Counties and Commissioners Participating in CDHS FAS Survey

The following table indicates the CDHS FAS survey distribution:

  1. All the counties in New YorkState except the 5 boroughs of New York City that were mailed CDHS FAS surveys
  1. All the names of the Commissioners who were sent permission forms for the CDHS FAS survey
  1. Date the permission requests were mailed to Commissioners and follow-up phone call to the Commissioner’s secretary by the Research Assistant to explain FAS and the CDHS FAS survey
  1. Follow-up phone calls to those requesting one (some Commissioners requested a draft of the CDHS FAS survey before deciding to participate or not).
  1. If permission was received from the Commissioners to conduct the CDHS FAS survey (YES – NO). (Participating counties)
  1. Number of CDHS FAS surveys requested from each contact person in each participating county.
  1. Number of CDHS FAS surveys sent to each contact person(s) in each county (allowed extra surveys for each county, and when the contact person wasn’t sure of the number needed, or the contact person requested extra surveys)
  1. Number of CDHS FAS surveys returned for each county when the number was known (not able to track all counties returned surveys- 272 surveys returned unable to track county)
  1. Individual number of CDHS FAS surveys distributed in each county when known
  1. Total number of CDHS FAS surveys requested sent, and returned

NOTE:

In this table, under the Number of surveys requested column:

NO/Part - Indicates that either the Commissioner sent back the permission form declining to participate in the CDHS FAS survey or the Research Assistant was verbally told by either the Commissioner or his/her secretary they would not participate.

NO/Resp – Indicates the Research Assistant was never able to obtain a response (YES or NO) for permission to participate in the CDHS FAS survey despite repeated phone attempts.

When two numbers are reported, there were two contact persons at that site and each requested their own number of surveys

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FASD / Follow Up / Permission / # of / # of / # of
County / Commissioner / Survey / Phone / Conduct / Surveys / Survey sent / Surveys
Call / Study
Yes / No / Requested / by CDHS / Returned
Albany / Sheila Poole / X / X / X / 65 / 90
Allegany / Patricia Schmelzer / X / X / 47 / 55 / 22
Broome / Arthur Johnson / X / X / 120 / 145 / 76
Cattaragus / Wendy Bourgeois / X / X / 48 / 65
Cayuga / Elane Daly / X / X / 65 / 90 / 60
Chautauqua / Edwin Minor / X / X / 83 / 100 / 44
Chemung / Linda Lincoln / X / X / 67 / 85 / 11
Chenango / Bette Osborne / X / X / 19+12 / 25+20
Clinton / Jay LePage / X / X / 36+20 / 46+25 / 55
Columbia / Paul Mossman / X / X / X / 50 / 90 / 32
Cortland / Kristen Monroe / X / X / 38 / 55 / 26
Delaware / William Moon / X / X / 50 / 65 / 39
Dutchess / Robert Allers / X / X / X / 60 / 75 / 41
Erie / Kevin Hefler / X / X / 250+100 / 300+150 / 179
Essex / John O"Neill / X / X / 6+12 / 10+20
Franklin / Lesley Lyon / X / X / 50 / 80 / 68
Fulton / Sheryda Cooper / X / X / 20+10 / 30+20 / 15
Genesee / Dane Sprague / X / X / 35 / 50 / 2
Greene / Leonard Wahl / X / X / X / 25 / 35 / 20
Hamilton / Clara Quintal / X / X / 8 / 8
Herkimer / Ervin Fuller / X / X / NO/Part
Jefferson / Dorrance Mosher / X / X / 45 / 60 / 23
Lewis / Penelope LaBarge / X / X / 10+10 / 15+15 / 74
Livingston / Mike Woodhouse / X / X / X / 50 / 65 / 38
Madison / Michael Fitzgerald / X / X / 30 / 40
FASD / Follow Up / Permission / # of / # of / # of
County / Commissioner / Survey / Phone / Conduct / Surveys / Survey sent / Surveys
Call / Study
Yes / No / Requested / by CDHS / Returned
Monroe / Joseph M. Martino / X / X / 350 / 400 / 96
Montgomery / William Cranker / X / X / X / 20+10 / 25+15 / 12
Nassau / Robert Sherman / X / X / 230 / 280 / 148
Niagara / Anthony Restaino / X / X / X / 90 / 125 / 97
Oneida / Theodore Mohr / X / X / NO/Resp
Onondaga / David Sutkowy / X / X / NO/Part
Ontario / Jane Lynch / X / X / X / 45 / 60 / 27
Orange / Margaret K. Dillon / X / X / NO/Part
Orleans / Carol Blake / X / X / 20 / 35
Oswego / Fran Lanigan / X / X / 55 / 70 / 54
Otsego / Charles Christman / X / X / X / 50 / 65 / 40
Putnam / Michael Piazza, Jr. / X / X / No/Resp
Rensselaer / John Beaudoin / X / No/Resp
Rockland / Joseph Holland / X / X / X / NO/Part
St. Lawrence / Jim Davis / X / NO/Resp
Saratoga / Robert Christopher / X / X / X / 75 / 100 / 59
Schenectady / Dennis Packard / X / X / 80+80 / 100+100 / 75
Schoharie / Paul Brady / X / X / 23 / 30 / 23
Schuyler / William Weiss / X / X / X / 17 / 20 / 16
Seneca / Charles Schillaci / X / X / 35 / 40
Steuben / Kathryn Biehl / X / X / X / 65 / 80 / 9
Suffolk / Janet DeMarzo / X / X / X / NO/Part
Sullivan / Gregory Feicht / X / NO/Resp
Tioga / Shawn Yetter / X / X / X / 15+12 / 20+20 / 18
Tompkins / Patricia Carey / X / X / NO/Resp
Ulster / Glenn Decker / X / X / X / 50+25 / 70+35 / 44
Warren / Robert Phelps / X / X / X / NO/Part / 34
FASD / Follow Up / Permission / # of / # of / # of
County / Commissioner / Survey / Phone / Conduct / Surveys / Survey sent / Surveys
Call / Study
Yes / No / Requested / by CDHS / Returned
Washington / Joanna Prouty / X / X / NO/Part
Wayne / M.Josh McCrossen / X / X / 45 / 60
Westchester / Kevin Mahon / NO/Resp
Wyoming / Jeannette Wallace / X / X / 35 / 40
Yates / Nancy Gates / NO/Resp
Totals / 2868 / 3719 / 1902

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