State QRIS Contact Information
The following QRIS contacts have agreed to serve as peer resources for one another. If your state is interested in joining this list, please contact us.
State |
QRIS | Implementing Agency | Contact | Phone | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | Quality First! | First Things First | Sandra Foreman | 602-711-5005 | ||
| Colorado | Qualistar Rating System | Qualistar Early Learning | Paula Neth | 303-339-6817 | ||
| Delaware | Delaware Stars for Early Success | Delaware Department of Education and the Delaware Early Childhood Council | Jade Burris | 302-831-2933 | ||
| Florida | Quality Counts | Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade County | Pamela Hollingsworth | 305-646-7220 | ||
| Idaho | IdahoSTARS Quality Rating and Improvement System | Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children, University of Idaho | Brenda Breidinger | 208- 345-6505 ext. 10 | ||
| Illinois | Quality Counts | Illinois Department of Human Services: Bureau of Child Care and Development | Megan Fitzgerald | |||
| Indiana | Paths to Quality | Indiana Family and Social Services Administration: Division Bureau of Child Care | Melanie Brizzi | 317-234-3313 | ||
| Iowa | Iowa Child Care Quality Rating System | Iowa Department of Human Services | Jody Caswell | 515-281-3186 | ||
| Kansas | Kansas Quality Rating and Improvement System | Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies | Jennifer Hecker | 785-8223-3343 | ||
| Kentucky | Stars for Kids Now | Department of Community Based Services | Robin Herring | 502-564-2524 | ||
| Louisiana | Quality Start Child Care Rating System | Division of Child Care and Early Education | Gail Kelso | 225-342-2125 | ||
| Maine | Quality for Maine | Department of Health and Human Services | Kristen Slefinger | 207-624-7917 | ||
| Maryland | Maryland Child Care Tiered Reimbursement | Division of Early Childhood Development: Marlyand State Department of Education | Angeline Bishop-Oshoko | 1-866-243-8796 | ||
| Minnesota | Parent Aware | Minnesota Child Care Resource and Referral Network | Valerie Peterson | 651-290-9704 | ||
| Missouri | Missouri Quality Rating System | The Open Initiative | Denise Mauzy | 573-884-3373 | ||
| Montana | Best Beginnings Star Quality Rating Program | Department of Public Health and Human Services: Early Childhood Services Bureau | Linda Kjorstad | 406-657-2067 | ||
| New Jersey | Association for Children of New Jersey | Amanda Blagman | 973-643-3876 | |||
| New Mexico | Look for the Stars | Youth and Families Department | Dan Haggard | 505-827-6614 | ||
| North Carolina | Star Rated License | Department of Health and Human Services: Division of Child Development | Heather Leffler | 919-662-4543 | ||
| North Dakota | Growing Futures Early Childhood Rating and Improvement System | Lakes & Prairies CCR&R, United Way of Cass-Clay, FM Area Foundation | Erica Kindem | 218- 299-7237 | ||
| Ohio | Step Up to Quality | The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Bureau of Child Care and Development | Jamie Gottesman | 614-752-0579 | ||
| Oklahoma | Reaching for the Stars | Oklahoma Department of Human Services | Jennifer Towell | 405- 522-0256 | ||
| Pennsylvania | Keystone Stars | Office of Child Development and Early Learning | Deborah Mathias | 717-346-9324 | ||
| Rhode Island | BrightStars | Rhode Island Association of the Education of Young Children | Tammy Camillo | 401-398-7605 | ||
| Tennessee | Child Care Evaluation and Report Card Program & Star-Quality Child Care Program | Tennessee Department of Human Services Child Care Services | Barbara Wall | 615-313-4770 | ||
| Vermont | Step Ahead Recognition Program (STARS) | Department for Children and Families: Child Development Division | Jan Walker | 800-649-2642 | ||
| Virginia | Virginia Star Quality Initiative | Virginia Office for Early Childhood Development and Virginia Early Childhood Foundation | Zelda Boyd | 804-726-7616 |