Partners in Community Outreach

Angie Whitley, Coordinator
Partners in Community Outreach
P.O. Box 63
Rush, KY 41168
(606) 928-3022
(606) 831-1351 (cell)
angie@wvpartners.org

Technical Assistance Available
Partners in Community Outreach has the capacity to provide short-term technical assistance to communities interested in starting a new In-Home Family Education program. This technical assistance can be provided by telephone or in-person to community groups looking at initiating an In-Home Family Education program, using one of three models – Healthy Families America, Maternal Infant Health Outreach Workers (MIHOW), and Parents as Teachers (PAT). Technical assistance for existing programs is also available. To request technical assistance, contact Angie Whitley at (606) 928-3022 or at angie@wvpartners.org.

WV Local Programs

LIST OF IN-HOME FAMILY EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN WEST VIRGINIA
Agency Sponsoring Program	Counties Served	Model	Phone Number*	Email Address	Contact Person
A.B.L.E. Families	Mingo Lincoln	MIHOW	393-4987	gfitchpatrick@ablefamilies.org	Garnet Fitchpatrick
Brooke Hancock Family Resource Network (FRN)	Brooke Hancock	PAT	748-7850	caroljeanduke@yahoo.com	Carol Duke
Clay County Board of Education	Clay	PAT	587-4266	cdwillis@access.k12.wv.us	Cindy Willis
East End Family Resource Center	Kanawha	PAT	344-1656	cwesley@wvdsl.net	Carolyn Wesley
Marshall County Starting Points Center	Marshall	PAT	232-2250	mcstartingpoints@aol.com	Nadine Wilson
Monongalia County Board of Education	Monongalia	Early Head Start with PAT	291-9330 Ext. 118	byohn@access.k12.wv.us	Brenda Yohn
Monongalia County Starting Points Center	Monongalia	PAT	983-7700 Ext. 204	mmccord@access.k12.wv.us	Mary McCord
Monroe County Early Head Start	Monroe	PAT		jlcarr@access.k12.wv.us	Jeana Carr
New River Health Association	Fayette (including neighboring communities in Greenbrier, Raleigh, and Nicholas)	MIHOW	469-2415	debbiewithrow@suddenlink.net	Debbie Withrow
Northern Panhandle Head Start	Ohio	MIHOW	233-3290	cknox@npheadstart.org	Cathy Knox
Preston County Caring Council (FRN)	Preston Taylor	PAT	329-1968	barbt2@verizon.net	Barbara Thorn
Rainelle Medical Center	Greenbrier Pocahontas	PAT	438-6188 Ext. 1027	jacquelinedudley@hotmail.com	Jacqueline Dudley
REACHH Family Resource Center	Summers Mercer	PAT	466-2226	reachhfrc@suddenlinkmail.com	Kristal Straub
TEAM for West Virginia Children	Cabell Wayne	HFA	523-9587 Ext. 309	team@teamwv.org	Michelle Proctor
Tucker County Parents as Teachers	Tucker	PAT	478-3827	foreverdavis@hotmail.com	Angie Davis
Upper Kanawha Valley Starting Points Center	Kanawha	PAT	595-5521	dchughes@kcs.kana.k12.wv.us d_c_hughes@yahoo.com	Diane Hughes
Wetzel County Center for Children and Families	Wetzel Tyler	PAT	455-2468	eglow@access.k12.wv.us	Beth Glow

*All phone numbers shown utilize the (304) area code unless otherwise indicated.
List last updated January 28, 2010.

State Leaders:
Healthy Families America (HFA)
www.healthyfamiliesamerica.org
Laurie McKeown (304) 523-9587 Ext 308

Maternal Infant Health Outreach Workers (MIHOW)
www.mihow.org
Debbie Withrow (304) 469-2415 and Nonie Roberts (304) 877-6342

Parents as Teachers (PAT)
www.parentsasteachers.org
Anita Deck (304) 347-0478