A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

National Directory of Head Start Programs 1997-98

HEAD START STATE COLLABORATION
PROJECT DIRECTORS

Alabama

Rosemary Mobley (Interim)
50 North Ripley Street
Gordon Persons Building
Montgomery, Alabama  36104
Phone: 334/242-8294
Fax: 334/242-0496
E-mail: lhampton@sdenet.alsde.edu
Website: http://www.alsde.edu/
Montana

Ms. Mary Jane Standaert
Child Care Partnerships
P. O. Box 536
Helena, Montana  59624
Phone: 406/443-4608
Fax: 406/443-6186
Email: ccp@ixi.net
Alaska

Ms. Marilyn Webb
Department of Community and Regional Affairs
State of Alaska
P.O. Box 112100
Juneau, Alaska  99811
Phone: 907/465-4861
Fax: 907/465-8638
E-mail: mwebb@ComRegAf.state.ak.us

Nebraska

Ms.Eleanor Harriet (Interim)
Shirley-Kirkland
Nebraska Department of Education
Office of Early Childhood Care and Education
301 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, Nebraska  68509
Phone: 402/471-3501
Fax: 402/471-0117
Email: kirkland@nde4.nde.state.ne.us
Website: http://nde4.nde.state.ne.us/ECH/ECH.html

Arizona

Ms. Carol M. Crockett
Governor's Division for Children
1700 West Washington Suite 101B
Phoenix, Arizona  85007
Phone: 602/542-3461
Fax: 602/542-4644
E-mail: ccrockett@gv.state.az.us
Website: http://www.state.az.us/gv/children

Nevada

Ms. Kellie Smith Bates
Nevada Head Start Collaboration Office
Early Intervention Services/State of Nevada-DHS
3987 South McCarran Boulevard
Reno, Nevada  89502
Phone: 702/688-2284
Fax: 702/688-2558

Arkansas

Ms. Tonya Russell
Arkansas Head Start Association
State Collaboration Project
523 South Louisiana Suite 301
Little Rock, Arkansas  72201
Phone: 501/371-0740
Fax: 501/370-9109
E-mail: headstart@aristotle.net

New Hampshire

Ms. Ann B. Ringling
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Head Start Collaboration Office, Child Development Bureau
6 Hazen Drive
Room 212-214
Concord, New Hampshire 03301-6505
Phone: 603/271-4454
Fax: 603/271-7982
Email: aringlin@dhhs.state.nh.us

California

Ms. Mary Smithberger
California Department of Education
Child Development Division
560 J Street Suite 220
Sacramento, California  95814
Phone: 916/323-1342
Fax: 916/323-6853
E-mail: msmithbe@smtp.cde.ca.gov

New Jersey

Ms. Stephaine Arrington
New Jersey Department of Human Services
222 South Warren Street
CN700 5th Floor
Trenton, New Jersey  08625
Phone: 609/633-2546
Fax: 609/984-7380
Email: sarringto@DHS.state.nj.us

Colorado

Ms. Bruce Atchison
Office of the Governor
Colorado Head Start State Collaboration Project
136 State Capitol Building
Denver, Colorado  80203
Phone: 303/866-3075
Fax: 303/866-2635
E-mail: bruce.atchison@state.co.us

New Mexico

Ms. Barbara A. Loveless
Department of Children Youth and Families
P.O. Box 5160
Room 111
Sante Fe, New Mexico  87502
Phone: 505/827-9952
Fax: 505/827-7361

Connecticut

Ms. Grace Caruso Whitney
Governor's Collaboration for Young Children
State Capitol Room 102
120 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut  06106
Phone: 860/566-1945
Fax: 860/524-7396
E-mail: grace.whitney@po.state.ct.us

New York

Ms. Margaret McK. Pavlos
New York State Council on Children and Families
5 Empire State Plaza Suite 2810
Albany, New York  12223
Phone: 518/474-6294
Fax: 518/473-2570

Delaware

Ms. Betty B. Richardson
State of Delaware Department of Education
Improvement and Assistance Branch
Townsend Building
P.O. Box 1402
Dover, Delaware  19903
Phone: 302/739-4667 x 3131
Fax: 302/739-2388
E-mail: brichardson@state.de.us

North Carolina

Mr. Ronald Moore
North Carolina Head Start Collaboration Office
Division of Child Development
P.O. Box 29553
319 Chapanoke Road
Raleigh, North Carolina  27626-0553
Phone: 919/662-4543
Fax: 919/662-4568
Email: Rmoore@dcd.dhr.state.nc.us

District of Columbia

Ms. Beverly Roberson Jackson
D.C. Head Start-State Collaborative Office
717 Fourteenth Street, NW Suite 730
Washington, D.C.  20005
Phone: 202/727-1839
Fax: 202/727-9709
E-mail: brjackson@juno.com

North Dakota

Ms. Jody Netzer
North Dakota Department of Human Services
600 East Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, North Dakota  58505
Phone: 701/328-1711
Fax: 701/328-2359
Email: notes.sonetj@ranch.state.nd.us

Florida

Ms. Katherine Kamiya
Florida State University
Center for  Prevention and Early Intervention Policy
1339 East Lafayette Street
Tallahassee, Florida  32317-4166
Phone: 904/922-1300
Fax: 904/922-1352
E-mail: kkamiya@mailer.fsu.edu

Ohio

Ms. Susan Rohrbough
Early Childhood Director, OFCF-HS, Collaboration Office
Office of the Governor
77 South High Street, 30th floor
Columbus, Ohio  43266
Phone: 614/728-9433
Fax: 614/728-9441
Email: ROHRBS@ODHS.STATE.OH.US

Georgia

Mr. Robert Lawrence
Georgia Head Start Collaboration Office
Georgia Office of School Readiness
10 Park Place South Suite 200
Atlanta, Georgia  30303
Phone: 404/656-5957
Fax: 404/657-4125
E-mail: rlawrenc@gadoc.gac.peachnet.edu

Oklahoma

Ms. Eva Carter
Executive Director, OACAA
2915 Classen Suite 215
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  73106
Phone: 405/524-4124
Fax: 405/524-0863

Hawaii

Ms. Laverne Moore
Hawaii Department of Education
OASIS/Family Support Services
637 18th Avenue Room 204
Building C
Honolulu, Hawaii  96816
Phone: 808/733-4476
Fax: 808/733-4475
E-mail: laverne@gte.net

Oregon

Ms. Gayle McMurria-Bachik
Oregon Department of Education
Public Service Building
255 Capitol Street, NE
Salem, Oregon  97310-0203
Phone: 503/378-5585 x662
Fax: 503/373-7968
Email: gayle.mcmurria-backik@state.or.us

Idaho

Ms. Katherine Pavesic
Idaho Head Start Association, Inc.
200 North 4th Street Suite 20
Boise, Idaho  83702
Phone: 208/345-1182
Fax: 208/345-1163
E-mail: pavesic@rmci.net

Pennsylvania

Ms. Sharon L. Brumbaugh
Head StartState Collaboration Project
Center for Schools and Communities
1300 Market Street Suite 301
Lemoyne, Pennsylvania  17043
Phone: 717/763-1661
Fax: 717/763-2083

lllinois

Ms. Lori Williams
Office of the Governor
2 1/2 State House
Springfield, Illinois 62706
Phone: 217/782-7691
Fax: 217/524-1678
E-mail: lwilliam@govo84rl.state.il.us

Puerto Rico

Ms.Mary Josephine
Doran Gelabert
Puerto Rico Head Start Collaboration Office
Governor's Office
La Fortaleza
P.O. Box 902-0082
San Juan, Puerto Rico  00902
Phone: 787/729-0109/4449
Fax: 787/721-5336

Indiana

Ms. Donna Hogle
402 West Washington Street Room W461
Indianapolis, Indiana  46204
Phone: 317/233-6837
Fax: 317/233-4693
E-mail: dhogle@fssa.state.in.us
Website: http://www.state.in.us/fssa/

Rhode Island

Mr. Larry Pucciarelli
Department of Human Services
Louis Pasteur Building
57 Howard Avenue
Cranston, Rhode Island  02920
Phone: 401/464-3071
Fax: 401/464-1876
Email:  pucciar@gw.dhs.state.ri.us

Iowa

Ms. Anita Varme
Iowa Department of Education Office of Educational
Services for Children Families and Communities
Grimes State Office Building
Des Moines Iowa  50319-0146
Phone: 515/242-6024
Fax: 515/ 242-6025
Email: avarme@max.state.ia.us

South Carolina

Ms. Mary Lynne Diggs
South Carolina Head Start Collaboratio Office
South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
1801 Main Street 10th Floor
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Phone: 803/2536365
Fax: 803/2534173
Email: Diggs@DHHS.STATE.sc.us

Kansas

Ms. Rhonda Denning
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Docking State Office Building
915 Southwest Harrison Room 651 South
Topeka, Kansas  66612
Phone: 785/296-3349
Fax: 785/296-0146
E-mail: vsw@srsim.wpo.state.ks.us
Website: http://www.srskansas.org/

South Dakota

Ms. Betsy Pollock
South Dakota Department of Education
and Cultural Affairs (DECA)
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, South Dakota  57501
Phone: 605/773-4640
Fax: 605/773-6846
Email: betsyp@deca.state.sd.us
Website: http://www.state.sd.us

Kentucky

Mr. Kurt  Walker
Kentucky Head StartState
Collaboration Office
1715 Capital Plaza Tower
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, Kentucky  40601
Phone: 502/564-3010
Fax: 502/564-6952
Email: kwalker@kih.net
Website: http://www.audubon-area.com/khsa.htm

Tennessee

Ms. Sondra Dade
Tennessee Department of Education
Office of School-Based Support Services
Andrew Johnson Tower
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, Tennessee  37243-0375
Phone: 615/741-4849
Fax: 615/532-7860
Email: sdade@mail.state.tn.us

Louisiana

Ms. Shirley G. Williams
LA/DSS/OFS/Head Start Collaboration Unit
Department of Social Services
755 Third Street
P.O. Box 94065
Baton Rouge, Louisiana  70804
Phone: 504/219-4245
Fax: 504/ 219-4248

Texas

Mr. Alfredo Flores
Texas Head StartState Collaboration Project
UT Austin, Charles A. Dana Center
2901 North IH35, Room 2.200
Austin, Texas  78722-2348
Phone: 512/232-2258
Fax: 512/232-1853
Email: aflores@tenet.edu

Maine

Ms. Dianne Stetson
Office of Child Care and Head Start
Department of Human Services
State House Station II
Augusta, Maine  04333
Phone: 207/287-5060
Fax: 207/287-5031
Email: dianne.stetson@state.me.us

Utah

Ms. Janna Forsgren
Utah Department of Health
P. O. Box 144460
Salt Lake City, Utah  84114-4460
Phone: 801/538-9312
Fax: 801/538-9409
Email: hlcfhscb.jforsgre@state.ut.us

Maryland

Interim State
Collaboration Director
Governor's Office for Children,
Youth and Families
301 West Preston Street 15th Floor
Baltimore, Maryland  21212
Phone: 410/767-4175
Fax: 410/333-7495

Vermont

Ms. K.C. Whiteley
Agency of Human Services
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, Vermont  05671-0204
Phone: 802/241-2705
Fax: 802/241-2979
Email: kcw@wpgate1.ahs.state.vt.us

Massachusetts

Ms. Dee  Bertozzi
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
One Ashburton Place #1109
Boston, Massachusetts  02108
Phone: 617/727-7600
Fax: 617/727-1396
Email: DBertozzi@state.ma.us

Virginia

Ms. Francine Bryce
Child Day Care Programs
Department of Social Services
730 East Broad Street 2nd Floor
Richmond, Virginia 23219-1849
Phone: 804/692-0935
Fax: 804/692-2209

Michigan

Ms. Sandy Little
Family Independence Agency
235 South Grand Avenue Suite 504
P.O. Box 30037
Lansing, Michigan  48909
Phone: 517/335-3610
Fax: 517/241-9033
Email: http://littles@state.mi.us

Washington

Ms. Terry Liddell
Governor's Head StartState
Collaboration Project
P.O. Box 45015
Olympia Washington 98504-5015
Phone: 360/902-7579
Fax: 360/902-7853
Email: tliddell@dshs.wa.gov

Minnesota

Ms. Francie Mathes
Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning
Minnesota Head Start Collaboration Office
550 Cedar Street Room 125
St. Paul, Minnesota  55101
Phone: 612/2972206
Fax: 612/2826977
Email: Francie.Mathes@state.mn.us 
Website: http://www.des.state.mn.us

West Virginia

Mr. William Huebner
Governor's Cabinet on Children and Families
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 5 Room 218
Charleston, West Virginian  25305
Phone: 304/558-4638
Fax: 304/558-0596
Email: bhuebner@citynet.net

Missouri

Ms. Johnetta Morrison
14 Gwyn Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri65211
Phone: 573/882-6829
Fax: 573/8840550
Email: humenvjm@showme.missouri.edu

Wisconsin

Ms. Julia Herwig
Office of Child Care
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
1 West Wilson
P.O. Box 7935
Madison, Wisconsin  53707-7935
Phone: 608/261-4596
Fax: 608/261-6968
Email: jh720@aol.com


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