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Maine's Expanding Inclusive Opportunities Initiative for Children, Families & Communities

 

State Team Contact:

Linda Labas linda.labas@umit.maine.edu 207/892-0455 ext. 13 (V) 866/230-4520 (V/TTY) 207/892-2330 (Fax)

 

 

Early Care & Education, Early Childhood Division, Maine DHHS

State of Maine Department of Education

Child Development Services

The University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies

 

 


Maine's Expanding Inclusive Opportunities Initiative for Children, Families and Communities

Steering Committee & Core Team Participants (updated June, 2009)

© Denotes Core Team Participants

Charity Bailey
Parent Representative
1160 Ohio St., Apt. 402
Bangor, ME 04401
Ph: 207-991-4530
Email:
James Beougher ©
Director
Office of Child & Family Services (OCFS)
Maine DHHS
2 Anthony Avenue
11 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0011
Ph: 207-624-7981
Email: james.beougher@maine.gov
Janine Blatt ©
Early Childhood Consultant
Maine Department of Education
146 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Ph: 207-624-6632
Email: janine.blatt@maine.gov
Jean Bridges ©
Head Start Director
Penquis
PO Box 1162
Bangor, ME 04402-1162
Ph: 207-973-3531
Email: jbridges@penquis.org
Cindy Brown ©
Site Director
Child Development Services (CDS) Central Maine
PO Box 326
Dover Foxcroft, ME 04426
Ph: 207-564-3115 x 222 (CDS Piscataquis)
207-947-8493 x 20 (CDS Penobscot)
Email: cbrown@cdsofcentralme.org
Nancy Cronin
PDD Systems Change Coordinator
Maine Developmental Disabilities Council
Street: 225 Western Avenue
Mailing: 139 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04330-0139
Ph: 207-287-4214
Email: nancy.e.cronin@maine.gov
Allyson Dean
Director
Maine Roads to Quality (MRTQ)
USM Muskie School of Public Service
PO Box 9300
Portland, ME 04104-9300
Ph: 780-5833
Email: adean@usm.maine.edu
Margaret S. Degon ©
Coordinator of Training & Information
Maine Parent Federation
PO Box 2067
Augusta, ME 04338
Ph: 207-623-2144
Email: mdegon@mpf.org
Kelli Ditullio
Parent Representative
170 Cianchette St.
Pittsfield, ME 04967
Ph: 207-487-4597 (H)
207-487-3355 x175 (W)
Email: kditullio@mci-school.org
Linda Elias
Director
Child Care Connections
Child Care Resource Development Ctr.
136 US Route One
Scarborough, Maine 04074
Ph: 207-396-6573
Email: lelias@smaaa.org
Angela Faherty ©
Deputy Commissioner
Maine Department of Education
146 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Ph: 207-624-6606
Email: angela.faherty@maine.gov
Karen Farber
Advocate
Disability Rights Center
PO Box 2007
Augusta, Maine 04338-2007
Ph: 800-452-1948 x 234
Email: kfarber@drcme.org
Lori Freid Moses ©
Director
USM Child & Family Center
96 Falmouth St., Box 9300
Portland, ME 04104-9300
Ph: 207-780-4125
Email: lmoses@usm.maine.edu
Janna Gregory
Part C/619 Consultant
Child Development Services
State House Station 146
Augusta, Maine 04333
Ph: 207-624-6660
Email: janna.gregory@maine.gov
Debra Hannigan ©
State Director
Child Development Services (CDS)
Maine Department of Education
146 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Ph: 207-624-6660
Email: debra.hannigan@maine.gov
Rob Hatch
Director Child Health Center (MACSP)
CDS Service Provider Group Representative
16 Madison Avenue
Oxford, ME 04270
Ph: 207-743-7035
Email: rob.hatch@childhealthcenter.org
Vicky Hornus
Senior Program Associate
Northeast Regional Resource Center (NERRC)
Learning Innovations at WestEd
20 Winter Sport Lane
Williston, VT 05495
Ph: 802-951-8220
Email: vhornus@wested.org
Website: http://rrfcnetwork.org/nerrc
Linda Labas ©
Early Childhood Coordinator
University of Maine
Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies (CCIDS)
48 Tandberg Trail
Windham, ME 04062
Ph: 892-0455
Email: linda.labas@umit.maine.edu
Ann O’Brien
Quality & Training Manager
Children’s Behavioral Health Services
Office of Child & Family Services (OCFS)
Maine DHHS
2 Anthony Avenue
11 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0011
Ph: 207.624.7951
Email: Ann.obrien@maine.gov
Douglas Patrick ©
Children’s Systems Manager
Children’s Behavioral Health Services
Office of Child & Family Services (OCFS)
Maine DHHS
2 Anthony Avenue
11 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0011
Ph: 207-624-7904
Email: douglas.patrick@maine.gov
Sheryl Peavey
Director, Early Childhood Initiative
Maine Early Childhood Task Force
Children’s Growth Council
Maine Dept. of Health & Human Services
11 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Ph: 207-624-7992
Email: sheryl.peavey@maine.gov
Kristen Slefinger
Program Specialist
Office of Child & Family Services
Maine Dept. of Health & Human Services
2 Anthony Avenue
11 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0011
Ph: 207-624-7917
Email: Kristen.slefinger@maine.gov
Joan Smyrski ©
Director, Children’s Behavioral Health Services
Office of Child & Family Services (OCFS)
Maine DHHS
2 Anthony Avenue
11 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0011
Ph: 207-624-7958
Email: joan.smyrski@maine.gov
Loraine Spenciner
Professor Special Education
University of Maine Farmington
186 High Street
Farmington, ME 04938
Ph: 207-778-7266
Email: lspencin@maine.edu
Elaine Swimm
Special Education
Fayette Central School
2047 Main Street
Fayette, ME 04349
Ph: 207-685-4770
Email:
e-swimm@maranacook.org
Kathy Whaley
Technical Assistance Specialist
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC)
Campus Box 8040, UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8040
Ph: 919-962-7317
Email: whaley@mail.fpg.unc.edu
Website: http://nectac.org
Patricia Williams ©
Coordinator
Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention
Children With Special Health Needs Program
286 Water Street
Augusta, ME 04333
Ph: 207-287-4802
Email: patricia.williams@maine.gov
Patti Woolley ©
Director Division of Early Childhood
Office of Child & Family Services (OCFS)
Maine Dept. of Health & Human Services  (DHHS)
2 Anthony Avenue
11 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0011
Ph: 207-624-7901
Email: patti.woolley@maine.gov

Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies
5717 Corbett Hall, Rm 114
The University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469
Phone: 207/581-1084

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Orono, Maine 04469
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