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IL HS/EHS Grantee Members and Delegates


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Statewide Head Start and Early Head Start Directory

Explore our statewide list of Illinois Head Start and Early Head Start Member and Delegates. Click on any program name below to view their information.


Illinois Head Start & Early Head Start Grantee Directory


Program NameCentral Office AddressPhone(s)Counties Served

Anna Waters Head Start (Empowerment Opportunity Center)

360 E. Marietta, Decatur, IL 62521

217-542-7010

Macon

Baby TALK Early Head Start

355 E. Marietta Street, Decatur, IL 62521

217-475-2234

Macon

BCMW Community Services, Inc.

909 E. Rexford, PO Box 729, Centralia, IL 62801

618-532-4890

Bond, Clinton, Franklin, Marion, Washington

Brightpoint

200 W. Monroe St., Suite 2100, Chicago, IL 60606

309-530-4112

Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, McLean, Tazewell, Woodford

Carole Robertson Center for Learning

1111 S Western Ave, Suite B, Chicago, IL 60612

 312-243-7300

Cook

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet

203 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, IL 60432

815-723-3053

Will

CEFS Economic Opportunity Council

P.O. Box 928, 1805 S. Banker, Effingham, IL 62401

217-342-2193

Christian, Clay, Effingham, Fayette, Montgomery, Moultrie, Shelby

Chicago Commons EHS/HS

1100 West Cermak Rd., Chicago, IL 60608

773-638-5600

Cook

Chicago DFSS

1615 West Chicago Ave., 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60622

312-229-1690 

Cook

Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R)

801 North Larkin Avenue, Ste 202, Joliet, IL 60435

815-741-1163 x222

Kankakee

Childcare Network of Evanston

1335 Dodge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201

773-475-2661 x319

Cook

Christopher House Early Head Start

1611 W. Division St., Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622

773-922-7500

Cook

City of Rockford Head Start Program

425 E. State St., Rockford, IL 61104

779-348-7169

Winnebago

Community Action Agency of McHenry Co.

100 N. Benton Street, Woodstock, IL 60098

815-338-8790

McHenry

Community Action Partnership of Central IL  (CAPCIL) 

1800 Fifth Street, Lincoln, IL 62656

217-732-2159 

De Witt, Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Piatt

Easter Seals Head Start & EHS

1939 West 13th St., Suite 300, Chicago, IL 60608

312-491-4110

Cook

Educare of West DuPage

851 Pearl Road, West Chicago, IL 60185

630-957-5500

DuPage

El Valor EHS/HS

2434 S. Kildare Avenue, Chicago, IL 60623

773-242-2700

Cook

ERBA, Inc.

400 W. Pleasant, PO Box 307, Greenup, IL 62428

217-923-3113 x248

Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland

Evanston/Skokie Community SD #65

1500 McDaniel Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201

847-859-8100 

Cook

Governors State Univ. Early Head Start

One University Parkway, Univ. Park, IL 60484

708-235-7336

Will

Heartland Head Start

206 Stillwell, Bloomington, IL 61701

309-662-4880

Livingston, McLean

Henry Booth House

2907 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616

312-949-3600

Cook

Howard Area Community Center

7648 N. Paulina Street, Chicago, IL 60626

773-262-6622

Cook

IDHS Migrant & Seasonal Head Start

100 So Grand Ave East, 2nd Flr Rm 2431, Springfield, IL 62762

217-836-5435

Sangamon

Illinois Action for Children

4753 N Broadway St., Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60640

773-564-8865

Cook

IL Valley Economic Development Corp. (IVEDC)

223 Macoupin, PO Box 88, Gillespie, IL 62033

217-839-4431

Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin

Kankakee School District #111

710 N. Chicago Avenue, Kankakee, IL 60901

815-933-0773

Kankakee

Metropolitan Family Services (Chicago  / DuPage Co.)

222 E. Willow Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187

630-784-4800

Cook, DuPage

Mount Vernon School District #80

301 S. 17th Street, Mt. Vernon, IL 62864

618-244-8087

Jefferson

NICAA (Northwestern IL Comm. Action Agency)

511 S. Liberty, #146, Freeport, IL 61032

815-235-3740

Jo Daviess, Stephenson

PACT for West Central IL

2090 Hwy 24, Camp Point, IL 62320

217-773-3903

Adams, Brown, Cass, Hancock, McDonough, Pike, Schuyler, Scott, 

PCCEO Inc.

711 W McBean St., Peoria, IL 61605

309-671-3900

Peoria

Project NOW, Inc.

499 27th Street, East Moline, IL 61244

 309-792-4555

Henry, Rock Island

Proviso Leyden Council for Comm.  Action (PLCCA)

1100 Madison St., Maywood, IL 60153

708-865-0605

Cook

Quincy Public School District / Early Childhood and Family Center

401 S. 8th Street, Quincy, IL 62301

217-228-7121

Adams

Riverbend Head Start and Family Services

550 Landmarks Blvd., 3rd Flr., Alton, IL

62002

618-463-5946

Madison

Rock Island-Milan School District #41

3530 38th Avenue, Rock Island, IL 61201

309-793-5928

Rock Island

RPC Early Childhood Education Program / Champaign County

1776 E. Washington Street, Urbana, IL

61802

217-819-404

Champaign

SAL Family and Community Services

3800 Avenue of the Cities, Suite 108,

Moline, IL 61265

309-764-3724

Henry, Mercer, Rock Island

SIU-Carbondale Head Start

1900 N. Illinois Avenue, MC 4336,

Carbondale, IL 62901

618-453-6448

Jackson, Williamson

SIU-Edwardsville Head Start

601 JR Thompson Blvd., Bldg C,

E. St. Louis, IL 62201

618-482-8326

St. Clair

Southern Seven Health Dept. (HS/EHS)

37 Rustic Campus Drive, Ullin, IL 62992

618-634-2297 

Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Union

Springfield Urban League, Inc.

1108 E. Cook Street, Springfield, IL 62703

217-789-0893 x1210

Morgan, Sangamon

Start Early

33 W. Monroe, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL

60603

312-922-3863

Cook

Tazewell-Woodford Head Start

233 Leadley Avenue, East Peoria, IL 61611

309-699-6843

Tazewell, Woodford

Tri-County Opportunities Council (TCOC)

405 Emmons, PO Box 610, Rock Falls,

IL 61071

815-625-7830

Bureau, Carroll, LaSalle, Lee, Marshall, Ogle, Putnam, Stark, Whiteside

Two Rivers Head Start Agency

1661 Landmark Road, Aurora, IL 60506

630-264-1109

DeKalb, Kane, Kendall

Wabash Area Development, Inc. (WADI)

110 Latham, Enfield, IL 62835

618-963-2387

Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, Wabash, Wayne, White

Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council (WEEOC)

1 Industrial Park, PO Box 7, Steeleville, IL 62288

618-965-3458

Monroe, Perry, Randolph

YWCA Metropolitan Chicago

1 North LaSalle Street #1150, Chicago, IL 60602

773-265-3900

Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake