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Great Start for Kids
Attn: Joan Blough
1738 Commonwealth Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI 49006
Phone: 269-345-5968
Fax: 517-484-6549

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early childhood core team roster

Betsy Boggs

Connections for Children

Lindy Buch

Michigan Department of Education

Patty Cantu

Michigan Department of Career Development and Consumer &

Industry Services

Renee De Mars-Johnson

Michigan Department of Education

Mike Dewey

Bay County Intermediate School District

Sharon Dietrich

OSE-EIS/SIP

Sheri Falvay

Michigan Department of Community

Health, Division of Mental Health Services to Children & Families

Kathryn Fehrman

Family Independence Agency

Jessica Gillard

Child & Family Services of NE Michigan, Inc.

Jean Hoffman

Family Independence Agency

Sarah Jane Johnson

Michael Kanser

Consumers Energy

Chuck Kieffer

Michigan State Housing Development Authority

Mary Ludtke

Michigan Department of Community Health

Division of Mental Health Services to Children and Families

Deb Marciniak

Michigan Public Health Institute

Lynne Martinez

Children's Ombudsman

Kristen McDonald-Stone

Michigan Family Independence Agency

Anita Mills

Jim Nye

Family Independence Agency

Carol Ogan

Michigan Department of Community Health

Doug Paterson

Michigan Department of Community

Health

Nancy Peeler

Michigan Department of Community Health

Kathi Pioszak

Family Independence Agency

Child Development and Care

Karen Rockhold

Michigan Department of Education

Pat Sargent

The Guidance Center

Pam Schwamlien

Mary Scoblic

Michigan Department of Community

Health

Sallie Shears

Lifespan Visiting Nurses

James Sinnamon

Michigan Department of Consumer & Industry Services

Deborah Strong

Family Independence Agency

Betty Tableman

University Outreach/Outreach

Partnerships

Gary Tegge

Jocelyn Vanda

Family Independence Agency

Julie Williams

Nancy Willyard

Family Independence Agency - Head Start - State Collaboration

Vanessa Winborne

MI Department of Education

Jacqueline Wood

Michigan Department of Education

Early Childhood and Parenting

Glenna Zollinger-Russell

Michigan Department of Career Development and Consumer & Industry Services

Great Start Strategic Action and Planning Project Staff

Joan Blough

Project Coordinator

Suzanne Miel-Uken

Facilitation Consultant

 

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