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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 blue hyperlinked title just right of the number in black. Updated November 25, 2007.

Please note the corresponding Map is being updated and will be posted as quickly as possible.

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	26	Lake County Family YMCA Early Head Start Director: Kay Petersen Central Office: Waukegan Phone: 847-336-2196 Service Area: City of Waukegan
2	BCMW Head Start Director: Laura Hatch Central Office: Centralia Phone: (618) 532-4890 Service Area: Bond, Clinton, Franklin, Marion & Washington Counties	27	Lifelink Corporation Director: Lynda Hazen Central Office: Bensenville Phone: (630) 521-8098 Service Area: DuPage County
3	Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Joliet Director: Kathy Fudge-White Central Office: Joliet Phone: (815) 723-3405 Service Area: Will County	28	Migrant Head Start (IDHS) Director: Molly Joseph Parker Central Office: Springfield Phone: (217) 524-6318 Service Area: State of Illinois
4	CEFS Economic Opportunity Corporation Director: Connie Jerden Central Office: Effingham Phone: (217) 342-2193 Service Area: Christian, Clay, Effingham, Fayette, Montgomery, Moultrie & Shelby Counties	29	Mt. Vernon City School District #80 Director: Aletta Lawrence Central Office: Mt. Vernon Phone: (618) 244-8087 Service Area: Jefferson County
5	Central Illinois Economic Development Corp. Director: Sarah Puls Central Office: Lincoln Phone: (217) 732-2159 Service Area: DeWitt, Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, and Piatt Counties	30	Northwest Illinois Community Action Director: Sherie Marten Central Office: Freeport Phone: (815) 235-3740 Service Area: Jo Daviess & Stephenson Cos.
6	Champaign County Head Start Director: Kathleen Liffick Central Office: Urbana Phone: (217) 328-3313 Service Area: Champaign County	31	Ounce of Prevention Fund Director: Claire Dunham 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
7	Chicago Commons Early Head Start (Also a CYS Head Start delegate agency) Director: Janice Woods Central Office: Chicago Phone: (773) 722-0115 Service Area: West Humboldt Park, New City, Chicago	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
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8	Chicago CYS has the Near South Side & Armour Chicago communities’ area for Early Head Start – see #11 for contact information.	33	Peoria Citizens' Committee for Economic Opportunity (PCCEO) Directors: Jennet Caldwell & McFarland A. Bragg Central Office: Peoria Phone: (309) 671-3900 Service Area: Peoria County
9	CHASI Early Head Start Director: Lisa Russell Central Office: Chicago Phone: (773) 476-6998 (Also CYS Delegate; Delegate of Ounce of Prevention)	34	Project NOW Director: Leah Egger Central Office: East Moline Phone: (309) 792-4555 Service Area: Henry, Mercer, & Upper Rock Island Counties
10	Christopher House Early Head Start Director: Karen Ross Williams Central Office: Chicago Phone: (773) 769-4540 Service Area: Uptown, Chicago (Also a CYS Head Start delegate agency)	35	Quincy Public Schools Head Start Director: Julie Schuckman Central Office: Quincy Phone: (217) 228-7121 Service Area: Quincy Public School District
11	Chicago Department of Children & Youth Services Director: Vanessa Rich Central Office: Chicago Phone: (312) 743-0300 Service Area: City of Chicago	36	Riverbend Head Start & Family Services Director: Anita Rasch Central Office: Alton Phone: (618) 463-5950 Service Area: Madison County
12	City of Rockford Human Services Director: Joanne Lewis Central Office: Rockford Phone: (815) 987-5484 Service Area: Winnebago County	37	Rock Island Milan School District Director: Nicole Schlotfeldt Central Office: Rock Island Phone: (309) 793-5900 Service Area: Rock Island Milan School District
13	Clinton County Rehabilitation Services Early Head Start Director: Barbara Lunnemann Central Office: Breese Phone: (618) 526-8830 Service Area: Clinton & Washington Cos.	38	Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC) Director: Cathy Reed Central Office: Carbondale Phone: (618) 453-6448 Service Area: Jackson & Williamson Counties
14	Community Action Agency for McHenry Co. Director: Karin Nuelle Central Office: Woodstock Phone: (815) 338-8790 Service Area: McHenry County	39	Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (SIUE) Director: Hazel Mallory Central Office: East St. Louis Phone: (618) 482-6955 Service Area: St. Clair County
15	Community & Economic Development Association (CEDA) Director: Unita Sims Central Office: Chicago Phone: (312) 795-8953 Service Area: Suburban Cook County	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
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16	East Central Illinois Community Action Agency Director: Jean Cunningham Central Office: Danville Phone: (217) 443-1554 Service Area: Ford, Iroquois & Vermilion Cos.	41	Springfield Urban League Director: Sarahjini Nunn Central Office: Springfield Phone: (217) 528-0893 Service Area: Morgan & Sangamon Cos.
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 CYS Head Start delegate agency)	42	Tazewell Woodford Head Start Director: Bonnie Jones Central Office: East Peoria Phone: (309) 699-6843 Service Area: Tazewell & Woodford 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.	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.
19	Evanston Early Head Start Director: Martha Arnston Central Office: Evanston Phone: (847) 475-2661 Service Area: City of Evanston	44	Two Rivers Head Start Agency Directors: Jane Whitaker Central Office: Aurora Phone: (630) 264-1444 Service Area: Boone, DeKalb, Grundy, Kane & Kendall Counties
20	Franklin Williamson Human Services Early Head Start Director: T.K. Elimon Central Office: Marion Phone: (618) 997-5336 Service Area: Franklin & Williamson Cos.	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
21	Heartland Head Start Director: Deborah Ditchen Central Office: Bloomington Phone: (309) 662-4880 Service Area: Livingston & McLean Counties	46	West Central Community Services Director: Diann Gravino Central Office: Monmouth Phone: (309) 734-3151 Service Area: Henderson, Knox, & Warren Counties
22	Howard Area Community Center Early Head Start (Also a CYS delegate) Director: Lisa Merdinger Central Office: Chicago Phone: (773) 761-8324 Service Area: Rogers Park	47	Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council (WEEOC) Director: Farrah Runge Central Office: Steeleville Phone: (618) 965-3313 Service Area: Monroe, Perry & Randolph Cos.
23	Illinois Valley Economic Devt. Corp. Director: Judy Dewerff Central Office: Gillespie Phone: (217) 839-4431 Service Area: Calhoun, Greene, Jersey & Macoupin Counties	48
24	Kankakee School District #111 Director: Rebecca McBroom Central Office: Kankakee Phone: (815) 933-0773 Service Area: Kankakee County	49
25	Lake County Community Action Agency Director: Mary Lockhart-White Central Office: Waukegan Phone: (847) 249-4330 Service Area: Lake County	46	1
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