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Collaboration
Office
The Head Start Collaboration Office was created through a
grant from the Administration for Children and Families, A.C.F.
and the State of Rhode Island, Office of the Governor. The
Office was placed at the Department of Human Services in the
fall of 1996, in the Office of Individual and Family Support
Services, I.F.S.S. This Office operates the State’s cash
assistance program for needy families and children, the Family
Independence Program. Also D.H. S. administers the Child Care
subsidy program, and a host of other important services including
employment and training and the adolescent self-sufficiency
program.
It is the goal of the Collaboration Office to develop strong
partnerships between the afore mentioned DHS programs, and
other State services critical to Head Start families.
The priority areas for the Project are as follows:
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Economic
self –sufficiency
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Health
Care, including Oral Health and Mental Health services
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Services
to Children with Disabilities
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Early
Care and Education systems development
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Quality
Childcare
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Homelessness
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Father
Involvement
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Family
Literacy
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Community
Service Activities
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Support
for the RI Head Start Association and Parent Leadership Forums
The Collaboration director Mr. Lawrence G. Pucciarelli serves
on numerous planning and
coordinating initiatives and has information about how parents,
professional and community persons may participate.
The following is a partial list:
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The
DHS Advisory Committee on Child Care
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The
Legislative Commission on Child Care
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The
Task force on Welfare Reform Implementation.
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Successful
Start
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The
National School Readiness Initiative
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The
DCYF Children’s Trust
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Local
Initiatives Support Corporation LISC
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D.O.H.
Oral Health Initiative
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The
R.I. Fatherhood Initiative
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The
Homelessness Task Force
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The
R.I Early Learning Standards Steering Committee
The
Rhode Island Collaboration Office
600 New London Ave
Pasteur Building #57
Cranston RI 02920
401 462 3071
401 462 6878 Fx.
lpucciar@dhs.ri.gov
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