| Grants Program Contact List |
| Program
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Main
Contact |
Alternate
Contact |
Responsibilities
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| Academic Achievement |
Lois Kruse
Central
Processing Unit Director
(602) 542-7473
Lois.Kruse@azed.gov |
Cindy Stewart
Administrative Assistant
II
602-542-3204
Cindy.Stewart@azed.gov
Stephanie Long
Administrative Assistant
III
(602) 542-7467
Stephanie.Long@azed.gov
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Program Responsibilities:
ARRA Title I
ARRA Title I School Improvement Family & Community Engagement Grant
Title I School Improvement
Title I LEA Improvement
Comprehensive School Reform
Demonstration (Obey-Porter);
Johnson O'Malley/Indian Ed.;
Refugee Child School Impact Grant;
Title I/IA (Neglected & Delinquent, LEA, Migrant Ed. Basic Grant, Homeless Children-Stewart B. McKinney),
LEA-Neglected;
Title II (Improving Teacher Quality (formerly known as Eisenhower Prof. Dev.)
and Title V-A Innovative Programs (formerly known as Title VI Innovation Ed. Prg. Strg.);
Discontinued: AIMS Intervention and
Drop-out Prevention, Class Size Reduction; GOALS 2000; Cap.
Exp./Private Schools; Rural and Low Income, State Tutoring, Title II
Journey Schools, Wallace Grant |
Peter C. Laing
Director
(602) 364-3842
Peter.Laing@azed.gov |
Lori Arnold
Administrative Assistant II - OELAS
(602) 542-4215
Lori.Arnold@azed.gov |
Program Responsibilities: Gifted Education;
Advanced Placement |
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Accountability -
OELAS |
Renee
Bracamonte
Education Program Specialist - OELAS
(602)
364-3502
Renee.Bracamonte@azed.gov |
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Program
Responsibilities:Compensatory Instruction – ELD (HB 2064); Title
III LEP Programs; NCLB Title III Consortium; Emergency Immigrant
Education Program
Discontinued: Early Literacy Pilot;
ELL Classroom Bonus Fund; EL – Material and Supplies; Structured
English Immersion Reimbursement Fund; Compensatory Instruction (HB
2010) |
Marlene Johnston
Education Program Administrator
(602) 364-3501
Marlene.Johnston@azed.gov |
Jackie Jones
Education Program Specialist
(602) 542-3015
Jackie.Jones@azed.gov
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Program Responsibilities:
SEI Budget |
|
Accounting |
Stephanie Manning
Fiscal
Service Specialist
(602) 542-4276
Stephanie.Manning@azed.gov |
Angela Garcia
Accountant
IV
(602) 542-9434
Angela.Garcia@azed.gov |
Program Responsibilities: Accounts
Receivable (Return of Monies) |
Susan Gudino
Fiscal
Service Manager I
(602) 542-4341
Susan.Gudino@azed.gov |
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Program Responsibilities:
Accounts Payable (Assistance Grant Payments for both State and
Federal grants) |
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Adult
Education |
Jerald Goode
Financial
Service Officer
(602) 364-2667
Jerald.Goode@azed.gov |
Janice Cruz
Special
Projects Coordinator
(602) 364-2602
Janice.Cruz@azed.gov |
Program Responsibilities:
Adult Education ELAA, Adult Education ABE/ASE, Adult Ed EL Civics,
Adult Education Distance Learning, Adult Education Allied Health
Incentive, Adult Education ASE Reframing |
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Audit Unit |
Gary Holland
Audit
Manager
(602) 364-3518
Gary.Holland@azed.gov |
Sammi
Lee
Auditor
(602) 364-4046
Sau.Lee@azed.gov |
Program Responsibilities: Calculate/
Approve Indirect Cost, Single
Audit, Audit Evaluation Forms |
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Character
Education |
Joan Walther
Director
(602) 542-3895
Joan.Bartz@azed.gov |
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Program Responsibilities: Character Education
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Career and Technical Education (formerly Voc Ed) |
Tammie Chavez
Contract
Management Specialist
(602) 542-3839
Tammie.Chavez@azed.gov |
Nancy Schmidt
Education
Program Specialist
(602) 542-3823
nancy.schmidt@azed.gov |
Program Responsibilities:
Learn and Serve Arizona - Youth, Learn and Serve Arizona - Adult,
Learn and Serve Arizona - Planning and Capacity Building, Career and
Technical Education (Basic Grant/Federal, Corrections, and Tech
Prep.) |
Kathy Butts
Administrative Assistant III
(602) 542-5076
Kathy.Butts@azed.gov |
Nancy Schmidt
Education
Program Specialist
(602) 542-3823
nancy.schmidt@azed.gov |
Program Responsibilities:
Priority Program/State |
Janet Silao
Program
Project Specialist
(602)542-5485
Janet.Silao@azed.gov |
Nancy Schmidt
Education
Program Specialist
(602) 542-3823
nancy.schmidt@azed.gov |
Program Responsibilities:
CTE Statewide Leadership, CTE Nontraditional and CTE-WIA Incentive Grant |
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Exceptional Student Services |
Connie Hill
Finance
Director
Exceptional Student Services
(602) 542-3851
Connie.Hill@azed.gov |
Ingrid Rope
Education
Program Specialist
ESS Funding Unit
(602) 542-4064
Ingrid.Rope@azed.gov |
Program Responsibilities:
Extended School Year; IDEA (Basic Entitlement,
CSEA-Charter School Expansion Act,Emergency, High Cost Child,
Monitoring System Grant, Secure Care, Set Aside Contracts); IDEA
Capacity Bldg Grants: (AHAA, ASAMA, AT Tech for Learning Communities,
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Highly
Qualified Paraprofessional,
Paraprofessional Tuition Assistance, School-Wide Positive Behavior
Support, Systemic Change in Reading , Secondary Transtion Mentoring Project, State Personnel Development, ARRA IDEA Grant.
Discontinued: Alternative Programs for Students
w/Emotional Disabilities, Arizona Behavioral Initiative, AZ
Community Transitions, AzWINS Registration, Best Practices in Early
Childhood Transition, Collaborative Compliance Program Review,
Collaborative Model for Identifying Students, Creating Disciplined
School Environments, Disproportionally of Ethnicity, Counseling
Services Education in Jail Facilities, Good Monitoring, Improved
Parent & School Decision Making, Improved Student Reading
Achievement, Paperwork Reduction, Paraprofessional to Teacher,
School to Adult Life Transition, Preschool Set Aside, Professional
Development Plan, Promising Practices in Transition Services from
School to Adult Life, Response to Intervention Training, Seamless
Transition through Community Collaboration, Seamless Transition to
Full Community Participation, Reading Intervention Grant for Grades
4-8, State Improvement Grant, Successful Strategies for
Reintegration. Transition Services from AzEIP to Preschool, Yavapai
County ASD Pilot Project, Yuma County PBISAz Consortium
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|
Grants
Management Office |
Sarah (Jeongwha)
Heikkila
Director
(602) 542-4339
Sarah.Heikkila@azed.gov
Fax
: (602) 542-4063 |
Mary Dallman
Program Project
Specialist
(602) 542-3470
Mary.Dallman@azed.gov
Enrique Duron
Program Project/Information
Technology Specialist
(602) 542-3695
Enrique.Duron@azed.gov |
Responsibilities:
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Provide instruction on applying for and reporting on grants
administered by the Arizona Department of Education.
- Provide
via the Internet an optimally functional and user-friendly Grants
Management website.
-Provide technical support and
troubleshooting for online grants management processes including
applications, amendments, cash management and completion
reports.
- Answer questions on policy, procedures, rules and
regulations regarding Grants Management. |
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School
Effectiveness:
21st Century Community
Learning Centers |
Cindy Trejo
Program
Director
(602) 364-2319
Cindy.Trejo@azed.gov |
Pam Seitzinger
Education
Program Specialist
(602) 364-2324
Pam.Seitzinger@azed.gov
Dr. Mary Lou Naylor
Education Program
Specialist
(602) 364-2314
MaryLou.Naylor@azed.gov
Anderson Yazzie Jr.
Education Program
Specialist
(602) 478-4385
Anderson.Yazzie@azed.gov
Renae Rosales
Education Program Specialist
(602)
542-9431
Renae.Rosales@azed.gov
Catherine Land
Education Program Specialist
(520)
770-3895
Catherine.Land@azed.gov |
Responsibilities:
21st Century Community
Learning Centers |
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Educational
Technology |
Cathy Poplin
Deputy
Associate Superintendent Education Technology
(602) 364-1349
Cathy.Poplin@azed.gov |
Brett Hinton
Director of Educational Technology
(602) 542-4214
Brett.Hinton@azed.gov
Brenda Wright
Education Program Specialist
(602) 542-5233
Brenda.Wright@azed.gov
Teresa Wolfe
Program Project Specialist
(602) 364-2065
Teresa.Wolfe@azed.gov
Krystal Nesbitt
Administrative Assistant
II
(602) 542-7884
Krystal.Nesbitt@azed.gov
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Responsibilities:
Enhancing Education Through Technology, Education through Technology - Discretionary, Statewide Instructional Technology Project, ARRA Enhancing Education Through Technology, ARRA EETT 21st Century Classroom Grant-Competitive
Discontinued:
SAIS
Assistance, Regional Training Centers |
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School
Effectiveness:
Early
Childhood |
Pat Immele
Education
Program Funding Specialist
(602) 542-8812
Pat.Immele@azed.gov |
Mariko Whelan
Education
Program Specialist
(602) 364-1966
Mariko.Whelan@azed.gov |
Program Responsibilities: Early
Childhood Block Grant, Family
Literacy Programs and Title I Even Start/Family Lit.; Special Ed.
Preschool, Navajo Preschool
Discontinued: At Risk Preschool Continuation Grant,
Migrant Even Start |
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School
Effectiveness:
K-12
Literacy |
Bruce Groll
Education
Program Director Finance
(602) 364-2302
Bruce.Groll@azed.gov |
C.J. Beckstrom
Education
Program Specialist
(602) 364-2356
Curtis.Beckstrom@azed.gov
Betty J. Helm
Education Program Specialist
(602)
364-2308
Betty.Helm@azed.gov |
Program Responsibilities: Reading First
Subgrants , Budgets, Grants Management and
Compliance.
Program
Responsibilities: K-12 Literacy Conference
Accounting , Budgets, Grants Management and
Compliance.
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Standards and
Assessment:
School Safety and
Prevention |
Barbara Michlin
Program
Assistant
(602) 364-2092
Barbara.Michlin@azed.gov |
Davidson
Riggs
Administrative Assistant
(602) 542-8730
Davidson.Riggs@azed.gov |
Program Responsibilities:
Main School Safety and
Prevention Website, School Safety
Program, State
Chemical Abuse, Title IV Safe and Drug
Free/Basic, Az SAFE Program
Discontinued: Tobacco Ed. and Prevention; Title IV
Safe and Drug Free/Discretionary, Community Service Grant , School
Based Parenting Program Initiative Terminated
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