Southwest Iowa

Child Care Resource & Referral

Iowa Child Care Resource and Referral provides resources,

education and advocacy to support quality child care.

 

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West Central Community Action

Child Care Resource and Referral has many offices to serve you. The regional office administers the funds for twenty three counties in southwest Iowa. Area offices serve specific counties.

Regional Office (serving 23 counties):

West Central Community Action

PO Box 709

701 10th Street

Harlan, Iowa 51537

Phone: 712-755-7381 or toll-free at 800-945-9778

Fax: 712-755-7827

Regional Director

Debra Morrison

Regional Data Specialist

Linda Heckman

Regional Training Coordinator

Carol Jensen

Regional Child Care Nurse Consultant

Cathy Renz, BSN, M.ED

Regional Home Consultant

Deb Martens

Regional Professional Development Consultant

Position currently open

Regional QRS (Quality Rating System) Specialist

Dawn Powers

Regional and Area Office Support

Joan Schechinger

Regional Infant/Toddler Specialist

See Shenandoah office below

Linda Schaefer

Area Offices:

Serving Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, and Shelby counties

West Central Community Action

PO Box 709

701 10th Street

Harlan, Iowa 51537

Phone: 712-755-7381 or toll-free at 800-945-9778

Fax: 712-755-7827

Parent Counselor:

Linda Heckman

Provider Services Coordinator:

Toni Stork

Serving Cass, Mills and Montgomery counties:

West Central Community Action

304 Chestnut

Atlantic, Iowa 50022

Phone: 712-243-3118 or toll-free at 877-791-6202

Fax: 712-243-3621

Jolene Mitchell, on-site consultant

Parents contact Linda Heckman at 800-945-9778

 

West Central Community Action

313 Main

Malvern, Iowa 51551

Phone: 712-624-8172 or toll-free at 800-440-7670

Fax: 712-624-8711

Jean Hudson, Home Consultant

Parents contact Linda Heckman at 800-945-9778

Serving Page and Fremont Counties

West Central Community Action

500 1/2 N. Broad

Shenandoah, Iowa 51601

Phone: 712-246-1861 or toll-free at 866-651-3420

Fax: 712-246-1671

Linda Schaefer, Regional Infant/Toddler Specialist

Parents contact Linda Heckman at 800-945-9778

On-site consultant is Jeanette Linnenburger in the Council Bluffs office (see below).

Serving Pottawattamie County

West Central Community Action

Omni Business Park

300 W. Broadway, Suite 35

Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503

Phone: 712-322-2621 or toll free at 877-791-6201 (see extensions below)

Position open, Provider Services Coordinator, extension 20

Elaine Mayberry, on-site consultant (centers), extension 15

Jeanette Linnenburger, onsite consultant for Fremont, Page and Pottawattamie Counties, extension 24

Joyce Mahl, Infant & Toddler Specialist, extension 21

                               

 

 

Click here to learn more about the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies.

Funding is provided by the Iowa Department of Human Services through the Child Care Development Fund.

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Last updated: 7/1/09