Whole Child Health Section Contact Information
Genetics and Newborn Screening
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI): Marcia Fort, Unit Manager and North Carolina EHDI Coordinator, Marcia.Fort@dhhs.nc.gov
Newborn Metabolic Screening Follow-Up Program: Lara Percenti, NBS Follow-Up Coordinator, Lara.Percenti@dhhs.nc.gov
Genetic Counseling: Gail Marcus, Public Health Genetic Counselor, Gail.Marcus@dhhs.nc.gov
Best Practices
Child Health Data Collection and Management: Jennifer Griffin, Data Manager, Jennifer.A.Griffin@dhhs.nc.gov
Child Health Program Monitoring: Debby Moyer, Best Practices Unit Nurse Consultant, Debby.Moyer@dhhs.nc.gov
Commission on Children with Special Health Care Needs: Danielle Matula, Unit Manager, Danielle.Matula@dhhs.nc.gov
Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Help Line: Danielle Matula, Unit Manager, Danielle.Matula@dhhs.nc.gov
Medicaid and Health Choice Outreach: Francisco Guzman, Minority Outreach Coordinator, Francisco.Guzman@dhhs.nc.gov
Whole Child Health Section Family Engagement: Holly Shoun, Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Access to Care Specialist, Holly.Shoun@dhhs.nc.gov
Office on Disability and Health: Lauren Howard, Director, Lauren.Howard@dhhs.nc.gov
Local Child Fatality Prevention Teams: Kerry Young, Program Coordinator, Kerry.Young@dhhs.nc.gov
Innovative Approaches Initiative: Danielle Matula, Unit Manager, Danielle.matula@dhhs.nc.gov
Child Behavioral Health
NC Psychiatric Access Line and Family Organization/Voice Amplified: Stacie Forrest, Stacie.forrest@dhhs.nc.gov
Children with Complex Needs, Rachel Johnson, Rachel.johnson@dhhs.nc.gov
Trauma and Resiliency, Child Treatment Program: Terri Grant, terr.grant@dhhs.nc.gov
System of Care: Kristin Jerger, Kristin.jerger@dhhs.nc.gov
Project Aware: Laura Muse, laura.muse@dhhs.nc.gov
High Fidelity Wraparound and Standardized Assessments: Lisa Wilson, lisa.wilson@dhhs.nc.gov
Rapid Response Team/Other CBH activities not noted above: Sharon Bell, Unit Manager, Sharon.bell@dhhs.nc.gov
School, Adolescent and Child Health
School Nursing Support: Jenifer Simone, State School Nurse Consultant, Jenifer.Simone@dhhs.nc.gov
Child Health Nursing Support: Tara Lucas, State Child Health Nurse Consultant, Tara.Lucas@dhhs.nc.gov
Care Management for At-Risk Children (CMARC): Ginger Wilder, CMARC Program Manager, Ginger.Wilder@dhhs.nc.gov
School Health Centers: Michael Taylor, School Health Center Consultant, Michael.Taylor@dhhs.nc.gov
School Nutrition Support: Diane Beth, Nutrition Program Consultant, Diane.Beth@dhhs.nc.gov
Behavioral Health Clinical Consultant: Rachel Zarcone, Behavioral Health Clinical Consultant, Rachel.Zarcone@dhhs.nc.gov
Adolescent Health & Youth Health Advisor Team: Rachel Zarcone, State Adolescent Health Coordinator, Rachel.Zarcone@dhhs.nc.gov
Child and Family Wellness
Nurse Family Partnership Non-Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting: Kelly Morris, Nurse Consultant, Kelly.morris@dhhs.nc.gov
Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: Greer Cook, Program Manager, greer.cook@dhhs.nc.gov
Child Care Health Consultation: Amy Petersen, Nurse Consultant, amy.petersen@dhhs.nc.gov
Triple P Program, (Positive Parenting Program): Chris Bryant, Unit Manager, christopher.bryant@dhhs.nc.gov
Nurse Family Partnership Non-Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting, Health Resource Services Administration: Amanda Leigh, Nurse Consultant, amanda.leigh@dhhs.nc.gov
Healthy Families America, Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting: Mark Ownbey, Program Consultant, mark.ownbey@dhhs.nc.gov