Welcome to the Top Internet source for 'parental involvement in public schools' in Google, Yahoo! and MSN! Percolate with PIRC's - Statewide Parent Information and Resource Centers Parent Information and Resource Centers (PIRCs) help implement successful and effective parental involvement policies, programs, and activities that lead to improvements in student academic achievement and that strengthen partnerships among parents, teachers, principals, administrators, and other school personnel in meeting the education needs of children. Sec. 5563 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) requires the recipients of PIRC grants to: serve both rural and urban areas; use at least half their funds to serve areas with high concentrations of low-income children; and use at least 30 percent of the funds they receive for early childhood parent programs. The Parental Information and Resource Center (PIRC) program provides resources that grantees can use in pursuit of the objectives of the No Child Left Behind Act. In particular, this program provides an opportunity for grantees to focus on assisting the parents of children who attend schools identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring under Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

National PIRC Coordination Center Southwest Educational Development Laboratory Corporate Headquarters 211 E. 7th St., Suite 200 Austin, Texas 78701-3253 Tel: 512-476-6861 800-476-6861 Fax: 512-476-2286 E-mail: info@sedl.org   ALASKA Southeast Regional Resource Center 1016 W. Sixth Ave., Suite 401 Anchorage, AK 99501 Project Director: Michael Travis Phone: 907-349-0651 Fax: 907-349-0652 http://www.serrc.org   ALABAMA Alabama Parent Education Center 10520 US Highway 231 Wetumpka, AL 36920 Sherri Wilson Phone: 334-567-2252 Fax: 334-567-9938 http://www.alabamaparentcenter.com   ARKANSAS The Jones Center for Families-Center for Effective Parenting 614 E. Emma Ave., Suite 113 Springdale, AR 72764 Carolene Thornton Phone: 479-751-6166 Fax: 479-751-1110 http://www.parenting-ed.org/   AMERICA SAMOA Pacific Islands Center for Educational Development 5770 Fagaalu Pago Pago 96799 Tofoitaufa Sandra King Young Phone: 684-258-4515 http://www.piced.org   ARIZONA Chandler Education Foundation 1525 W. Frye Road Chandler, AZ 85224 Glenna McCollum Phone: 480-812-7631 Fax: 480-812-7020 http://www.chandleredfoundation.org   CALIFORNIA Cambridge Academies 4300 Sisk Road, Suite D Modesto, CA 95356 Geni Boyer Phone: 209-545-9766 Fax: 209-545-2660 http://www.calpirc.org California Association for Bilingual Education 16033 E. San Bernardino Road Covina, CA 91722-3900 Maria Quezada Phone: 626-814-4441 Fax: 626-814-4640 http://www.bilingualeducation.org   COLORADO Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition 7150 Hooker St., Suite B Westminster, CO 80030 Richard García Phone: 720-890-0123 Fax: 720-540-8455 http://www.cpirc.org The Clayton Foundation 3801 Matin Luther King Blvd. Denver, CO 80205-4972 Tina House Phone: 303-355-5387 Fax: 303-321-2959 http://www.theclaytonfoundation.org   CONNECTICUT Rensselaer Hartford Graduate Center, Inc. 25 Industrial Park Road Middletown, CT 06457-1520 Marianne Kirner, Ph.D. Phone: 860-632-1485 Fax: 860-632-8870 http://www.ctserc.org/ctpirc   DELAWARE Parent Information Center of Delaware, Inc. 5570 Kirkwood Highway Orchard Commons Business Center Wilmington, DE 19808 Marie-Anne Aghazadian Phone: 302-999-7394 Fax: 302-999-7637   DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Multicultural Community Service 2437 15th St. N.W. Washington, DC 20009 Lillian Perdomo Phone: 202-238-9355 Fax: 202-299-9207 http://www.mcsdc.org   FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA Pacific Resources for Education & Learning 900 Fort Street Mall, Suite 1300 Honolulu, HI 96813-3718 Thomas Barlow Phone: 800-377-4773 or 1-808-441-1300 Fax: 1-888-512-7599 or 808-441-1385 http://www.prel.org   FLORIDA University of South Florida Florida Diagnostic - FDLRS College of Education 3702 Spectrum Blvd., Suite 160 Tampa, FL 33612 Sally Wade Phone: 813-975-6960 Fax: 813-975-6596 http://www.partnershipcenter.usf.edu Family Network on Disabilities of Florida, Inc. 2735 Whitney Road Clearwater, FL 33760 Marilyn Ruiz Phone: 727-523-1130 Fax: 727-523-8687 http://www.fndfl.org   GEORGIA Communities in Schools of Georgia 600 W. Peachtree St., Suite 1200 Atlanta, GA 30308 Julie Hollis Phone: 404-888-5784 Fax: 404-888-5789 http://www.cisga.org   GUAM Guam's Positive Parents Together, Inc. P.O. Box 4297 Hagatna, Guam 96932 Ann Marie D. Cruz Phone: 671-653-7991   HAWAII Parents and Children Together 1485 Linapuni St., Suite 105 Honolulu, HI 96819 Christina Simmons Phone: 808-847-3285 Fax: 808-841-1485 http://www.pacthawaii.org   IOWA School Administrators of Iowa 12199 Stratford Drive Clive, IA 50325 Ed Redalen Phone: 515-267-1115 Fax: 515-267-1066 http://www.sai-iowa.org   IDAHO Family Advocate Program, Inc. 3010 W. State St., Suite 104 Boise, ID 83703 Pat Stephens Phone: 208-345-3344 Fax: 208-345-3700 http://www.familyadvocate.org   ILLINOIS Columbia College Chicago Center for Community Arts Partnerships 600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605 Sarah Ogeto Phone: 312-344-6735 Fax: 312-344-8015 http://www.colum.edu/index.php   INDIANA Indiana Center for Family, School, & Community Partnerships The Indiana Partnerships Center 921 E. 86th St., Suite 108 Indianapolis, IN 46240 Jacqueline Garvey Phone: 866-391-1039 Fax: 317-205-9790 http://www.fscp.org   KANSAS Kansas Parent Information Resource Center 3500 SW 10th Ave. Room 011E Topeka, KS 66604 Nancy Kraft Phone: 866-711-6711 Fax: 785-215-8742 http://www.kpirc.org   KENTUCKY Ohio Valley Educational Colaborative 100 Alpine Drive Shelbyville, KY 40065 Leon Mooneyhan Phone: 502-647-3533 Fax: 502-647-3581 http://www.ovec.org/index.cfm   LOUISIANA Volunteers of America North Louisiana 360 Jordan St. Shreveport, LA 71101 Chuck Meehan Phone: 318-221-2669 Fax: 318-222-6370 http://www.voanorthla.org   MAINE Maine Parent Federation, Inc. P.O. Box 2067 Augusta, ME 04338 Janice LaChance Phone: 207-623-2144 Fax: 207-623-2148 http://www.mpf.org   MARYLAND Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, Inc. 5272 River Road, Suite 340 Bethesda, MD 20816 Susan Shaffer Phone: 301-657-7742 Fax: 301-657-8782 http://www.maec.org   MASSACHUSETTS Federation for Children with Special Needs 1135 Tremont St., Suite 420 Boston, MA 02120 Rich Robison Phone: 617-236-7210 Fax: 617-572-2094 http://fcsn.org/index.php   MICHIGAN Life Services System 11172 Adams Holland, MI 49423 Deanna DePree Phone: 616-396-7566 Fax: 616-396-6893 http://lifeservicessystem.org   MINNESOTA PACER Center, Inc. 8161 Normandale Blvd. Minneapolis, MN 55437 Paula Goldberg Phone: 952-838-9000 952-838-0190 (TTY) Fax: 952-838-0199 http://www.pacer.org   MISSOURI Literacy Investment for Tomorrow-Missouri 815 Olive St., Suite 22 St. Louis, MO 63101 Timothy O'Dea Phone: 314-678-4443 Fax: 314-678-2938 http://www.missouri-pirc.org/ Burrell Behavioral Health Inc. An affiliate of CoxHealth 1300 E. Bradford Parkway Springfield, MO 65804 Todd Schaible Phone: 417-269-5400 Fax: 417-269-7259

MISSISSIPPI Community Students Learning Center 333 Yazoo St. Lexington, MS 39095 Beulah Greer Phone: 662-834-3449 Fax: 662-834-0148 http://www.communitystudentlearning.org   MONTANA Women's Opportunity and Resource Development, Inc. 2525 Palmer St., Suite 1 Missoula, MT 59808 Chris Mulvey Phone: 406-543-3550 Fax: 406-721-4584 http://www.wordinc.org/index.php   NEBRASKA Nebraska Children and Families Foundation 215 Centennial Mall S., Suite 200 Lincoln, NE 68508 Jeff Cole Phone: 402-476-9401 Fax: 402-476-9486 http://www.pcanebraska.org   NEVADA Education Collaborative of Washoe County, Inc. 380 Edison Way Reno, NV 89502-2308 D'Lisa Crain Phone: 775-353-5533 Fax: 775-353-5536 http://www.e-collaborative.org   NEW HAMPSHIRE Parent Information Center P.O. Box 2405 Concord, NH 03302-2405 John-Michael Dumais Phone: 603-848-5665 or 1-800-947-7005 (NH only) Fax: 603-224-4365 http://www.parentinformationcenter.org   NEW JERSEY Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey Chapter, Inc. 103 Church St., Suite 210 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Janet Rosenzweig Phone: 732-246-8060, ext. 111 Fax: 732-246-1776 http://www.preventchildabusenj.org   NEW MEXICO Parents Reaching Out to Help 1920 B Columbia Drive S.E Albuquerque, NM 87106 Sally Vancuren Phone: 1-800-524-5176 Fax: 505-247-0192 http://www.parentsreachingout.org/index.htm   NEW YORK Every Person Influences Children, Inc. (EPIC) EPIC National Center for Parenting and Character Education 1000 Main St. Buffalo, NY 14202 Jane Zucker Phone: 716-332-4100 Fax: 716-332-4101 http://www.epicforchildren.org Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County 203 N. Hamilton St. Watertown, NY 13601 Dr. Richard Lawrence Halpen Phone: 315-788-8450 Fax: 315-788-8461   NORTH CAROLINA Exceptional Children's Assistance Center 907 Barra Row, Suites 102/103 Davidson, NC 28036 Beverly Roberts Phone: 704-892-1321 Fax: 704-892-5028 http://www.ecac-parentcenter.org   NORTH DAKOTA Pathfinder Services of North Dakota, Inc. Pathfinder Family Center 1600 Second Ave. S.W., Suite 30 Minot, ND 58701-3459 Jim Carter Phone: 701-837-7500 Fax: 701-837-7548 http://www.ndpti.com/   OHIO United Way of Greater Cincinnati 2400 Reading Road Cincinnati, OH 45202-1478 Debbie Allsop Phone: 513-762-7100 Fax: 513-762-7146 http://www.uwgc.org   OKLAHOMA Eagle Ridge Institute, Inc. 601 N.E. 63rd St. Oklahoma City, OK 73105 John Mayfield Phone: 405-840-1359 Fax: 405-840-5086 http://www.eagleridgeinstitute.com   OREGON Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory 101 S.W. Main St., Suite 500 Portland, OR 97204 Debbie Ellis Phone: 503-275-9500 Fax: 503-275-9152 http://www.nwrel.org/pirc/   PENNSYLVANIA Center for Schools and Communities - Next Century, Inc. 275 Grandview Avenue, Suite 200 Camp Hill, PA 17011 Linda Dolan Phone: 717-763-1661 ext. 137 http://www.center-school.org/pa-pirc   PUERTO RICO APNI, Inc P.O. Box 21280 San Juan, PR 00928-1280 Carmen Selles Phone: 787-763-4665 and 787-753-7185 (TTY) Fax: 787-765-0345 http://www.apnipr.org   REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS Pacific Resources for Education & Learning 900 Fort Street Mall, Suite 1300 Honolulu, HI 96813-3718 Hilda Heine Phone: 808-441-1300 Fax: 808-441-1385 http://www.prel.org   RHODE ISLAND Rhode Island Parent Information Network, Inc. 175 Main St. Pawtucket, RI 02860-4101 Vivian Weisman Phone: 401-727-4144 Fax: 401-727-4040 http://www.ripin.org   SOUTH CAROLINA Voices for South Carolina's Children P.O. Box 11644 Columbia, SC 29211 Sue Oliver Phone: 803-256-4670 Fax: 803-256-8093 http://www.scchildren.org   SOUTH DAKOTA West River Foundation - SD Parent Resource Network P.O. Box 218 Sturgis, SD 57785 Lori Laughlin Phone: 605-347-6260 Fax: 605-347-5223 http://www.sdprn.org   TENNESSEE Tennessee Voices for Children, Inc. 1315 Eighth Ave. S. Nashville, TN 37203 Monica Causey Phone: 615-269-7751 Fax: 615-269-8914 http://www.tnvoices.org   TEXAS Intercultural Development Research Association 5835 Callaghan Road, Suite 350 San Antonio, TX 78228-1190 María "Cuca" Robledo Montecel Phone: 210-444-1710 Fax: 210-444-1714 http://www.idra.org   UTAH Voices for Utah Children 747 E. South Temple, Suite 100 Salt Lake City, UT 84102 Karen Crompton Phone: 801-364-1182 Fax: 801-364-1186 http://www.utahchildren.org   VERMONT Vermont Parent Information Center 600 Blair Park Road, Suite 301 Williston, VT 05495-7589 Connie Curtin Phone: 802-876-5315 Fax: 802-876-6291 http://www.vtpic.com   VIRGINIA Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center 100 N. Washington St., Suite 234 Falls Church, VA 22046 Cherie Tekemoto Phone: 703-536-3023 (P/TTY) and 1-800-869-6782 (Virginia only) Fax: 703-923-0030   VIRGIN ISLANDS Virgin Island Parents Uniting Schools and Home P.O. Box 913 Christiansted, St. Croix, VI 00821 Sandra Phaire Phone: 340-643-9888 Fax: 340-692-5010 http://www.vipush.org   WASHINGTON Columbia Basin College Foundation 2600 N. 20th Ave. Pasco, WA 99301 Richard Reisinger Phone: 509-547-0511 Fax: 509-544-8793   WEST VIRGINIA West Virginia Parent Connections (WVPC) at Edvantia 1031 Quarrier Street Charleston, WV 25301 Anita Deck Phone: 1-800.624.9120 Fax: 304.347.0487 http://www.edvantia.org   WISCONSIN Parents Plus, Inc. 660 E. Mason St., Suite 100 Milwaukee, WI 53202 Susan Rodriguez Phone: 414-755-8703 Fax: 414-755-8252 http://www.parentspluswi.org/   WYOMING Parents Helping Parents of Wyoming, Inc. 5 N. Lobban Buffalo, WY 82834 Terri Dawson Phone: 307-684-7441 Fax: 307-684-5314 http://www.wpen.net

 

 

 

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