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Alabama

Alabama Department of Children's Affairs
Head Start Collaboration Office
201 Monroe St, Suite 1670
Montgomery, AL 36130-2755
Phone: 334-223-0502
Fax: 334-240-3054
Web site: http://www.dca.state.al.us

Alaska

Alaska Department of Education and Early Development
Division of Teaching and Learning Support
Head Start-State Collaboration Project
801 West 10th St. Suite 200
Juneau, AK 99801-1894
Phone: 907-465-4862
Fax: 907-465-2806

Arizona

Arizona Governor's Office for Children, Youth and Families
Division for School Readiness
Head Start - State Collaboration Office1700 West Washington, 101
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: (602) 542-4043
FAX: (602) 542-3520
Web Site: http://www.governor.state.az.us/cyf/index.html

Arkansas

Arkansas Head Start Association
Head Start - State Collaboration Project
523 South Louisiana, Suite 301
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-371-0740
Fax: 501-370-9109
Web site: http://www.arheadstart.org/

California

California Department of Education
Child Development Division
Head Start - State Collaboration Office
1430 N Street, Suite 3410
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-323-9727
Fax: 916-323-6853
Web site: http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/chssco.asp

Colorado

Colorado Head Start - State Collaboration Office
Office of the Lieutenant Governor
136 State Capitol Building
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303-866-5957
Fax: 303-866-4453

Connecticut

Connecticut Head Start - State Collaboration Office
Department of Social Services
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, CT 06106-5033
Phone: 860-424-5066
Fax: 860-424-4960

Delaware

Head Start - State Collaboration Office
Delaware Department of Education
CII Branch/ECEC
Townsend Building, P.O. Box 1402
Dover, DE 19903-1402
Phone: 302-739-4667
Fax: 302-739-2388
Web site: http://www.doe.state.de.us/

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Office of Early Childhood Development
Head Start - State Collaboration Office
717 Fourteenth Street, NW, Suite 450
Washington, DC 20005-
Phone: 202-727-8113
Fax: 202-727-8164

Florida

Director
Florida Head Start
State Collaboration Office
600 South Calhoun Street, Ste 260
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0240
Phone: 850-414-7757
Fax: 850-414-7760
Web site: http://www.floridaheadstart.org

Georgia

Bright From the Start:
Georgia Deparment of Early Care and Learning
10 Park Place South, Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-656-5957
Fax: 404-651-7184
Web site: http://www.osr.state.ga.us/HeadStart/HeadStartMain.aspx

Hawaii

Hawaii Department of Human Services
Benefit, Employment and Support Services Division
Head Start - State Collaboration Office820 Mililani Street, Suite 606
Honolulu, HI 96813-2936
Phone: 808-586-5232
Fax: 808-586-5744
Web site: http://www.state.hi.us/dhs/

Idaho

Idaho Head Start Association, Inc.
Head Start - State Collaboration Office200 North 4th Street, Suite 20
Boise, ID 83702
Phone: 208-345-1182
Hotline: 800-574-2008
Fax: 208-345-1163
Web site: http://www.idahoheadstartassoc.net/adminoffice.html
E-mail: contact@idahoheadstartassoc.net

Illinois

Illinois Department of Human Services
Head Start - State Collaboration Office10 Collinsville Ave., Suite 203
East St. Louis, IL 62201-3005
Phone: 618-583-2083
Fax: 618-583-2091

Indiana

Indiana Head Start - State Collaboration Partnership Office
402 West Washington Street, Room W386 MS02
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317-233-6837
Fax: 317-232-7948
Web site: http://www.in.gov/fssa/children/headstart/index.html

Iowa

Iowa Department of Education
Bureau of Children, Families, and Community Services
Head Start - State Collaboration OfficeGrimes State Office Building
Des Moines, IA 50319-0146
Phone: 515-242-6024
Fax: 515-242-6019

Kansas

Kansas Dept. of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Docking State Office Building
915 SW Harrison, Room 681 West
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: 785-368-6354
Fax: 785-296-0146
Web site: http://www.srskansas.org/

Kentucky

Kentucky Head Start - State Collaboration Office
500 Mero Street, 1st Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-8099
Fax: 502-564-8330
Web site: http://headstart.ky.gov/

Louisiana

Louisiana Head Start-State Collaboration Office
412 North Fourth Street, Suite 105 PO Box 94065
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9065
Phone: 225-219-4245 or 225-219-4246
Fax: 225-219-4248
Web site:
http://www.dss.state.la.us/departments/ofs/
Head_Start_Collaboration_Proje.html

Maine

Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Child Care and Head Start
11 State House Station
221 State Street
Augusta, ME 04333-0011
Phone: 207-287-5060
Fax: 207-287-5031
Web site: http://www.state.me.us/dhs/
Email: childcare.info@state.me.us

Maryland

Maryland State Department of Education
Division of Instruction and Early Learning
200 W. Baltimore Street, 5th floor
Baltimore MD 21201
410-767-0140
Fax 410-333-2379

Massachusetts

Office of Child Care Services
600 Washington Street, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: 617-988-6622
Fax: 617-988-2451
Web site: http://www.mass.gov

Michigan

Head Start - State Collaboration Program
Michigan Family Independence Agency
235 South Grand Avenue, Suite 1314
P.O. Box 30037
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: 517-241-5091
Fax: 517-241-9033

Minnesota

Minneosta Department of Education
1500 West Highway 36
Roseville, MN 55113-4266
Phone: 651-634-2203
Fax: 651-582-8494
Web site: http://education.state.mn.us/html/
intro_early_learning.htm

Mississippi

Mississippi Head Start - State Collaboration OfficeCentral High School Building
359 North West Street
Jackson, MS 39205-0771
Phone: 601-359-5798
Fax: 601-359-1818
Web site: http://www.mde.k12.ms.us

Missouri

Missouri Head Start - State Collaboration Office
University of Missouri-Columbia
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Rock Quarry Center
1400 Rock Quary Rd.
Columbia, MO 65211-3280
Phone: 573-884-0650
Fax: 573-884-0598
Web site: http://www.moheadstart.org/

Montana

Head Start - State Collaboration Office
P.O. Box 202952
Helena, MT 59620-2952
Phone: 406-444-0589
Fax: 406-444-2547
Web site: http://headstartmt.org

Nebraska

Nebraska Head Start - State Collaboration Office
Nebraska Department of Education,
Office of Early Childhood
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 94987
Lincoln, NE 68509-4987
Phone: 402-471-3501
Fax: 402-471-0117
Web site: http://www.nde.state.ne.us/ECH/
HeadStart/HSSCP.html

Nevada

Nevada Head Start-State Programs
Nevada Department of Human Resources Welfare Division
680 South Rock Blvd.
Reno, NV 89502
Phone: 775-448-5254
Fax: 775-448-5251
Web site: http://www.welfare.state.nv.us/childcare.htm

New Hampshire

NH Head Start - State Collaboration OfficeNH Dept. of Health and Human Services
Division for Children, Youth & Families
129 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301-6505
Phone: 603-271-7190
Fax: 603-271-7982
Web site: http://www.dhhs.state.nh.us/DHHS/
CDB/default.htm

New Jersey

New Jersey Department of Human Services
222 South Warren Street
P.O. Box 700
Trenton, NJ 08625-0700
Phone: 609-984-5321
Fax: 609-292-1903

New Mexico

New Mexico Dept. of Children, Youth and Families
Head Start - State Collaboration OfficePERA Building, Room 116
P.O. Drawer 5160
Santa Fe, NM 87502-5160
Phone: 505-827-8409
Fax: 505-827-7361
Hotline: 800-832-1321
Web site: http://www.newmexicokids.org

New York

New York State Council on Children & Families
Head Start - State Collaboration Office5 Empire State Plaza, Suite 2810
Albany, NY 12223-1553
Phone: 518-474-6294
Fax: 518-473-2570
Web site: http://www.ccf.state.ny.us
Email: headstart@ccf.state.ny.us

North Carolina

North Carolina Head Start - State Collaboration Office
Division of Child Development
319 Chapanoke Road, Suite 120
Raleigh, NC 27603 (or)
2201 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2201
Phone: 919-662-4543
Fax: 919-662-4568
In-state: 1-800-859-0829
Web site: http://www.Ncchildcare.net/

North Dakota

Children and Family Services Division
North Dakota Department of Human Services
Head Start - State Collaboration Office
600 East Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505
Phone: 701-328-1711
Fax: 701-328-3538
Web site: http://www.state.nd.us/
humanservices/services/childfamily/headstart/

Ohio

Ohio Head Start-State Collaboration Office
Ohio Dept. of Education
Early Childhood
25 South Front Street, Mail Stop 305
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614-466-0224
Fax: 614-728-2338
Web site: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Association of Community Action Agencies (OKACAA)
2800 NW 36th Street, Suite 221
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Phone: 405-949-1495
Fax: 405-949-0955
Web site: http://www.okacaa.org/headstart/state.html

Oregon

Oregon Department of Education Public Service Building
Head Start - State Collaboration Office255 Capitol Street, NE
Salem, OR 97310-0203
Phone: 503-378-3600 x2601
Fax: 503-378-5156
Web site: http://www.ode.state.or.us

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Head Start - State Collaboration OfficeCenter for Schools and Communities
1300 Market Street, Suite 12
Lemoyne, PA 17043
Phone: 717-763-1661
Fax: 717-763-2083
Web site: http://www.center-school.org/comm_fam/hsscp/index.html

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Head Start - State Collaboration Office
Department of Human Services
600 New London Avenue
Louis Pasteur Bldg. #57
Cranston, RI 02920
Phone: 401-462-3071
Fax: 401-462-6878

South Carolina

South Carolina Dept. of Health and Human Services
South Carolina Head Start - State Collaboration Office
1801 Main Street, 12th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: 803-898-2550
Fax: 803-898-4458

South Dakota

South Dakota Dept. of Education
Head Start - State Collaboration Office
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501-2291
Phone: 605-773-4640
Fax: 605-773-3782
Web site: http://www.state.sd.us/deca/cscf/ECS/headstart/

Tennessee

Tennessee Head Start - State Collaboration Office
Andrew Johnson Tower 5th Floor
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243-0376
Phone: 615-741-4849
Fax: 615-532-4989

Texas

Texas Head Start State Collaborative Office
Office of the Governor
7000 Fannin Street, Suite 2054
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: 713-500-3835
Fax: 713-500-0386
Hotline: 866-282-7780 (nationwide)
Web site: http://www.uth.tmc.edu/thssco/

Utah

Utah Department of Health
Child, Adolescent, & School Health Programs (CASH)
Head Start - State Collaboration Office
P.O. Box 142001
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2001
Phone: 801-538-9312
Fax: 801-538-9409

Vermont

Vermont Head Start - State Collaboration Office
Agency of Human Services
Department for Children and Families
Child Developmental Division
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05671-0204
Phone: 802-241-2705
Fax: 802-241-4461

Virginia

Virginia Department of Social Services
Child Day Care Programs
Head Start - State Collaboration Office
7 North Eighth Street, 6th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: 804-726-7633
Fax: 804-726-7655
Web site: http://www.dss.state.va.us/family/headstartco.html

Washington

Washington Department of Social and Health Services
Division of Child Care and Early Learning
Governor's Head Start - State Collaboration Office
P.O. Box 45480
Olympia, WA 98504-5480
Phone: 360-725-4686
Fax: 360-413-3482
Web site: http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/esa/dccel/hsstate.shtml

West Virginia

West Virginia Head Start - State Collaboration Office
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
Office of the Commissioner for the Bureau for Children and Families
350 Capital Street Room B18
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304-558-4638
Fax: 304-558-2059
Web site: http://www.wvheadstart.org/

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Child Care Section
Head Start - State Collaboration Office
201 E. Washington Ave.
Madison, WI 53707-7972
Phone: 608-261-4596
Fax: 608-261-6968

Wyoming

Wyoming Head Start - State Collaboration Project
Dept. 4298
100 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071-4298
Phone: 307-766-2454
Fax: 307-766-2549
Web site: http://wind.uwyo.edu/headstart/

 

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