Illinois State Board of Education
Illinois McKinney-Vento Homeless Programs

Area 1 Lead Liaison Program
Will County Regional Office of Education #56

Administrative Agency: Regional Office of Education #56
Administrator: Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, Ed.D., Regional Superintendent - jbertino@willcountyillinois.com
Address: 702 W. Maple Street
City State Zip: New Lenox, IL  60451
Phone: (815) 740-8360   
Fax: (815) 740-4788
Web Site: http://www.will.k12.il.us/

Program Administrator: Dave Levek - dlevek@willcountyillinois.com
Program Director: Ron O'Connor - roconnor@willcountyillinois.com
Program Assistant: Matt Hanafee - mhanafee@willcountyillinois.com
Address: 702 W. Maple Street
City State Zip: New Lenox, IL  60451
Phone: (815) 462-5404 or (815) 405-1173 cell
Fax: (815) 740-4788
Web Site: http://www.will.k12.il.us/

Area 1 Subgrantees -
ROE #19 – DuPage 421 N. County Farm Road Wheaton, IL  60187 Phone 630-514-1389  Fax 630-407-5801	Lynn Strevell, Liaison - lstrevell@dupage.k12.il.us
ROE #24 - Grundy/Kendall 109 West Ridge Street Yorkville, IL  60560 Phone 630-553-4110  Fax 630-553-4152	Sharon Schultz, Liaison - sschultz@grundy.k12.il.us
ROE #31 - Kane 210 S. 6th Street Geneva, IL  60134 Phone 630-444-2974  Fax 630-208-5115	Deb Dempsey, Liaison - ddempsey@kane.k12.il.us
ROE #34 – Lake & ROE #44 - McHenry 19525 W. Washington Street Grayslake, IL  60030 Phone 847-223-3400  Fax 847-223-3415	Melissa Romero, Liaison - mromero@lake.k12.il.us
ROE #14 – Suburban Cook 10110 Gladstone Westchester, IL  60154 Phone 708-865-1573  Fax 708-865-9338	Predonna Roberts, Liaison - proberts@cook.k12.il.us
ROE #56 - Will 702 W. Maple Street New Lenox, IL  60451 Phone 815-740-4787  Fax 815-740-4788	Ron O’Connor, Liaison - roconnor@willcountyillinois.com
Bremen C.H.S.D. 228 Phone 708-389-1175  Fax 708-389-2552	David Corbin, Liaison - dcorbin@bhsd228.com
Harvey Public School District 152 Phone 708-333-0300  Fax 708-333-0349	Shirly Fowlkes, Liaison - sfowlkes@harvey152.org
Kirby School District 140 16931 S. Grissom Drive Tinley Park, IL  60477 Phone 708-532-3150  Fax 708-802-9560	Kim Targosz, Liaison - ktargosz@ksd140.org

Services Offered

Area 1 Lead Liaison Program Will County Regional Office of Education #56  Program Description The Area 1 Lead Liaison Program will coordinates services in Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties.  They will provide training, or assistance with training, to LEA’s, school staff, social service agencies, and community agencies.  They will participate with their Continuum of Care and provides outreach within the community through dissemination of materials, including Opening Doors materials.  By removing barriers and establishing good working relationships with our schools and communities, we hope to ensure that homeless children and youth have equal access and opportunities to attend and succeed in school.

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