The following programs have developed successful collaborative partnerships in their community and are willing to share information and “lessons learned.”
BCMW
Director: Laura Hatch
bcmwhs@midwest.net
(618) 532-4890
(Community)
City of Rockford Human Services
Director: Joanne Lewis
joanne.lewis@ci.rockford.il.us
(815) 987-8282
(Full Day/Full Year)
Evanston Early Head Start
Director: Martha Arntson
arntsonm@childcarenetworkofevanston.org
(847) 475-2661
(Full Day/Full Year)
Migrant Seasonal Head Start
Director: Molly Joseph
dhsd6002@dhs.state.il.us
(217) 524-6318
(Full Day/Seasonal)
PACT
Director: Denise Conkright
dconkright@pactheadstart.com
(217) 773-3903
(Community)
PCCEO
Director: Jennett Caldwell
jcaldwell@pcceo.org
(309) 671-3960
(Full Day/Full Year)
SIUC
Director: Cathy Reed
cjreed@siu.edu
(618) 453-6448
(Community & Full Day/Full Year)
Two Rivers Head Start
Directors: Jane Whitaker & Linda Ruhe
trhsa@ameritech.net
(630) 406-1444
(Community & Full Day/Full Year)
Champaign County Head Start
Director: Kathleen Liffick
kliffick@ccrpc.org
(217) 328-3313
(Full Day/Full Year)
Collaboration Resources.
Listed below are places you can find information on collaboration and developing partnerships:
Web Sites.
Working Together for Children: Head Start and Child Care Partnerships-by Nicole Oxendine Poersch & Helen Blank for the Children’s Defense Fund
25 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 628-8787http://www.childrensdefense.org
Child Care-Head Start Collaboration
Topics/publications/organizations/links.
http://nccic.org/cctopics/cc-hs.html
Child Care Collaboration
Locate virtual sites on childcare collaboration.
http://www.hskids-tmsc.org
Child Care and Early Childhood Development Augmentation Head Start Collaboration Project.
http://www.srskansas.org/kidsnet/childcare-early-childhood.htm
The Child Care Partnership Project
A Guide to Successful Public-Private Partnerships for Child Care.
http://nccic.org/ccpartnerships/guide/index.html
Manuals/Publications.
Cooperation, Coordination, and Collaboration: A guide for Child Care and Head Start Programs. Published by the Oregon Head Start Collaboration Project. Oregon Department of Education.
(503) 378-5585 ext. 662
Promising Partnerships I & II: How to Develop Successful Partnerships in Your Community. NHSA Partnership Office
(703) 739-0875
Working Together for Children: Head Start and Child Care Partnerships. Children’s Defense Fund.
(202) 628-8787
The Early Care and Education Community Collaborative Tool Kit: A collection of activities to support collaboration and early care and education. The Texas Head Start State Collaboration Project.
Fax: (512) 232-1853
Continuity in Early Childhood: A Framework for Home, School and Community Partnerships, 1999.
