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A - Z Listing of Illinois Head Start Programs

The following list of Illinois Head Start Programs is sorted alphabetically and by number. You can easily view a complete Program Profile by clicking on the red hyperlinked title just right of the number in black. Updated April 2002.

Illinois Early/Head Start Programs Alphabetical Listings and Service Areas (The number beside each grantee corresponds to numbers on the Map)
1	Anna Waters Head Start/DMCOC Director: Rosie People Central Office: Decatur Phone: (217) 423-2268 Service Area: Macon County	25	Lake County Community Action Agency Director: Mary Lockhart-White Central Office: Waukegan Phone: (847) 249-4330 Service Area: Lake County
2	BCMW Head Start Director: Laura Hatch Central Office: Centralia Phone: (618) 532-4890 Service Area: Bond, Clinton, Franklin, Marion & Washington Counties	26	Lake County Family YMCA Early Head Start Director: Kay Petersen Central Office: Waukegan Phone: 847-360-9622 Service Area: City of Waukegan
3	Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Joliet Director: Kathy Fudge-White Central Office: Joliet Phone: (815) 723-3405 Service Area: Will County	27	Lifelink Corporation Director: Lynda Hazen Central Office: Bensenville Phone: (630) 521-8098 Service Area: DuPage County
4	CEFS Economic Opportunity Corporation Director: Cyndy Montgomery Central Office: Effingham Phone: (217) 342-2193 Service Area: Christian, Clay, Effingham, Fayette, Montgomery, Moultrie & Shelby Counties	28	Migrant Head Start (IDHS) Director: Molly Joseph Parker Central Office: Springfield Phone: (217) 524-6318 Service Area: State of Illinois
5	Central Illinois Economic Development Corp. Director: Angie Fitzsimmons Central Office: Lincoln Phone: (217) 732-2159 Service Area: DeWitt, Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, and Piatt Counties	29	Mt. Vernon City School District #80 Director: Cleo Holt Central Office: Mt. Vernon Phone: (618) 244-8087 Service Area: Jefferson County
6	Champaign County Head Start Director: Kathleen Liffick Central Office: Urbana Phone: (217) 328-3313 Service Area: Champaign County	30	Northwest Illinois Community Action Director: Sherie Marten Central Office: Freeport Phone: (815) 235-3740 Service Area: Jo Daviess & Stephenson Cos.
7	Chicago Commons Early Head Start (Also a CDHS Head Start delegate agency) Director: Karen Haigh Central Office: Chicago Phone: (773) 638-5600 Service Area: West Humboldt Park, New City, Chicago	31	Ounce of Prevention Fund Director: Judy Bertacchi Central Office: Chicago Phone: (312) 922-3863 Service Area: Grand Blvd.,West Town, West Englewood, Humboldt Park, Kenwood/Oak Lawn/Morgan Park, Washington Park & Suburbs of Park Forest & Riverdale
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8	CHASI Early Head Start Director: Carol Delahoussaye Central Office: Chicago Phone: (773) 476-6998	32	PACT for West Central Illinois Director: Denise Conkright Central Office: Mt. Sterling Phone: (217) 773-3903 Service Area: Brown, Cass, Hancock, Pike, McDonough, Schuyler, Scott & rural Adams Counties
9	Christopher House Early Head Start Director: Daisey Lesama Central Office: Chicago Phone: (773) 769-4540 Service Area: Uptown, Chicago (Also a CDHS Head Start delegate agency)	33	Peoria Citizensí Committee for Economic Opportunity (PCCEO) Directors: Jennett Caldwell & Sandra Burke Central Office: Peoria Phone: (309) 671-3960 Service Area: Peoria County
10	City of Chicago Department of Human Services Childrenís Services Division Director: Ruby Smith; Kevin Hannaway Central Office: Chicago Phone: (312) 746-8285 Service Area: City of Chicago	34	Project NOW Director: Dianne Frazer Central Office: Silvis Phone: (309) 792-4555 Service Area: Henry, Mercer, & Upper Rock Island Counties
11	City of Rockford Human Services Director: George Davis Central Office: Rockford Phone: (815) 987-8282 Service Area: Winnebago County	35	Quincy Public Schools Head Start Director: Julie Schuckman Central Office: Quincy Phone: (217) 228-7121 Service Area: Quincy Public School District
12	Clinton County Rehabilitation Services Early Head Start Director: Barbara Lunnemann Central Office: Breese Phone: (618) 526-8800 Service Area: Clinton & Washington Cos.	36	Riverbend Head Start & Family Services Director: Anita Rasch Central Office: Alton Phone: (618) 463-5950 Service Area: Madison County
13	Community Action Agency for McHenry Co. Director: Karin Nuelle Central Office: Woodstock Phone: (815) 338-8790 Service Area: McHenry County	37	Rock Island Milan School District Director: Sara Detweiler Central Office: Rock Island Phone: (309) 793-5900 Service Area: Rock Island Milan School District
14	Community & Economic Development Association (CEDA) Director: Marian L. Hill Central Office: Chicago Phone: (312) 795-8899 Service Area: Suburban Cook County	38	Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC) Director: Cathy Reed Central Office: Carbondale Phone: (618) 453-6448 Service Area: Jackson & Williamson Counties
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15	East Central Illinois Community Action Agency Director: Jean Cunningham Central Office: Danville Phone: (217) 443-1554 Service Area: Ford, Iroquois & Vermilion Cos.	39	Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (SIUE) Director: John D. Lovelace Central Office: East St. Louis Phone: (618) 482-6955 Service Area: St. Clair County
16	Easter Seal Society Early Head Start Director: Rita D. Washington Central Office: Chicago Phone: (773) 548-3614 Service Area: Near South Side/Armour Comms.	40	Southern Seven Health Department Director: Angie Messmer Central Office: Ullin Phone: (618) 634-9340 Service Area: Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, & Union Counties
17	El Valor Early Head Start Director: Carmen Butron Central Office: Chicago Phone: (312) 997-2021 Service Area: Lower West Side, New City, South Lawndale, South Chicago, & South Deering (Also a CDHS Head Start delegate agency)	41	Springfield Urban League Director: Sherry Daniels Central Office: Springfield Phone: (217) 528-0893 Service Area: Morgan & Sangamon Cos.
18	Embarras River Basin Agency Director: Judy Veach Central Office: Greenup Phone: (217) 923-5141 Service Area: Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Jasper, Lawrence & Richland Cos.	42	Tazewell Woodford Head Start Director: Bonnie Jones Central Office: East Peoria Phone: (309) 699-6843 Service Area: Tazewell & Woodford Cos.
19	Evanston Early Head Start Director: Terry Mann Central Office: Evanston Phone: (847) 475-2661 Service Area: City of Evanston	43	Tri-County Opportunities Council Director: Terri Lawrence Central Office: Rock Falls Phone: (815) 625-7830 Service Area: Bureau, Carroll, LaSalle, Lee, Marshall, Ogle, Putnam, Stark & Whiteside Cos.
20	Franklin Williamson Human Services Early Head Start Director: T.K. Elimon Central Office: Marion Phone: (618) 997-5336 Service Area: Franklin & Williamson Cos.	44	Two Rivers Head Start Agency Directors: Jane Whitaker & Linda Ruhe Central Office: Batavia Phone: (630) 406-1444 Service Area: Boone, DeKalb, Grundy, Kane & Kendall Counties
21	Heartland Head Start Director: Deborah Ditchen Central Office: Bloomington Phone: (309) 662-4880 Service Area: Livingston & McLean Counties	45	Wabash Area Development, Inc. (WADI) Director: Donna Emmons Central Office: Enfield Phone: (618) 963-2387 Service Area: Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, Wabash, Wayne & White Counties
22	Howard Area Community Center Early Head Start (Also a CDHS delegate) Director: Patti Kingery Central Office: Chicago Phone: (773) 761-8324 Service Area: Rogers Park	46	West Central Community Services Director: Diann Gravino Central Office: Monmouth Phone: (309) 734-3151 Service Area: Henderson, Knox, & Warren Counties
23	Illinois Valley Economic Devt. Corp. Director: Judy Dewerff Central Office: Gillespie Phone: (217) 839-4431 Service Area: Calhoun, Greene, Jersey & Macoupin Counties	47	Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council (WEEOC) Director: Mary J. Frazer Central Office: Steeleville Phone: (618) 965-3313 Service Area: Monroe, Perry & Randolph Cos.
24	Kankakee School District #111 Director: Rebecca McBroom Central Office: Kankakee Phone: (815) 933-0773 Service Area: Kankakee County	46	1
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