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Henderson County Department of Social Services
Website: http://www.hendersoncountync.org/dss/
1200 Spartanburg Hwy.
Suite 300
Hendersonville, N.C.  28792
State Courier#:06-92-03
(828) 697-5500 Fax: (828) 697-4544
County Population: 106,740
Emergency Phone: (828) 697-5500
*Please note that all email addresses end in: hendersoncountydss.org unless otherwise noted*

Key staff contacts | County DSS Board | Board of Commissioners
NC Legislative Delegation: House | NC Legislative Delegation: Senate

Key staff contacts
Director:
Liston B. Smith / (828) 694-6308 / smithlb@

Staff Training/Development:
Shannon Allison / (828) 694-6308 / allisons@

County Social Serivces Program Administrator:
(includes Budget & Personnel & Information Technology)
Penny Summey / (828) 694-6318 / summyp@

Social Work Services Program Administrator:
Jerrie McFalls / (828) 694-6306 / mcfallsj@

Child Protective Services Intake & On-Call
Betty Ragsdale / (828) 694-6353 / ragsdaleb@

C.A.U.S.E. Supervisor: (CPS joint effort with local law enforcement)
Hope Pace / (828) 694-6355 / paceh@

CPS Teams:
Renee Roof / (828) 694-6261 / roofr@
Troy Frizzell / (828) 694-6277 / frizzellt@
Pam Fisette / (828) 694-6271 / fisettep@
Tammy Carpenter / (828) 694-6287 / carpentert@
Derek Proctor / (828) 694-6286 /  proctord@

Adult Services:
Mae Harter / (828) 694-6240 / harterm@
Donna Lovelace / (828) 694-6244 / lovelaced@

Income Maintenance Program Administrator:
Sandy Morgan / (828) 694-6310 / morgans@

Food and Nutrition Services & EBT :
Williams Purcell (828) 694-6203  purcellw@

Adult Medicaid & IM Lead Workers:
*Debby Freeman / (828) 694-6184 / freemand@

IM Clerical & Outposted Medicaid Staff:
Debbie Banther / (828) 694-6212 / bantherd@

Family and Children's Medicaid, Health Choice & Work First Cash Assistance Supervisors:
Intake: Bob Jones / (828) 694-6219 / jonesb@
*Maintenance: Frank Verhaeghe / (828) 694-6180 / verhaeghef@ 
(*also Medicaid Transportation)

Work First Employment Program:
Patti Leonard / (828) 698-5167 / leonardp@
Fax: (828) 698-5172

Child Day Care Subsidy Program Supervisor:
Tina Morgan / (828) 694-6249 / morgant@
(Also includes supervision of foster home licensure, foster parent recruitment & support)

Child Support Enforcement & Program Integrity:
Darlene Tipton / (828) 694-6193 / Fax: (828) 698-6107
1347 Spartanburg Highway, Suite 2, Hendersonville, NC 28792
tiptond@

County DSS Board:
Leona "Lee" Luebbe, Chair
Spence Campbell, Vice Chair
Don Cooper
Eliza Graue
Melinda Lowrance

Board of Commissioners:
Michael Edney, Chair
Tommy Thompson, Vice Chair
Charlie Messer
Bill O'Connor
Larry Young

NC Legislative Delegation: Senate
Tom Apodaca

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