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IOWA CHILDCARE RESOURCE LINKS:


Iowa State Contact Information
Child Care Subsidy Agency
Iowa Department of Human Services
Division of Financial Health and Work Supports
Hoover State Office Building, 5th Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319-0114
Phone: 515-281-5688
Fax: 515-281-7791
Web site: www.dhs.state.ia.us

For a complete listing of State Child Care and Development Fund Contacts, see: http://nccic.org/dirs/devfund.html

Head Start State Collaboration Office Iowa Department of Education
Bureau of Children, Families, and Community Services
Head Start - State Collaboration Office
Grimes State Office Building
Des Moines, IA 50319-0146
Phone: 515-242-6024
Fax: 515-242-6019

Child Care Licensing Agency
for center-based child care
Iowa Department of Human Services
Division of Behavioral Development
& Protective Services
Child Day Care Unit
Hoover State Office Building, 5th Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319-0114
Phone: 515-281-5657 Or (512) 281-3582
for family child care

For a complete listing of State Child Care Regulatory Offices,
see: http://nccic.org/dirs/regoffic.html



Department of Human Services
Division of Behavioral Development & Protective Services
Child Day Care Unit
Hoover State Office Building, 5th Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: 515-281-3186
Fax: 515-242-6036

State Child Care Resource
& Referral Contact

Iowa Child Care and Early Education Network
1021 Flemming Building
218 6th Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309-4006
Phone: 515-883-1206
Fax: 515-244-8997
E-mail: msheffler@iowachildnetwork.org
Web site: www.iowachildnetwork.org

Child Care Food Program Agency
Iowa Department of Education
Attn.: State Director, Food and Nutrition Bureau
Grimes State Office Building
Des Moines, IA 50319-0146
Phone: 515-281-4757
Fax: 515-281-6548
Web site: www.state.ia.us

Office of Child Support Enforcement
Iowa Department of Human Services
Child Care Recovery Unit
400 S.W. 8th Street, Suite Q
Des Moines, IA 50309-4692
Phone: 888-229-9223 Nationwide
Phone: 515-242-5530
Web site: http://childsupport.dhs.state.ia.us

Child Abuse Reporting
To report suspected child abuse in Iowa, call (800) 362-2178.For national child abuse information, call the Childhelp USA National Child Abuse Hotline
(staffed 24 hours daily with professional crisis counselors): 1-800-4-A-CHILD or 1-800-2-A-CHILD (T.D.D)





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