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Student Achievement and School Accountability Programs
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General Contact Information
To obtain contact information for Even Start programs within your State, please select the appropriate State from the alphabetical listing. To update Even Start Family Literacy Programs contact information on this listing, please e-mail Deborah.Spitz@ed.gov.
Office of Student Achievement and School Accountability
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
(Room 3W230-FOB-6)
Washington, D.C. 20202-6132
(202) 260-0826
The Council of Chief State School Officers maintains a link to every State Department of Education's website.
Even Start State Coordinators & Websites
A L A B A M A | |
Sallye R. Longshore
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Sheila Box
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A R I Z O N A | |
Sally Downing Arizona Department of Education Early Childhood Unit 1535 W. Jefferson Street, Bin #15 Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Telephone: (602) 364-1972 FAX (602) 258-2730 Sally.Downing@azed.gov
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A R K A N S A S | |
Cindy Hogue, Coordinator
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C A L I F O R N I A | |
Maria N. Trejo, Administrator Even Start Office Child Development Division CA Department of Education 1430 N Street, Suite 3410 Sacramento, California 95814-5901 (916) 319-0621 (916) 319-0135 fax mtrejo@cde.ca.gov California's family literacy webpage
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C O L O R A D O | |
Kathryn Smukler Department of Education 1560 Broadway, Suite 1450 Denver, Colorado 80203 (303) 866-6842 Smukler_K@cde.state.co.us The following documents are available from Colorado's family literacy website:
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C O N N E C T I C U T | |
Judy Carson Connecticut Department of Education Divison of Family and Student Support Programs Bureau of Health.Nutrition, Family Services and Adult Education 25 Industrial Park Road Middletown, Connecticut 06457 (860) 807-2122 (860) 807-2127 fax Judy Carson@ct.gov The following documents are available from Connecticut's family literacy website:
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D E L A W A R E | |
Malorie Drake Derby DE Department of Public Instruction 35 Commerce Way, Suite #2 Dover, Delaware 19904 (302) 857-3344 (302) 739-1770fax mderby@doe.k12.de.us |
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D I S T R I C T O F C O L U M B I A | |
Even Start State Coordinator 51 N. Street, NE 7th Floor., Suite I Washington, DC 20002 (202) 741-5535 The following documents are available from DC's family literacy website:
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F L O R I D A | |
Toshiba Griffin Michelle Sizemore
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G E O R G I A | |
Goergia Thomas Even Start Coordinator Bright for the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning 10 Park Place South, Suite 200 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (404) 657-5729 (404) 657-7184 fax Georgia.Thomas@decal.ga.us
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H A W A I I | |
Solomon Kaulukukui Sharon Nakagawa HI Department of Education 595 Pepeekeo Street Building H-1 Honolulu, Hawaii 96825 (808) 394-1380 (808) 394-1388 fax Sharon_Nakagawa@notes.k12.hi.us The following documents are available from Hawaii's family literacy website:
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I D A H O | |
Ms. Suzette L. Gitchel Title I Migrant Education Idaho State Department of Education 650 West State Street P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0027 (208) 332-6946 (208) 334-2228 fax slgitchel@sde.idaho.gov Idaho's family literacy website
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I L L I N O I S | |
Cindy Zumwalt Even Start Coordinator Illinois State Board of Education 100 North First Street, E-225 Springfield, Illinois 62777-0001 (217) 524-4835 (217) 785-7849 fax czumwalt@isbe.net
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Christina Endres, Coordinator IN Department of Education Room 229, State House Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 (317) 232-0548 or (317) 232-0524 (317) 233-9293fax endres@doe.state.in.us
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I O W A | |
Tom Rendon Iowa Department of Education Bureau of Children, Family and Community Services Grimes State Office Building 400 East 14th Street Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0146 (515) 242-6024 (515) 242-6019 fax Tom.Rendon@iowa.gov
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Does Not Have An Even Start Program
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K E N T U C K Y | |
Bill Buchanan Even Start Family Literacy Program Division of Extended Learning KY Department of Education 500 Mero Street, Capital Plaza Tower Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 (502) 564-7056 x4716 (502) 564-6952 fax Bill.Buchanan@education.ky.gov Kentucky's State Department of Education. Enter Even Start in the Search box for related documents.
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L O U I S I A N A | |
Kay Nelson, Even Start Coordinator
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M A I N E | |
Jeffrey Fantine State Director of Adult Education & Family Literacy 23 State House Station Augusta, Maine 04333-0023 (207) 624-6755 (207) 624-6731 fax Jeff.Fantine@maine.gov The following documents are available from Maine's family literacy website:
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M A R Y L A N D | |
Valerie A. Ashton, Coordinator Even Start Family Literacy MD Department of Education 200 West Baltimore Street, 4th floor Baltimore, Maryland 21201 (410) 767-0314 (410) 333-8110 fax Vashton@msde.state.md.us The following documents are available from Maryland's family literacy website:
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Arlene Dale, State Coordinator Even Start MA Department of Education 350 Main Street Malden, Massachusetts 02148 (781) 338-3878 (781) 338-3394 fax adale@doe.mass.edu Massachusetts' family literacy webpage
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M I C H I G A N | |
Renee DeMars-Johnson, Coordinator Office of Early Childhood Education and Family Services MI Department of Education P.O. Box 30008 Lansing, Michigan 48909 or 608 West Allegan Street Hannah Building, 4th floor Lansing, Michigan 48933 (517) 373-8483 or 241-0162 (517) 335-0592 fax DeMars-JohnsonR@michigan.gov The following documents are available from Michigan's family literacy website:
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M I N N E S O T A | |
Wayne Kuklinski Early Learning Services MN Department of Education 1500 Highway 36 West Roseville, Minnesota 55113 (651) 582-8385 (651) 582-8494 fax wayne.kuklinski@state.mn.us
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Katrina McDowell The Office of Reading/Early Childhood and Language Arts MS Department of Education P.O. Box 771 Jackson, Mississippi 39205-0771 (601) 359-3299 (601) 359-1818 fax KMcDowell@mde.k12.ms.us
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M I S S O U R I | |
Kim Oligschlaeger Federal Discretionary Grants Office Missouri Department of Education P.O. Box 480 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102 (573) 522-8763 (573) 526-6698 kim.oligschlaeger@dese.mo.gov Missouri's family literacy webpage
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M O N T A N A | |
Joan Morris, Specialist ESEA, Title I/Even Start Office of Public Instruction State Capitol P.O. Box 202501 Helena, Montana 59620-2501 (406) 444-5660 (406) 444-3924 fax jmorris@mt.us The following documents are available from Montana's family literacy website:
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N E B R A S K A | |
Eleanor Kirkland, State Coordinator NE Department of Education 301 Centennial Mall South Box 94987 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4987 (402) 471-3501 (402) 471-0117 fax eleanor.kirkland@nebraska.gov Nebraska's family literacy webpage
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Fawn Lewis Title I / Even Start NV Department of Education 700 East 5th Street, #113 Carson City, Nevada 89701-5096 (775) 687-9214 (775) 687-9120 fax flewis@doe.nv.gov
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Barbara Patch NH Department of Education 101 Pleasant Street Concord, New Hampshire 03301 (603) 271-2273 (603) 271-2760 fax BPatch@ed.state.nh.us
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N E W J E R S E Y | |
Crystal Siniari Literacy Specialist Office of Language Arts Literacy Education New Jersey Department of Education P.O. Box 500 100 River View Plaza Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0500 (609) 984-6163 office (609) 633-1726 main (609) 943-4752 fax crystal.siniari@doe.state.nj.us Ebony D. Cintron New Jersey Department of Education Office of Program Support Services P.O. Box 500 100 River View Plaza Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0500 (609) 341-3394 (609) 633-9655 fax ebony.cintron@doe.state.nj.us
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N E W M E X I C O | |
Vonell Huitt, Even Start Coordinator State of New Mexico Public Education Department 300 Don Gaspar Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 (505) 222-4768 (505) 827-7611 fax Vonell.Huitt@state.nm.us
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N E W Y O R K | |
DeSylvia W. Dwyer NY State Education Department Early Education and Reading Initiative 89 Washington Avenue, Room 381EBA Albany, New York 12234 (518) 474-5807 (518) 474-7290 fax ddwyer@mail.nysed.gov The following documents are available from New York's family literacy webpage:
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Don Carter, Even Start Coordinator 2075 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-2075 (919) 981-5300 (919) 616-5595 cell (919) 858-6940 fax don.carter@ncmail.net
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Dale Patrick, Program Administrator Educational Support & Community Learning ND Department of Public Instruction 600 East Boulevard Avenue, Dept. 201 Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0440 (701) 328-1644 (701) 328-4770 fax dpatrick@state.nd.us North Dakota's family literacy webpage
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O H I O | |
Helen O'Leary Office of Early Childhood Education and School Readiness OH Department of Education 25 S. Front Street, Mail Stop 305 Columbus, Ohio 43215-4183 (614) 752-5807 (614) 728-2338 fax helen.oleary@ode.state.oh.us
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O K L A H O M A | |
Erin Clapper, Title I/Even Start OK Department of Education 2500 North Lincoln Boulevard Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 (405) 522-3251 (405) 521- 2998 fax erin_clapper@sde.state.ok.us
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Maggie Osborne Oregon Department of Education 255 Capitol Street, NE Salem, Oregon 97310 (503) 947-5776 (503) 378-5156 fax maggie.osborne@state.or.us The following information is available from Oregon's family literacy webpage
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P E N N S Y L V A N I A | |
Mike Sobkowski Even Start Coordinator PA Department of Education 333 Market Street, 12th Floor Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17126-0333 (717) 787-6344 (717) 783-0583 fax msobkowski@state.pa.us The following information is available from Pennsylvania's family literacy webpage
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Maria del Carmen Martinez Alonso Puerto Rico Even Start Program Puerto Rico Department of Education P.O. Box 190759 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00919-0759 (787) 759-8910 ext. 496 (787) 764-7108 or 751-7469 fax Martinez_Ma@DE.GOBIERNO.pr
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Johan Uvin Rhode Island Department of Education Adult Literacy Room 600, Shephard Building 255 Westminster Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903 (401) 222-8950 (401) 222-4256 fax johan.uvin@ride.ri.net
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Ruth Nodine, Even Start State Coordinator SC Department of Education Office of Community and Parent Services Landmark II, Suite 101 3700 Forest Drive Columbia, South Carolina 29204-4010 (803) 734-3540 (803) 734-8343 fax rnodine@ed.sc.gov South Carolina's family literacy webpage
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Leslie Schweitzer, Even Start Coordinator Department of Education and Cultural Affairs 700 Governors Drive Pierre, South Dakota 57501-2293 (605) 773-4640 (605) 773-3782 fax betsy.pollock@state.sd.us South Dakota's family literacy webpage
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Tabatha Siddiqi Even Start Statewide Coordinator Tennessee Department of Education Office of Early Learning 710 James Robertson Parkway Andrew Johnson Tower, 9th Floor Nashville, Tennessee 37243 (615) 532-6310 (615) 532-4989 fax Tabatha.Siddiqi@state.tn.us |
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Joanie Rethlake Director of Adult Ed. & Family Literacy 6311 Irvington Blvd. Houston,Texas 77055 (713) 696-0700 (713) 696-0703 (direct line) (713) 696-0797 fax jrethlake@hcde-texas.org |
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Beth Thompson, CFLE State Even Start & Family Literacy Coordinator Texas LEARNS 6311 Irvington Blvd. Houston,Texas 77055 (713) 696-0765 ethompson@hcde-texas.org Texas' family literacy webpage
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U T A H | |
Karen Ballif Program Specialist Adult Education/Even Start Coordinator P.o. Box 144200 250 East 500 South Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4200 (801) 538-7599 (801) 538-7769fax Karen.Ballif@schools.utah.gov | |
Nancy Livingston P.O. Box 144200 250 East 500 South Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4200 (801) 538-7586 Nancy. Livington@schools.utah.gov
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Wendy Ross VT Department of Education 120 State Street Montpelier, Vermont 05620 (802) 828-5148 (802) 828-0573 fax wendy.ross@state.vt.us
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Cheryl P. Strobel Early Childhood Specialist Virginia Department of Education 101 North 14th Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 371-7578 (804) 786-1703 fax Cheryl.Strobel@doe.virginia.gov |
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Debra Williams-Appleton Program Supervisor, Early Childhood Education and Even Start Program Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction Post Office Box 47200 Olympia, Washington 98504-7200 (360) 725-6049 (360) 664-3575 fax debra.appleton@k12.wa.us |
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W. Clayton Burch (Clayton) Coordinator - Early Childhood Office of Special Programs, Extended and Early Learning West Virginia Department of Education 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East Building 6, Room 304 Charleston, West Virginia 25305 (304) 558-2696 (304) 558-6268 fax wburch@access.k12.wv.us The following information is available from West Virginia's family literacy webpage
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Kathleen Jackson Title I/Even Start Family Literacy WI Department of Public Instruction 125 South Webster Street P.O. Box 7841 Madison, Wisconsin 53707 (608) 266-9616 (608) 267-0364 fax Kathleen.Jackson@dpi.wi.us The following information is available from Wisconsin's family literacy webpage
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W Y O M I N G | |
David Holbrook Wyoming Department of Education Hathaway Building, 2nd Floor 2300 Capital Avenue Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 (307) 777-6260 (307) 777-7633 fax dholbr@educ.state.wy.us
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A M E R I C A N S A M O A | |
Laloulu Tagoilelagi
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G U A M (GU) | |
Georgia Taton, Administrator Federal Programs
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N O R T H E R N M A R I A N A I S L A N D S | |
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V I R G I N I S L A N D S | |
Hugh Smith, Jr. |
Federal Administration Contacts
Deborah Spitz
Melvin Graham
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Even Start Tribes and Tribal Organizations | |
Amber Sheker
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Even Start and Expanding the reach Initiative | |
Tanielle Chandler
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Migrant Education Even Start Program | |
DonnaMarie Fekete
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National Even Start Evaluation | |
Tracy Rimdzius
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National Even Start Evaluation | |
Tracy Rimdzius
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