Head Start Collaboration Offices (HSCOs) facilitate partnerships between Head Start agencies and other state entities that provide services to benefit low-income children and their families. HSCOs are awarded funds under Section 642B of the 2007 Head Start Act.
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National
National American Indian and Alaska Native Collaboration Office
Micker (Mike) Richardson, MBA
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 202-884-8155
Email: mirichardson@fhi360.org
AIAN Collaboration Office web page
National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Collaboration Office
Guadalupe Cuesta
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone:202-884-8607
Email: gcuesta@fhi360.org
MSHS Collaboration Office web page
State Collaboration Offices
Alabama
Trellis Calloway
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 334-202-4770
Fax: 334-353-2716
Alternate Phone: 334-224-3171
Email: trellis.calloway@ece.alabama.gov
AL Dept. Early Childhood Education
445 Dexter Ave. Suite 2050
Montgomery, AL 36104
Alaska
Supanika Ordonez
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 907-465-8707
Email: supanika.ordonez@alaska.gov
Alaska Head Start State Collaboration Office
801 W. 10th Street, Suite 200
P.O. Box 110500
Juneau, AK 99811-0500
Arizona
Alexis Horne
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 602-364-1910
Email: alexis.horne@azed.gov
Arizona Head Start State Collaboration Office
Deputy Associate Superintendent, Early Childhood Education, School Effectiveness Division
Arizona Department of Education
1535 West Jefferson Street, Bin #15
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Arkansas
Jacqueline Govan
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 501-371-0740
Fax: 501-370-9109
Alternate Phone: 501-831-1153
Email: jackie.govan@arheadstart.org
Arkansas Head Start- State Collaboration Office
1400 West Markham Street
Suite 406
Little Rock, AR 72201
California
Ristyn Woolley
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Email: ristyn.woolley@dss.ca.gov
Phone: 916-651-6631
California Head Start State Collaboration Office
California Department of Social Services
Child Care and Development Division
744 P Street Mail Station 9-8-350
Sacramento, CA 95814-5901
Colorado
Heather Craiglow
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 303-866-4804
Fax: 303-866-5469
Email: heather.craiglow@state.co.us
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Colorado Department of Human Services
Office of Early Childhood
1575 Sherman Street
Denver, CO 80203
Connecticut
Karen Pascale
Head Start Collaboration Office Director, CT Head Start Collaboration Office
Phone: 860-929-0051
Email: Karen.Pascale@ct.gov
Connecticut Head Start State Collaboration Office
CT Office of Early Childhood
450 Columbus Blvd
Suite 304
Hartford, CT 06103
Delaware
Aisha Ferrell
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 302-735-4096
Fax: 302-739-5894
Email: aisha.ferrell@doe.k12.de.us
Delaware Head Start State Collaboration Office
State of Delaware Department of Education
Office of Early Learning,Townsend Building
401 Federal Street, Suite 200
Dover, DE 19901-3639
District Of Columbia
Hannah Matthews
Interim Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 202-316-7162
Email: hannah.matthews@dc.gov
District of Columbia HSCO website
Head Start State Collaboration Office
Office of the State Superintendent of Education
Division of Early Learning
1050 First St. NE 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20002
Florida
Kimberly Singer, M.Ed
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 866-357-3239
Florida Head Start State Collaboration Office
Division of Early Learning
Florida Department of Education
325 West Gaines Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
Email: Kimberly.Singer@del.fldoe.org
Georgia
Allison Setterlind
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 470-421-2117
Email: allison.setterlind@decal.ga.gov
Quality Innovation and Partnerships
Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30334
Hawaii
Ephraim Schwab
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Office Phone: 808-784-5354
Email: ephraim.schwab@eoel.hawaii.gov
Hawaii Head Start State Collaboration Office
Executive Office on Early Learning
Prince Jonah Kuhio Elementary School
2759 South King Street, Room C-7
Honolulu, HI 96826
Idaho
Jessica Sproul
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 208-995-4915
Email: jessica.sproul@dhw.idaho.gov
Idaho Head Start State Collaboration Office
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
450 W State Street, 5th Floor
Boise, ID 83720
Illinois
Wendy Williams
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 217-785-3292
Email: wendy.williams@illinois.gov
Head Start State Collaboration Office
Illinois Department of Human Services
100 So Grand Ave E
Harris Bldg II, 2nd floor
Springfield, IL 62674
Indiana
Ashleigh Moon
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 317-234-5071
Email: ashleigh.moon@fssa.in.gov
Indiana Head Start State Collaboration Office
FSSA/Office of Early Childhood and Out of School Learning
402 West Washington Street MS 02
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Iowa
Monica Garner
Iowa Head Start State Collaboration Office
Phone: 515-336-3281
Fax: 515-242-5988
Email: monica.garner@iowa.gov
Iowa Head Start State Collaboration Office
Iowa Department of Education, Bur of School Improv
Grimes State Office Building
400 East 14th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0146
Kansas
Kimberly Kennedy
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 785-368-6354
Fax: 785-296-0146
Email: Kimberly.Kennedy@ks.gov
Kansas Head Start State Collaboration Office
Department for Children and Families
DCF Administration Building
555 South Kansas Ave
Topeka, KS 66603
Kentucky
Kelsey Turley
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: (O) 502-782-1263
Phone: (C) 502-229-7219
Fax: 502-564-2410
Email: kelsey.turley@ky.gov
Kentucky Governor's Office of Early Childhood
500 Mero St, 4th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
Louisiana
Kahree Wahid
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 225-342-1835
Alternate Phone: 225-572-7814
Email: kahree.wahid@la.gov
Louisiana Head Start State Collaboration Office
Department of Education
1201 N. Third Street Room 4-279
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Maine
Stacie McCoy
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 207-816-2334
Email: stacie.mccoy@maine.gov
Maine Department of Education
111 Sewall St
Augusta, ME 04333
Maryland
Vanessa Jones
Phone: 410-767-0602
Email: vanessa.jones1@maryland.gov
Head Start State Collaboration Office
Maryland State Department of Education
Division of Early Childhood Development
200 W. Baltimore Street, 10th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
Massachusetts
Amy Whitehead-Pleaux, M.A. (she/her)
Acting Head Start Collaboration Office Director/Director of Program Quality
Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care
978-826-1335
Email: amy.whitehead-pleaux@mass.gov
Head Start State Collaboration Office
Department of Early Education and Care
50 Milk St, 14th Floor
Boston, MA 02209
Michigan
Cynthia Derby
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 517-335-8125
Fax: 517-241-8679
Email: DerbyC@michigan.gov
Michigan Head Start State Collaboration Office
Michigan Department of Education
608 W. Allegan
Lansing, MI 48933
Minnesota
Jeanne Dickhausen MA Ed. ECE
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 651-582-8463
Fax: 651-797-1610
Email: Jeanne.dickhausen@state.mn.us
Minnesota Head Start Collaboration Office
Early Learning Services
Minnesota Department of Education
400 NE Stinson Blvd.
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Mississippi
Eileen Beazley
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 601-576-6084
Email: eileen.beazley@govreeves.ms.gov
Office of the Governor
PO Box 139
Jackson, MS 39205
Missouri
Stacey Wright
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 573-884-3080
Fax: 573-884-0598
Email: wrightst@missouri.edu
Missouri Head Start State Collaboration Office
Center for Family Policy and Research
The Curators of the University of Missouri
1400 Rock Quarry Road
Columbia, MO 65211-3280
Montana
Mark Douglass
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 406-444-0589
Fax: 406-444-2547
Email: mark.douglass@mt.gov
Head Start State Collaboration Office
DPHHS
1625 11th Avenue
Helena, MT 59620-2925
Nebraska
Stephanie Knust
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 531-207-9832
Email: steph.knust@nebraska.gov
Nebraska Department of Education
Head Start State Collaboration Office
500 S. 84th St., 2nd Floor
Lincoln, NE 68509-4987
Nevada
Patrice Gardner
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: (702) 668-4325
Email: pmgardner@doe.nv.gov
Nevada Department of Education
Head Start State Collaboration Office
Nevada Department of Education
2080 E. Flamingo Rd Suite #210
Las Vegas, NV, 89119
New Hampshire
Jessie Davis
Head Start Collaboration Office Director and Bureau of Child Development
Phone: 603-491-1234
Email: Jessie.L.Davis@dhhs.nh.gov
Division of Economic Stability
NH Department of Health and Human Services
129 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301-6505
New Jersey
Antoinette Harrison
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 609-376-3452
Fax: 609-777-0967
Email: antoinette.harrison@doe.nj.gov
New Jersey Head Start State Collaboration Office
NJ Department of Education
PO Box 500
100 Riverview Plaza
Trenton, NJ 08625-0500
New Mexico
Casey Lafferty
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 505-629-9483
Email: Casey.Lafferty@ececd.nm.gov
NM Early Childhood Education & Care Department
1120 Paseo De Peralta
Santa Fe, NM 87501-2747
New York
Patricia Persell
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 518-474-9352
Fax: 518-473-2570
Alternate Phone: 518-474-5522
Email: patricia.persell@ccf.ny.gov
New York Head Start State Collaboration Office
Council on Children and Families
52 Washington Street, West Building
Suite 99
Rensselaer, NY 12144
North Carolina
Macy Jones
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 919-795-9473
Email: macy.jones@dpi.nc.gov
North Carolina Head Start State Collaboration Office
Office of Early Learning
NC Department of Public Instruction
2075 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2075
North Dakota
Carolyn Kueber
Head Start/Early Head Start Collaboration
Admin Phone: 701-328-1640
Fax: 701-328-0203
Email: cjkueber@nd.gov
Head Start State Collaboration Office
Department of Human Services
600 East Boulevard Avenue Dept 325
Bismarck, ND 58505-0440
Ohio
Lori Jones-Perkins
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 380-267-2531
Email: lori.perkins@childrenandyouth.ohio.gov
Head Start State Collaboration Office
Department of Children and Youth
246 N. High Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Oklahoma
Paula Brown
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 405-949-1495
Fax: 405-509-2712
Email: headstart@okacaa.org
Oklahoma Head Start State Collaboration Office
OKACAA
605 Centennial Boulevard
Edmond, OK 73013
Oregon
Rachel Elliott
Head Start Collaboration Office Director/Specialist
Phone: 971-600-4071
Email: Rachel.Elliott@delc.oregon.gov
Oregon Department of Education
Early Learning Division
700 Summer St. NE Suite 350
Salem, OR 97301-1271
Pennsylvania
Tracy Duarte
Head Start Collaboration Office Director, PA HSSCO
Phone: 814-327-3263
Email: tradua@pakeys.org
PA Key
200 N. 3rd Street
2nd floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Puerto Rico
Kellymer Crespo
ACUDEN Administrator
Phone: 787-724-7474 Ext# 3863
Email: kellymer.quinones@familia.pr.gov
PR Head Start State Collaboration Office
Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico
La Fortaleza
San Juan, PR 00901
Rhode Island
Catherine Green
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 401-462-1321
Fax: 401-462-6878
Email: catherine.green@dhs.ri.gov
Rhode Island Head Start State Collaboration Office
Department of Human Services
Louis Pasteur Building 57
25 Howard Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920
South Carolina
Mary Lynne Diggs
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 803-898-2550
Fax: 803-898-4458
Email: Mary.Lynne.Diggs@dss.sc.gov
South Carolina Head Start State Collaboration Office
South Carolina Department of Social Services
1535 Confederate Avenue
3rd floor
Columbia, SC 29202
South Dakota
Jodi Berscheid
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 605-773-4640
Fax: 605-773-6139
Alternate Phone: 605-295-3456
Email: jodi.berscheid@state.sd.us
South Dakota Head Start Collaboration Office
Department of Education
800 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501-2294
Tennessee
Henri' Murphy
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 615-532-4731
Fax: 615-532-4989
Alternate Phone: 615-393-3925
Email: Henri.Murphy@tn.gov
Tennessee Head Start State Collaboration Office
9th Floor, Andrew Johnson Tower
710 James Robertson Parkway Nashville, TN 37243
Texas
Alferma Giles
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 713-500-3835
Fax: 713-500-3820
Email: alferma.crawford@uth.tmc.edu
Texas Head Start State Collaboration Office
The Children's Learning Institute
University of Texas Houston
7000 Fannin, Suite 1920
Houston, TX 77030
Utah
Wendy Byron
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 385-285-2436
Fax: 801-526-4432
Email: wlbyron@utah.gov
Department of Workforce Services
Utah Office of Child Care
140 East 300 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Vermont
Renee Kelly
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 802-241-0801
Email: renee.kelly@vermont.gov
Vermont Head Start State Collaboration Office
DCF/Child Development Division
NOB 1 North
280 State Drive
Waterbury, VT 05671-1040
Virginia
Taundwa Jeffries
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 804-726-7468
Alternate Phone: 804-290-3020
Email: taundwa.jeffries@doe.virginia.gov
Virginia Department of Education
Head Start State Collaboration Office
101 North 14th Street
Floor 16
Richmond, VA 23219-3665
Washington
Cathy Garland
HSCO Administrator
Phone: 360-688-3139
Fax: 360-413-3482
Email: cathy.garland@dcyf.wa.gov
Head Start Collaboration Office
Department of Children, Youth and Families
P.O. Box 40970
Olympia, WA 98504-0970
West Virginia
Brittany Doss
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 304-993-5807
Fax: 304-558-8800
Email: Brittany.N.Doss@wv.gov
WV Head Start State Collaboration Office
WV Dept of Health and Human Services
Bureau for Children and Families
350 Capitol Street, Room B-18
Charleston, WV 25301
Wisconsin
Jillian Clemens
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 608-422-7158
Alternate Phone: 608-279-2777
Email: Jillian.Clemens@wisconsin.gov
Wisconsin Head Start State Collaboration Office
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
201 W Washington Ave, 2nd Floor
Madison, WI 53703
Wyoming
Helena Wagner
Head Start Collaboration Office Director
Phone: 307-777-2057
Fax: 307-777-8254
Email: helena.wagner@wyo.gov
Head Start State Collaboration Office
Wyoming Department of Workforce Services
5221 Yellowstone Rd
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Last Updated: September 11, 2024