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State TA Liaisons

Each state and entity has a Technical Assistance (TA) liaison for each Part B and Part C program it operates to serve as a primary point of contact with CIFR. By assigning state TA liaisons for each program, CIFR ensures direct, timely access to fiscal content expertise. Please reach out to your state TA liaisons for any needs you may have.

Alabama

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Pakethia Harris

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Amanda Pierce

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Sarah Walters

Part C Secondary TA Liason

Leslie Fox

Alaska

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Anthony Mukuna

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Tia Taylor

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Anne Lucas

Part C Secondary TA Liason

Ardith Ferguson

Arizona

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Tia Taylor

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Elena Lincoln

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Sarah Walters

Part C Secondary TA Liason

Ardith Ferguson

Arkansas

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Pakethia Harris

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Dan Mello

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Vera Stroup-Rentier

Part C Secondary TA Liason

Leslie Fox

American Samoa

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Mari Shikuzawa

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Taletha Derrington

Part C Secondary TA Liason

Leslie Fox

Bureau of Indian Education

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Elena Lincoln

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Carol Seay

California

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Anthony Mukuna

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Tia Taylor

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Colorado

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Jana Rosborough

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Carol Seay

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Vera Stroup-Rentier

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Judy Ennis

Commonweath of the Northern Mariana Islands

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Mari Shikuzawa

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Taletha Derrington

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

Connecticut

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Allison Davey

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Elena Lincoln

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Taletha Derrington

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Delaware

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Alison Davey

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Mari Shikuzawa

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

District of Columbia

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Danielle Crain

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Carol Seay

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Sarah Walters

Federated States of Micronesia

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Mari Shikuzawa

Florida

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Dan Mello

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Pakethia Harris

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Sarah Walters

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

Georgia

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Dan Mello

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Pakethia Harris

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Sarah Walters

Guam

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Mari Shikuzawa

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Taletha Derrington

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

Hawaii

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Anthony Mukuna

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Mari Shikuzawa

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Anne Lucas

Idaho

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Mari Shikuzawa

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Anthony Mukuna

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Anne Lucas

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Illinois

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Tye Ripma

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Steve Smith

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Sarah Walters

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Judy Ennis

Indiana

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Tye Ripma

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Steve Smith

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Katy McCullough

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

Iowa

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Steve Smith

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Allison Davey

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Vera Stroup-Rentier

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Kansas

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Elena Lincoln

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Anne Louise Thompson

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Sarah Walters

Kentucky

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Laura Johnson

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Danielle Crain

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Katy McCullough

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

Louisiana

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Dan Mello

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Pakethia Harris

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Sarah Walters

Maine

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Allison Davey

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Anthony Mukuna

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Taletha Derrington

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Marshall Islands

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Mari Shikuzawa

Maryland

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Amanda Pierce

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Danielle Crain

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Allison Davey

Massachusetts

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Allison Davey

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Steve Smith

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Taletha Derrington

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Michigan

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Tye Ripma

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Steve Smith

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Allison Davey

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

Minnesota

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Steve Smith

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Tye Ripma

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Sarah Walters

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

Mississippi

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Mari Shikuzawa

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Anthony Mukuna

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Sarah Walters

Missouri

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Steve Smith

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Amanda Pierce

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Judy Ennis

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Montana

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Tia Taylor

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Elena Lincoln

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Judy Ennis

Nebraska

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Laura Johnson

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Elena Lincoln

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Allison Davey

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Katy McCullough

Nevada

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Mari Shikuzawa

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Anthony Mukuna

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Anne Lucas

New Hampshire

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Steve Smith

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Laura Johnson

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Allison Davey

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

New Jersey

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Anthony Mukuna

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Danielle Crain

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Taletha Derrington

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

New Mexico

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Danielle Crain

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Elena Lincoln

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Judy Ennis

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

New York

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Anthony Mukuna

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Tye Ripma

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Katy McCullough

North Carolina

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Laura Johnson

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Allison Davey

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Katy McCullough

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

North Dakota

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Elena Lincoln

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Jana Rosborough

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Vera Stroup-Rentier

Ohio

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Steve Smith

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Fred Edora

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Sarah Walters

Oklahoma

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Pakethia Harris

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Dan Mello

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Allison Davey

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Oregon

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Anthony Mukuna

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Steve Smith

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Taletha Derrington

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Palau

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Mari Shikuzawa

Pennsylvania

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Carol Seay

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Steve Smith

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Allison Davey

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

Puerto Rico

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Pakethia Harris

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Anne Louise Thompson

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Katy McCullough

Rhode Island

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Steve Smith

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Anne Louise Thompson

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Taletha Derrington

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

South Carolina

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Laura Johnson

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Amanda Pierce

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Sarah Walters

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

South Dakota

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Elena Lincoln

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Jana Rosborough

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Allison Davey

Tennessee

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Laura Johnson

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Tia Taylor

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Allison Davey

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Katy McCullough

Texas

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Pakethia Harris

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Dan Mello

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Sarah Walters

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

US Virgin Islands

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Pakethia Harris

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Mari Shikuzawa

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Taletha Derrington

Utah

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Jana Rosborough

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Mari Shikuzawa

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Vera Stroup-Rentier

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Vermont

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Anthony Mukuna

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Fred Edora

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Taletha Derrington

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

Virginia

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Fred Edora

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Steve Smith

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Katy McCullough

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

Washington

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Tye Ripma

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Anthony Mukuna

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Anne Lucas

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

West Virginia

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Tia Taylor

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Fred Edora

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Allison Davey

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Leslie Fox

Wisconsin

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Steve Smith

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Fred Edora

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Vera Stroup-Rentier

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

Wyoming

Part B Primary TA Liaison

Elena Lincoln

Part B Secondary TA Liaison

Steve Smith

Part C Primary TA Liaison

Vera Stroup-Rentier

Part C Secondary TA Liaison

Ardith Ferguson

IDEAs that Work

The Center for IDEA Fiscal Reporting (CIFR) is a partnership among WestEd, AEM Corporation, American Institutes for Research (AIR), Emerald Consulting, the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Center for Technical Assistance for Excellence in Special Education (TAESE) at Utah State University, and Westat. The Improve Group is CIFR's external evaluator.

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