HIPPY USA National Conference A Success
April 11-14, 2010
In the News
HIPPY Home Visitation Impacts Families
Shonyell Johnson, Coordinator with the R'Club Child Care, Inc. HIPPY Program in St. Petersburg, Florida (formerly the Pinellas County HIPPY Program), sent in the information below about the Wells family...
Curriculum Updates in Progress
A new year brings a new beginning to the HIPPY curriculum. I would like to tell you about some of the planned changes and where we are in revising the Age 4 Curriculum...
HIPPY Alumni are Young Leaders
What better tribute to Avima's legacy than the achievements of the children in which her work had a direct impact - with visible results!
State Offices & Contacts
136 sites in 22 states and the District of Columbia
State Offices & Contacts
Please note that only states with a State Director or State Contact are listed below. For all other contact information please contact HIPPY USA at info@hippyusa.org or call 501-537-7726.
HIPPY USA State Directors
[in green on map]
Alabama
Joanne Shum
HIPPY Alabama
515 Court Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone (334) 265-2364
Fax (334) 265-2304
Website: http://www.hippyalabama.com
Arkansas
Barbara Gilkey
Arkansas Children's Hospital
Arkansas HIPPY State Office
800 Marshall St., Slot 651
Little Rock, AR 72202
Phone (501) 364-3671
Fax (501) 364-2225
Website: http://www.archildrens.org/community_outreach/hippy.asp
E-mail: gilkeybj@archildrens.org
Colorado
The Colorado Parent & Child Foundation
1775 Sherman Street, Suite 2075
Denver, CO 80203
Phone (303) 860-6000
Fax (303) 860-7110
Florida
Mary Lindsey - State Director
Dabaram Rampersad - Assistant State Director
Florida HIPPY T&TA Center
University of South Florida
FMHI-MHC, 2-2113 A
13301 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard
Tampa, FL 33612
Phone (813) 974-4858 - Mary
Phone (813) 974-2177 - Dabaram
Fax (813) 974-6115
Website: floridahippy.fmhi.usf.edu
E-mail: lindsey@fmhi.usf.edu - Mary
E-mail: rampersad@fmhi.usf.edu - Dabaram
Texas
Carla-Marie Weir
Texas HIPPY Center, University of North Texas
2904 Floyd Street, Suite B-3
Dallas, TX 75204
Phone (214) 442-1660
Fax (214) 442-1662
Website: http://www.unt.edu/hippy/
Blog http://hippyhippyworld.blogspot.com/ (updated weekly!)
VISTA http://texashippyvista.blogspot.com/
Pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/hippyprogram/
E-mail: carla.weir@unt.edu
HIPPY USA State Contacts
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Louisiana
Kaye Eichler
Louisiana State HIPPY Office
P.O. Box 94064
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
Phone (225) 342-4138
Fax (225) 219-4439
E-mail: Kaye.Eichler@la.gov
Maryland
Valeri Ashton Thomas
Maryland State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone (410) 767-0314
Fax (410) 333-8010
E-mail: vashton-thomas@msde.state.md.us
Nevada
TBA
Sunrise Children's Foundation
Nevada HIPPY
2755 E. Desert Inn Road
Suite 200
Las Vegas, NV 89121
Phone (702) 731-8373/(702) 648-1885
Fax (702) 731-7372
Rhode Island
Diane Lakeland
Ocean State HIPPY
Pawtucket School Dept., Early Childhood
175 Main Street
Pawtucket, RI 02860
Phone (401) 729-6509 or (401) 729-6381
Fax (401) 729-9202
E-mail: dml1029@.cox.net
