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INCENTIVE$ Florida
1650 Summit Lake Drive, Suite 210
Tallahassee, FL 32317

Contact: Lori Stegmeyer
Phone: 850-487-6300
Email: lstegmeyer@thechildrensforum.com

Iowa Association for the Education of Young Children
4400 Westown Parkway, Suite 360
West Des Moines, IA 50266

Contact: Ashley Otte
Phone: 515-331-8000
Fax: 515-331-8995
Email: ashley@iowaaeyc.org

Early Years
PO Box 901
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

WAGE$ North Carolina

Contact: Edith Locke
Phone: 919-967-3272
Fax: 919-967-7683
EdithL@earlyyearsnc.org

Rhode Island Association for the Education of Young Children
501 Centerville Road, Suite 202
Warwick, RI 02886

WAGE$ Rhode Island

Contact: Marinel Russo
Phone: 401-739-6100
Fax: 401-739-6101
Email: MRusso@RIAEYC.org

Signal Centers, Inc.
109 N. Germantown Rd.
Chattanooga, TN 37411

WAGE$ Tennessee

Contact: Sherry Harpole
Phone: 423-698-8528
Sherry_Harpole@signalcenters.org

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