oklahoma 

Michael Fairless

[[email protected]]

Co-Interim Inspector General
Department of Human Services
Office of Inspector General
PO Box 25353
Oklahoma City, OK 73125

Alternate: George Tipton

[[email protected]]

 

Telephone:

405.522.2403

Fax: 405.522.4642

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Phone: 405.522.5880

(800) 784-5887

Fax: 405.522.4642

Oregon 

John Carter

[[email protected]]

Manager
Department of Human Services
Fraud Investigation Unit
PO Box 14150
Salem, OR 97309
 

Telephone:

503.378.6826

Fax: 503.373.1525

Pennsylvania 

Pennsylvania Fraud Tip Line

http://www.oig.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/report_fraud/3775

Office of Inspector General
Operations Support Division/Tipline
101 Chestnut Steet
Harrisburg, PA 17101

 

Telephone:

800.932.0582

Fax: 717.772.4986

Puerto Rico 

Solange Arce

[[email protected]]

Centro Gubernamental Minillas
Edificio Norte Piso 7
San Juan, PR 00940

 

Telephone:

787.721.4747          Ext. 242

Fax: 787.723.2076

Rhode Island 

Christine Messier

[[email protected]]

Supervisor
FRED/FRAUD Unit
RI Department of Human Services
600 New London Avenue, #47
Cranston, RI 02920

 

Telephone:

401.222.1599

Fax: 401.222.1708

South Carolina 

Eva Gourdine

[[email protected]]

Special Agent in Charge
Division of Investigation
SC Department of Social Services
PO Box Box 1520
Columbia, SC 29202-1520

 

Telephone:

803.898.7673

Fax: 803.898.7230

South Dakota 

David Schiefen

[Dave.Schiefen@state.sd.us]

Administrator
SD Department of Social Services
Recoveries and Fraud Investigations
700 Governors Dirve
Pierre, SD 57501

 

Telephone:

605.773.8226

Fax: 605.773.3359

Tennessee 

Alan Hall

[[email protected]]

Director
Department of Human Services
Investigations Section
400 Deaderick Street
Nashville, TN 37248-0080

 

Telephone:

615.313.4708

Fax: 615.313.6615

Texas 

Mark Menefee

[[email protected]]

Director
Special Investigations
Health & Human Services Commission
Office of the Inspector General
PO Box 149030
Austin, TX 78714-9030

Alternate: Pam Colon

[[email protected]]

Fraud Hotline

1-800-436-6184

Texas HHSC OIG website for

electronic fraud reporting

https://oig.hhsc.state.tx.us/WafRep/

 

Telephone:

512.482.6921

Fax: 512.231.5772

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Phone: 512.231.5845

Utah 

Amanda Travers

amatravers@utah.gov

Compliance Agent III

Payment and Error Prevention Unit
Department of Workforce Services
PO Box 988
Salt Lake City, UT 84110

 

Telephone:

801.526.9504

Fax: 801.526.9466

Vermont 

Rick Smith

[[email protected]]

QC/Fraud Chief
Department of PATH
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05676
 

Telephone:

802.241.2826

Fax: 802.241.1106

 

Virginia 

Sandy Smith

[[email protected]]

Program Manager
Fraud Management
Virginia Department of Social Services
7 N. Eighth Street
Richmond, VA 23219

Alternate: Marty Mawyer

[[email protected]]

 

Telephone:

804.726.7679

Fax: 804.726.7669

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Telephone:

804.726.7681

Fax: 804.726.7669

Washington 

John Bumford

[[email protected]]

Director
Department of Social and Human Services
Division of Fraud Investigations
PO Box 45817
Olympia, WA 98504
 

Telephone:

360.664.5767

Fax:360.438.7172)

West Virginia

Jolynn Marra

[[email protected]]

Director
Department of Health and Human Resources
Investigations and Fraud Management
State Capitol Complex Building 6, Room 861
1900 Kanawha Blvd.
Charleston, West Virginia 25801
 

Telephone:

304.558.1862

Fax: 304.558.2363

Wisconsin 

Brian Fangmeier

[[email protected]]

Public Assistance Fraud Program Manager
Division of Healthcare Access and Accountability
WI Department of Health and Family Services
One W. Wilson Street
Madison, WI 53703
 

Telephone:

608.266.2583

Fax: 608.267.2269

Wyoming 

Nancy Vasey

[[email protected]]

Program Manager
Department of Family Services
Office of Financial Services
2300 Capital Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0490

 

Telephone:

307.777.6101

USDA Food and Nutrition Services

Art Foley

[[email protected]]

Director
Program Development Division
FNS-USDA
3101 Park Center Drive
Alexandria, VA 22302
 

Alternates: Barbara Hallman

[[email protected]]

 

Susan Beard

[[email protected]]

 

Patrick Waldron

[[email protected]]

 

Carolyn Foley

[[email protected]]

 

Karen Walker

[[email protected]]

 

Telephone:

703.305.2490

 

 

 

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703. 305.2411

 

 

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703. 305.2439

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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703. 305.2413

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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