Nebraska Head Start Programs

 

Data Clarification and Qualification

This information is self-reported by Head Start programs.  

HS Grantee: Blue Valley Community Action Partnership (BVCA)

Contact: 
SHARI WURTZ-MILLER
Head Start Director 
P.O. Box 273 
Fairbury, NE 68352

Business: 402-729-2278 
Fax:
402-729-2801 
E-Mail: 
smiller@bvca.net

(Federal Region VII)

Classrooms: 
York (4), Thayer (1), Seward (1), Saline (7), Jefferson (6), Gage (4), Fillmore (1),

Kansas: Smith (1)

Counties Served/Number Served: (9) 
York=51, Fillmore=17, Gage=87, Jefferson=31, Saline=52, Seward=17, Thayer=17
Kansas: Smith=17 

Home Based: 0

Early Head Start:  40 (home-based)  
Center Based: 249 (20 full day/full year) 
Total Served: 289

HS Grantee: Boys and Girls Home of Nebraska
 
Contact: 
MARGE MEINEN
Early Childhood Program Coordinator 
Siouxland Family Center
1401 Pine Street, P.O. Box 484  
Dakota City, NE 68731
 
Business: 402-494-6878 
E-Mail:
 meinenm@bghome.net

 

(Federal Region VII)

Classrooms:  Dakota City 

Counties Served/Number Served:  Dakota 

Center Based:  40  
Home Based: 20
Prenatal: 10 

Early Head Start: 60

Total Served:  60

* additional information will be available in the near future *

HS Grantee: Cass County Head Start/Plattsmouth Public Schools

Contact: 
JANE HAPPE 
Director 
1912 East Highway 34 
Plattsmouth, NE 68048

Business: 402-296-5250 
Fax:
402-296-5202 
E-Mail:
jhappe@plattsmouthschools.org

Classrooms: 
Plattsmouth, Murray, Weeping Water 

Counties Served/Number Served: (1) 
Cass=140 

Center Based: 140  
Total Served: 140
HS Grantee: Central Nebraska Community Services, Inc.

Contact: 
SUZAN OBERMILLER 
Early Childhood Programs Director 
P.O. Box 509 
626 N Street 
Loup City, NE 68853

Business: 308-745-0780  Ext: 123 
Fax:
308-745-0824 
E-Mail:
sobermiller@cennecs.org

Classrooms:  
Albion (2),  Ainsworth (1),  Schuyler (4),  Broken Bow (1),  Burwell (2), Spalding (1), Aurora (1),  Atkinson (1), O'Neill (2),  St Paul (2), Central City (2), Fullerton (1), Columbus (7), Loup City (2), Ord (2),  Centura (2)


Early Head Start: Platte, Holt, Colfax, Garfield, Valley, Sherman, Howard, Greeley, Brown, Custer 

Counties Served/Number Served: (14)
Head Start Boone=17, Brown=17, Colfax=55, Custer=18, Garfield=17, Greeley=16, Hamilton=18, Holt=36, Howard=20, Merrick=16, Nance=16, Platte=100, Sherman=18, Valley=17
 
Early Head Start: Platte=89, Sherman-Howard-Greeley=9, Colfax=20, Garfield-Valley=9, Holt=10, Custer=9, Brown=9

Center Based:  381
Early Head Start:  155
Total Served:  536

HS Grantee: Omaha Public Schools Head Start

Contact:

ALINA HARVEY

Delegates:  Educare of Omaha
Partner: Ralston Public Schools

Kennedy Elementary School
2906 N. 30th Street
Omaha, NE  68111-3196

Business: 402-827-5339 ext. 1708
Fax:
402-827-5388
E-Mail: 
alina.harvey@ops.org

HS Delegate: Educare of Omaha

Contact:

Gladys Haynes

2123 Paul Street
Omaha, NE 68102

Business: 402-898-1783

E-Mail: ghaynes@educareomaha.org

HS Partners: Ralston Public Schools
8545 Park Dr
Omaha, NE 68127-3690
Business: (402) 331-4700

Classrooms:
23 locations in the City of Omaha Head Start 
2 locations in the City of Omaha Early Head Start 
 
Counties Served/Number Served: (1)
Douglas = 1013
 
Early Head Start Program  (Wave III):  Center Based: 120
Head Start: 893
Total Served: 1013

 

 

Head Start = (2)

Early Head Start = (3)

HS Grantee: Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska

Contact: 
LOIS BUTLER 
Head Start Director 
P.O. Box 2288 
114 East 11th Street 
Kearney, NE 68848

Business: 308-865-5334 
Fax:
308-865-5333 
E-Mail:
loisb@mnca.net 
Website: http://www.mnca.net/

Classrooms:  
Kearney (4), Gibbon (1), Lexington (2), Cozad (1), Ravenna (1), Ogallala (1), North Platte (4), Holdrege (1), McCook (1), Minden (1) 

Counties Served: 
Buffalo=116, Kearney=17, Dawson=61, Perkins=10, Gosper=10, Dundy=10, Harlan=10, Furnas=20, Frontier =10, Chase =10, Hitchcock =10, Keith=17, Lincoln=70, Phelps=17, Red Willow=18
Kansas: Norton = 10, Phillips =10  

Center Based: 296 
Home Based: 130 
Total Served: 426 
HS Grantee: Goldenrod Hills Community Action, Inc.

Contact: 
RITA EICHELBERGER 
Head Start Director 
P.O. Box 280 
Wisner, NE 68791-0280

Business: 402-529-3513 
Fax:
402-529-6125 
E-Mail: 
reichel@gpcom.net 

http://www.goldenrodhillscommunityaction.org

Classrooms:

Clearwater-Orchard (1), Neligh-Oakdale (2), Oakland-Craig (2), Hartington (1),West Point (1), Wisner (1), Dakota City (2), South Sioux City (2), Creighton (1), Madison (1), Norfolk (4), Newman Grove (1), Stanton (1), Walthill (1), Wayne (1), Pierce (1), Blair (1)

Counties Served/Number Served: (12)

Antelope 34, Burt 34, Cedar 17, Cuming 40, Dakota 80, Knox 18, Madison 118, Pierce 4, Stanton 17, Thurston 20, Wayne 20, Washington 18

Center Based: 333
Pre-K partnerships: 108
Total Served: 440

HS Grantee: Head Start Child & Family Development Program, Inc.

Contact: 
DEB ROSS 
Head Start Executive Director, Child & Family Development Program, Inc.  
123 Marian Road 
Hastings, NE 68901

Business: 402-462-4187 Ext: 148 
Fax:
402-462-4568 
E-Mail: 
dross@hshn.org
Website:
www.hshn.org

 

Classrooms:
Hastings (10 sessions), Franklin, HS (2 sessions), Clay- Clay Center (1 session), Fairfield (3 sessions), Nuckolls County-Superior (1 sessions) also Lawrence site (2 ), Webster County in combination with Blue Hill (2 sessions), Silver Lake ( 2 sessions),and Red Cloud (2 sessions) (3), Hall- Grand Island- Piper Site (2 classrooms, FD/FY), GIPS at three sites (28 sessions), Doniphan HS (1)
(Numbers change in counties with combination classrooms following the mobility of the families)


EHS- Hastings-EHS (1), Franklin-EHS (1), Clay Center-EHS (1), Superior-EHS (1),Hall- EHS (1)

Counties Served/Number Served: (6) HS/EHS
Adams=168, Clay=39, Nuckolls=35, Webster=25, Franklin =23, Hall=197

Early Head Start Program: 144
Head Start Center Based: 343
Home Based: 144
Total Served: 487

 

Lincoln Action Program Head Start Delegate: Lincoln Public Schools

Contact: 
DEILA STEINER 
Federal Programs Director 
Lincoln Public Schools 
5901 O Street Box 58 
Lincoln, NE 68516

Business: 402-436-1988 
Fax:
402-436-1929 
E-Mail: 
dsteiner@lps.org 

Classrooms: (19)
Lincoln 

Counties Served/Number Served: (1) 
Lancaster 

Full Day: 0
Center Based: 384 
Home Based: 24 
Total Served: 408
HS Grantee: Lincoln Action Program 
Delegates:  Lincoln Public Schools, Wahoo Public Schools

Contact: 

SUSAN POWERS-ALEXANDER
Head Start Director 
Lincoln Action Program 
210 O Street 
Lincoln, NE 68508

Business: 402-471-4515 
Fax:
402-471-4844 
E-Mail: salexander@lincoln-action.org

Classrooms:  Lincoln, Wahoo
 
Counties Served/Number Served: (2)
Lancaster = 600, Saunders = 44
   
EHS: 140
(40 center-based, 100 home-based)  
Center Based:  Delegates = 452
*
Full Day/Full Year:  52 (center-based)

* Please see LPS and Wahoo public schools below *

Total Served:  644

Lincoln Action Program Head Start Delegate: Wahoo Public Schools

Contact:
JANE WIEBOLD
Head Start Director
2201 North Locust
Wahoo, NE 68066

Business: 402-443-4250
Fax: 402-443-4731

E-Mail:
jwiebold@esu2.esu2.k12.ne.us

Classrooms:  Wahoo, Ashland

Counties Served/Number Served: (1) 
Saunders = 44

Center Based: 44
Home Based: 0
Combination: 0

Total Served: 44

HS Grantee: Midland Lutheran College/Dodge County Head Start

Contact: 
STEPHANIE KNUST  
Head Start Director 
1024 W 23rd Street 
P.O. Box 244 
Fremont, NE 68026

Business: 402-721-9022 
Fax:
402-721-0504 
E-Mail: 
sknust@dcheadstart.com

Classrooms: (6)
Fremont 

Counties Served/Number Served: (1) 
Dodge =125 

Center Based: 84 
Home Based: 11
Combination: 30 
Total Served: 125

HS Grantee: Northwest Community Action  Partnership

Contact: 
Amy Richardson
Head Start/Early Head Start Director 
270 Pine Street
Chadron, NE 69337

Business: 308-432-5018 
Fax:
308-432-4896 
E-Mail:
 arichardson@ncap.info

Head Start Classrooms - up to 20 children each
Chadron (2), Alliance (3), Gordon (1), Valentine (1),

Head Start/Collaborations Classrooms - up to 20 children
Chadron (2), Crawford (1), Hay Springs (1)

Head Start Home Base
- up to 12 children each
Box Butte County, Cherry County, Dawes County, and Sheridan County

Early Head Start Home Base - 9 families each
Box Butte County and Dawes County

Center Based: 164
Home Based: 40
Head Start: 204
Early Head Start: 36
(Dawes 18, Box Butte 18)
Total Served: 240

HS Grantee: Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska

Contact: 
SARAH OCHOA
Director of Child Development Programs 
3350 10th Street 
Gering, NE 69341

Business: 308-635-3089 
Fax:
308-635-0264 
E-Mail:
 sochoa@capwn.org

(Federal Region VII and Federal Region XII)

Classrooms: 
Bridgeport (20), Central (16), Gering (30), HFRC (46), Kimball (17), Lewellen (10), Lyman/Morrill (20), Minatare (20), Mitchell (17), Scottsbluff (30), Sidney (18), WNCDC (75)
 
Counties Served/Number Served: (6) 
Cheyenne=18, Deuel/Garden =10, Kimball=17, Morrill=20, Scottsbluff=334
 
EHS:   Center Based = 32   Home Based = 20 
HS:  Center Based = 287   Home Based = 11
MSHS:  Center Based & Home Based = 65

Total Served: 415
HS Grantee: Omaha Tribe of Nebraska

Contact: 
VANESSA HARLAN 
Head Start Director 
P.O. Box 459 
Macy, NE 68039

Business: 402-837-4110
Fax:
402-837-5340
E-Mail: 
otheadstart@yahoo.com

Delegate Classroom: 
Macy (6) 

County Served:  (1)
Thurston

Center Based: 101 

HS Grantee: Salvation Army Early Head Start

Contact: 
SHARLENE MENGEL 
Early Head Start Director 
3612 Cuming Street 
Omaha, NE 68131

Business: 402-898-5920 
Fax:
402-898-7533
E-Mail: 
Sharlene_Mengel@USC.salvationarmy.org 

Classrooms: 
Omaha (3) 

Counties Served/Number Served: (1)
Douglas =75 

EHS Program: EHS-II (75) 
Center Based: 15

Home Based: 60
Total Served: 75

HS Grantee: Santee Sioux Council Tribal Head Start

Contact: 
JOYCE THOMAS 
Head Start Director 
425 Fraiser Avenue, Suite 2 
Niobrara, NE 68760

Business: 402-857-2738
Fax:
402-857-2535    
E-Mail: 
joycethomas_27@yahoo.com

Native American Classrooms: 
Santee, Niobrara=35 

Counties Served/Number Served: 

Center Based: 35

HS Grantee: Sarpy County Cooperative Head Start - Four School District Cooperative (Bellevue, Papillion, LaVista, Gretna, & South Sarpy District 46)

Contact: 
ANNETTE FERANDO
Executive Director
Sarpy County Cooperative Head Start
Hartington Plaza
701 Olson Drive Suite 111
Papillion, NE  68046-4784

Business: 402-339-6592 ext. 108
Fax: 402-339-6738

E-Mail: aferando@sarpyheadstart.org

Classrooms: 
Bellevue (57), LaVista (17), Papillion (51) 

Counties Served/Number Served: (1) 
Sarpy


Head Start Center Based = 125

Early Head Start = 56

Home Based = 36

Pregnant Women = 4 


Total Served: 221

HS Grantee: Southeast Nebraska Community Action (SENCA) Head Start

Contact: 
AMY WYNN
Head Start Director 
P.O. Box 646 
802 4th Street 
Humboldt, NE 68376

Business: 402-862-2411 
Fax:
402-862-2428
E-Mail: awynn@neb.rr.com 

Classrooms: 
Auburn (32 half day), Nebraska City (55: 17 full day - 38 half day), Table Rock (17 half day), Falls City   (41 half day), Stella (3 half day), Humboldt (8 half day) 

Counties Served/Number Served: (4) 
Nemaha=32, Otoe=55, Richardson=52, Pawnee=17

Center Based: 156  (37 full day/full year)
Total Served: 156
HS Grantee: Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

Contact: 
AMY LaPOINTE

Head Start Director 
P.O. Box 747 
Winnebago, NE 68071

Business: 402-878-2200 
Fax:
402-878-2250

E-mail:
 
lapointe_amy@hotmail.com

(Federal Region XI)

Classroom: 
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
1 location, 6 classrooms

Counties Served/Number Served: 1 
Thurston=90

Center Based: 90
Total Served: 90
   
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Last Updated:
November 18, 2010


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