Appendix B: Resources for Further Information

Print Resources

Ohio Resources

State At-Risk Linkage Team
The following members of the State At-Risk Linkage Team can be contacted for information and assistance on developing local interagency linkage teams.

Team Facilitator

Jeffrey Gove
ABLE/JOBS Supervisor
Ohio Department of Education
933 High Street, Suite 210
Worthington, OH 43085
(614) 466-5015; Fax (614) 752-1640
ve_gove@ode.ohio.gov

Team Members

Connie Ackerman Even Start State Coordinator Federal Assistance, ODE 933 High Street Worthington, OH 43085 (614) 752-1571 Fax (614) 752-1622 fa_ackerman@ode.ohio.gov	Mike Behr Adult Vocational Supervisor Queen City Vocational Center 425 Ezzard Charles Drive Cincinnati, OH 45203 (513) 977-8071 Fax (513) 977-8090 oecn_cinc_mb@swoca.ohio.gov
Emma Lee Brewer Administrative Assistant JTPA/OBES 145 South Front Street, 5th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-3817 Fax (614) 752-6582 elbrewer@a1@obes01	Carol Brigham Employment Services/OBES 145 South Front Street, 6th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-0703 Fax (614) 752-9236 cmbrigham@a1@obes01
Paul C. Brown Manager, Tecumseh Consortium 571 Ledbetter Road Xenia, OH 45385 (513) 372-3381 Fax (513) 372-7640 dod_kclmi@a1@obes01	Kristen Cox Assistant Director Job Training Partnership Service, ODE 65 South Front Street, Room 915 Columbus, OH 43215-4183 (614) 466-3900 Fax (614) 728-6176 ve_cox@ode.ohio.gov
Clifford Eckstrand Field Representative Office of Housing and Community Partnerships Community Development Division Ohio Department of Development 77 South High Street, P.O. Box 1001 Columbus, OH 43216-1001 (614) 466-2285 Fax (614) 752-4575	David C. Fischer State GED Administrator Educational Services, State GED Office 65 South Front Street, Room 210 Columbus, OH 43215-4183 (614) 466-9217 Fax (614) 752-3956 ae_fischer@ode.ohio.gov
Robert Haas Supervisor Bureau of Welfare Reform and JOBS Ohio Department of Human Services 30 East Broad Street, 27th Floor Columbus, OH 43266-0423 (614) 466-8530 Fax (614) 644-9974	Susan Imel Senior Research Specialist Center on Education and Training for Employment 1900 Kenny Road Columbus, OH 43210-1090 (614) 292-4353 or (800) 848-4815 Fax (614) 292-1260 imel.1@osu.edu
Evelyne James JOBS Liaison Bureau of JOBS, Work and Training Section Ohio Department of Human Services 30 East Broad Street, 27th Floor Columbus, OH 43266-0423 (614) 466-8530 Fax (614) 644-9974	Karen Jesko Job Training Partnership Service, ODE 65 South Front Street, Room 915 Columbus, OH 43215-4183 (614) 466-3900 Fax (614) 728-6176 ve_kjesko@ode.ohio.gov
Robert P. Johnson Administrator Ohio Board of Regents 30 East Broad Street, 36th Floor Columbus, OH 43266-0417 (614) 644-1411 Fax (614) 466-5866 csaunders@summit.bor.ohio.gov	Kathryn J. Kildow Administrative Assistant Office of Workforce Development, OBES P.O. Box 1618 Columbus, OH 43216-1618 (614) 466-0582 Fax (614) 466-5025 KJKildow@A1@obes01
Barbara Nicol Consultant Business, Industry, and Labor Alliance Division of Vocational and Adult Education, ODE 65 South Front Street, Room 915 Columbus, OH 43215-4183 (614) 644-7388 Fax (614) 728-6176 ve_bnicol@ode.ohio.gov	David Spaulding JOBS Supervisor Division of Vocational and Adult Education, ODE 65 South Front Street Columbus, OH 43215-4183 (614) 466-7144 Fax (614) 728-6176 ve_spaulding@ode.ohio.gov
Jean Stephens Director, Ohio Literacy Resource Center Kent State University, 414 White Hall P.O. Box 5190 Kent, OH 44242-0001 (800) 765-2897 Fax (216) 672-4841 jstephen@literacy.kent.edu	Whitaker W. Wright Coordinator, Welfare Reform Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS) Two Nationwide Plaza 280 North High Street, 12th Floor Columbus, OH 43215-2537 (614) 466-9021 Fax (614) 752-8645