Part B, Section 619 State Programs and Coordinators
Data Current as of December 21, 2024
Because the following information is highly subject to change, we cannot ensure the accuracy of this contact list. If corrections are needed, contact your state's ECTA State Contact.
Some outlying jurisdictions, including American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, and Virgin Islands, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), and the Department of Defense (DoD) are not eligible to receive Part B, Section 619 funds. While not grantees, contact information for these preschool programs are listed below.
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Alabama
- Stephanie Bear, 619 Coordinator
- Education Specialist
- Special Education Services
- State Department of Education
- PO Box 302101
- Montgomery, AL 36130-2101
- Phone: (334) 242-8114
- Fax: (334) 242-9192
- Email: stephanie.bear@alsde.edu
- Website: https://www.alabamaachieves.org/special-education/special-education-preschool/
Alaska
- Kristen Spencer, 619 Coordinator, Educational Specialist II
- State Department of Education and Early Development
- 801 West 10th Street
- PO Box 110500
- Juneau, AK 99801-0500
- Phone: (907) 465-4862
- Fax: (907) 465-4156
- Email: kristen.spencer@alaska.gov
- Website: http://education.alaska.gov/tls/sped/
American Samoa
- Herbert Boat, Special Education Director
- Joanne Suafaasee, Preschool Coordinator
- Special Education Division
- Department of Education
- PO Box 4120
- Pago Pago, AS 96799
- Phone: (684) 633-1323 (Boat)
Phone: (684) 633-5178 (Suafaasee) - Fax: (684) 633-1641
- Email: herbert.boat@doe.as
Email: joanne.suafaasee@doe.as - Website: https://www.amsamoadoe.com/divisions/specialeducation
Arizona
- Aanya Metrakos, 619 Coordinator
- Arizona Department of Education
- 1535 West Jefferson, Bin #24
- Phoenix, AZ 85007
- Phone: (602) 542-1113
- Fax: (602) 542-2730
- Email: Aanya.metrakos@azed.gov
- Website: https://www.azed.gov/ece/early-childhood-special-education/
Arkansas
- Danita Pitts, Early Childhood Special Education Coordinator
- Arkansas Department of Education
- Special Education Unit
- 1401 West Capitol Mall, Suite 450
- Little Rock, AR 72201
- Phone: 501-682-4289
- AltPhone1: 501-529-6939
- Fax: 501-682-5168
- Email: Danita.Pitts@ade.arkansas.gov
- Website: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/special-education/early-childhood-special-education
Bureau of Indian Education
- Klarissa Jensen, Education Research Analyst, Early Childhood Education Programs (Interim Coord.)
- Sovereignty in Indian Education Office
- Early Childhood Programs, Family and Child Education (FACE)
- 1849 C. Street NW, MIB-3610
- Washington, DC 20240
- Phone: (202) 941-0847
- Email: klarissa.jensen@bie.edu
- Website: http://www.bie.edu/
California
- Barbara Boyd, 619 Coordinator
- Educational Administrator
- Special Education Division
- 1430 N Street, Suite 2401
- Sacramento, CA 95814
- Phone: (916) 319-0756
- Email: bAboyd@cde.ca.gov
- Website: https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/as/caselpas.asp
Colorado
- Heidi White, 619/Preschool Special Education Director
- Exceptional Students Services Unit
- 1560 Broadway, Suite 1175
- Denver, CO 80203
- Phone: 303.866.6720
- Fax: (303) 866-6662
- Email: White_H@cde.state.co.us
- Website: http://www.cde.state.co.us/early/PreschoolSpecialED.htm
Connecticut
- Renee Kleinman, 619 Coordinator
- Bureau of Special Education
- State Department of Education
- 165 Capitol Avenue
- Hartford, CT 06106
- Phone: (860) 713-6468
- Fax: (860) 713-7023
- Email: Renee.Kleinman@ct.gov
- Website: https://portal.ct.gov/SDE
Delaware
- Jeri Turner, Education Associate, Part B 619 Coordinator
- Delaware Department of Education, Office of Early Learning
- Townsend Building
- 401 Federal Street, Suite 2
- Dover, DE 19901-1402
- Phone: (302) 739-5487
- Email: Jeri.turner@doe.k12.de.us
- Website: https://www.doe.k12.de.us/Page/3624
Department of Defense
- Karen Terry, 619 Coordinator
- Program Analyst; Department of Defense
- Office of Special Needs (OSN)
- 4800 Mark Center Drive
- Alexandria, VA 22311
- Phone: Phone: 571-372-0878
- Email: karen.m.terry4.civ@mail.mil
- Website: https://www.dodea.edu/index.cfm
District of Columbia
- Dawn Hilton, Supervisory Coordinator for Special Education (Part B-619)
- Division of Early Learning
- Office of the State Superintendent for Education (OSSE)
- 810 First Street NE, 9th Floor
- Washington, DC 20002
- Phone: (202) 545-7222
- AltPhone1: (202) 297-2803
- Fax: (202) 727-2019
- Email: dawn.hilton1@dc.gov
- Website: https://osse.dc.gov/service/early-learning
Fed. States of Micronesia
- Arthur Albert, Director of Special Education
- FSM Special Education
- HESA
- P O Box P
- Kolonia, Pohnpei, FM 96941
- Phone: (691) 320-8982
- Fax: (691) 320-5404
- Email: aalbert@dss.edu.fm
- Website: https://www.national.doe.fm/special-services/
- Cynthia Saimon, Early Childhood Special Education Coordinator
- Department of Education
- Federated States of Micronesia
- PO Box P
- Kolonia, Pohnpei, FM 96941
- Phone: (691) 320-8982
- Fax: (691) 320-5404
- Email: cysai18@gmail.com
- Website: https://www.national.doe.fm/special-services/
Florida
- LeNita Winkler, Part B 619 Coordinator & Program Specialist for Pre-K Children with Disabilities
- Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services
- Florida Department of Education
- 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 614
- Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
- Phone: (850) 245-0475
- Fax: (850) 245-0953
- Email: lenita.winkler@fldoe.org
- Website: http://www.fldoe.org/academics/exceptional-student-edu/early-education/ages-three-through-five.stml
Georgia
- Barbara Ross, Special Education Preschool/619 Coordinator
- Division for Special Education Services
- Georgia Department of Education
- 1562 Twin Towers East
- 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, SE
- Atlanta, GA 30334-5010
- Phone: (678) 444-0571
- Email: Barbara.Ross@doe.k12.ga.us
- Website: https://www.gadoe.org/Pages/Home.aspx
Guam
- TERESE CRISOSTOMO, Program Coordinator IV
- Division of Special Education Guam Department of Education
- PO Box DE
- Hagatna, GU 96932
- Phone: (671) 300-1322
- Email: tdcrisostomo@gdoe.net
- Website: https://www.gdoe.net/District/Department/2-Special-Education
Hawaii
- Kaui Correa, 619 Coordinator
- Educational Specialist
- OCISS, Exceptional Support Branch, Special Education Section
- 475 22nd Avenue, Room 120
- Honolulu, HI 96816
- Phone: (808) 305-9750
- Fax: (808) 733-4475
- Email: Kauinohea.Correa@k12.hi.us
- Website: http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/TeachingAndLearning/SpecializedPrograms/SpecialEducation/Pages/home.aspx
Idaho
- Shannon Dunstan, 619 Coordinator
- State Department of Education
- 650 West State Street
- PO Box 83720
- Boise, ID 83720-0027
- Phone: (208) 332-6908
- Fax: (208) 334-2228
- Email: sdunstan@sde.idaho.gov
- Website: https://www.sde.idaho.gov/sped/index.html
Illinois
- Kristy Doan, Principal Consultant, Early Childhood
- IL State Board of Education
- Division of Early Childhood
- 100 N. First Street, E-225
- Springfield, IL 62777
- Phone: (217) 524-4835
- Fax: (217) 785-7849
- Email: kdoan@isbe.net
- Website: https://www.isbe.net/Pages/Early-Childhood-Special-Education-Services.aspx
Indiana
- Alyssa Christy, Special Education Specialist-Early Childhood 619 Coordinator
- Department of Education
- 115 W. Washington Street
- South Suite 600
- Indianapolis, IN 46204
- Phone: (317) 232-0570
- Email: alchristy@doe.in.gov
- Website: https://www.in.gov/doe/students/special-education/early-childhood-preschool/
Iowa
- Betsy Lin, Interim 619 Coordinator, Administrative Consultant
- Bureau of Student and Family Special Education Services
- Iowa Department of Education
- Grimes State Office Building
- 400 E. 14th Street, Grimes Building
- Des Moines, IA 50319-0146
- Phone: (515) 321-7982
- Fax: (515) 242-5988
- Email: betsy.lin@iowa.gov
- Website: http://educateiowa.gov
Kansas
- Amanda Petersen, Director of Early Childhood
- Early Childhood
- Kansas State Department of Education
- Landon State Office Building
- 900 SW Jackson St., Suite 620
- Topeka, KS 66612-1212
- Phone: (785) 296-7929
- Fax: (785) 291-3791
- Email: apetersen@ksde.org
- Website: https://www.ksde.org/Agency/Division-of-Learning-Services/Special-Education-and-Title-Services/Early-Childhood/Preschool-Programming#ecse
Kentucky
- Andrea Bartholomew, 619 Coordinator
- Kentucky Department of Education
- Office of Special Education and Early Learning
- 300 Sower Blvd, 4th Floor
- Frankfort, KY 40601
- Phone: (502) 564-4970 ext. 4722
- Email: andrea.bartholomew@education.ky.gov
- Website: http://education.ky.gov/specialed/Pages/default.aspx
Louisiana
- Caitlyn Robinson, 619 B Coordinator
- Office of Academic Content
- Louisiana Department of Education
- 1201 N. Third Street, 4-243
- Baton Rouge, LA 70802
- Phone: 225-342-8928
- Fax: 225-342-9891
- Email: Caitlyn.Robinson@la.gov
- Website: https://www.louisianabelieves.com/
Maine
- Sandy Flacke, Deputy Director of Special Education Services
- Jacquelyn Hersom, Assistant 619 Coordinator
- ME Department of Education
- State House Station #146
- Augusta, ME 04333
- Fax: (207) 624-6661
- Email: J.Sandy.Flacke@maine.gov
Email: Jacquelyn.N.Hersom@maine.gov - Website: https://www.maine.gov/doe/learning/cds
- Erin Frazier, State Director of Special Services Birth to 20
- ME Department of Education
- Child Development Resources
- State House Station #146
- Augusta, ME 04333
- Phone: 207-624-6713
- Fax: (207) 624-6661
- Email: Erin.Frazier@maine.gov
- Website: https://www.maine.gov/doe/learning/cds
Marshall Islands
- Frank Horiuchi, Special Education Coordinator
- RMI Ministry of Education
- P O Box 911
- Majuro, MH 96960
- Phone: (692) 625-5262
- Fax: (692) 625-3861
- Email: fahoriuchi@yahoo.com
- Website: https://www.cnmipss.org/
Maryland
- Marny Helfrich, Part B 619 Coordinator
- Division of Early Intervention and Special Education Services
- Maryland State Department of Education
- 200 West Baltimore Street
- Baltimore, MD 21201
- Phone: (410) 767-2048
- Email: marny.helfrich@maryland.gov
- Website: http://marylandpublicschools.org/programs/Pages/Special-Education/MITP/PreschoolServices.aspx
Massachusetts
- Terry Senio, Assistant Director, 619 Coordinator
- Special Education Planning and Policy
- State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education
- 135 Santilli Highway
- Everet, MA 02149
- Phone: (781) 338-3375
- Fax: (781) 338-3306
- Email: Theresa.Senio@mass.gov
- Website: http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/ecse/default.html
Michigan
- Mark Kuipers, 619 Coordinator
- Office of Early Education
- Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP)
- 105 West Allegan St.
- Lansing, MI 48933
- Phone: 517-885-8658
- Email: kuipersm2@michigan.gov
- Website: https://www.michigan.gov/mileap/early-childhood-education/early-learners-and-care/special-ed-05/early-childhood-special-education-ages-3-5
Minnesota
- Susanne Thomas, 619 Coordinator
- Early Learning Services Division
- Early Childhood Special Education Minnesota Department of Education
- 1500 Highway 36 West
- West Roseville, MN 55113
- Phone: (651) 582-8844
- Fax: (651) 582-8382
- Email: Susanne.Thomas@state.mn.us
- Website: https://education.mn.gov/MDE/dse/ecse/
Mississippi
- Rebecca Palculict, 619 Coordinator
- Office of Early Childhood
- Mississippi Department of Education
- PO Box 771
- Jackson, MS 39205-0771
- Phone: (601) 359-2932
- Fax: (601) 359-2198
- Email: rpalculict@mdek12.org
- Website: https://www.mdek12.org/OSE/EC
Missouri
- Meghan Rackers, Part B 619 Coordinator
- Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Office of Childhood
- 205 Jefferson Street
- PO Box 480
- Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480
- Phone: 573-751-0397
- Email: Meghan.Rackers@dese.mo.gov
- Website: https://dese.mo.gov/childhood/quality-programs/preschool-programs/early-childhood-special-education
Montana
- Lucy Beltz, 619 Coordinator
- Division of Special Education
- Office of Public Instruction
- PO Box 202501
- Helena, MT 59620-2501
- Phone: 406-444-4706
- Fax: (406) 444-3924
- Email: Lucy.Beltz2@mt.gov
- Website: http://opi.mt.gov/
Nebraska
- Kristine Ray, Preschool Special Education Specialist, 619 Coordinator
- Office of Special Education
- Nebraska Department of Education
- PO Box 94987
- Lincoln, NE 68509-4987
- Phone: (531) 289-8205
- Email: kristine.ray@nebraska.gov
- Website: https://www.education.ne.gov/nemtss/early-childhood-special-education-services/
Nevada
- Cate Guzy, Educational Programs Professional/619 Coordinator
- Office of Inclusive Education
- Nevada Department of Education
- 700 E. Fifth Street
- Carson City, NV 89701
- Phone: 775-687-9261
- Email: catherine.guzy@doe.nv.gov
- Website: https://doe.nv.gov/Inclusive_Education/Early_Childhood/
New Hampshire
- Alexa Simmons, 619 Coordinator
- Bureau of Special Education
- State Department of Education
- 101 Pleasant Street
- Concord, NH 03301-3860
- Phone: (603) 271-4680
- Fax: (603) 271-1099
- Email: alexa.j.simmons@doe.nh.gov
- Website: https://www.education.nh.gov/who-we-are/division-of-learner-support/bureau-of-student-support
New Jersey
- Jennifer Nicosia, 619 Coordinator
- New Jersey Department of Education
- CN 500
- Riverview Executive Plaza, Building 100
- Trenton, NJ 08625
- Phone: (609) 376-3732
- Fax: (609) 292-5558
- Email: Jennifer.Nicosia@doe.nj.gov
- Website: http://www.state.nj.us/education/specialed/
New Mexico
- Shana Runck, Deputy Division Director, Interim 619 Coordinator
- Early Care Education and Nutrition
- 1120 Paseo de Peralta
- Santa Fe, NM 87502-5619
- Phone: (505) 620-3571
- Email: shana.runck@ececd.nm.gov
- Website: http://nmececd.org
New York
- Suzanne Bolling, Coordinator of Policy and Professional Development
- NYSED
- Office of Special Education
- Education Department
- 89 Washington Avenue, EB- 309
- Albany, NY 12234
- Phone: 518-473-6108
- Fax: 518-473-5387
- Email: Suzanne.Bolling@nysed.gov
- Website: https://www.nysed.gov/special-education/preschool-special-education
North Carolina
- Dawn Meskil, 619 Co-Coordinator
- Keashia Walker, 619 Co-Coordinator
- State Department of Public Instruction and Exceptional Children's Program
- NC Office of Early Learning
- 6307 Mail Service Center
- Raleigh, NC 27699-6307
- Phone: 828-649-5290 (Meskil)
Phone: 984-236-2602 (Walker) - Email: dawn.meskil@dpi.nc.gov
Email: Keashia.Walker@dpi.nc.gov - Website: http://nceln.fpg.unc.edu/
North Dakota
- Angela McSweyn, 619 Coordinator
- Office of Special Education
- Department of Public Instruction
- 600 East Boulevard Avenue, Dept 201
- Bismarck, ND 58505-0440
- Phone: (701) 328-2277
- Fax: (701) 328-4149
- Email: amcsweyn@nd.gov
- Website: https://www.nd.gov/dpi/education-programs/special-education
Northern Mariana Islands
- Donna Flores, Special Education Coordinator
- CNMI Public Schools
- PO Box 501370
- Saipan, MP 96950
- Phone: (670) 664-3754
- AltPhone1: (670) 483-3902
- Fax: (670) 664-3774
- Email: donna.flores@cnmipss.org
- Website: https://www.cnmipss.org/special-education-program
Ohio
- Jody Vice Beall, 619 Coordinator
- Ohio Department of Children and Youth
- 246 N. High Street
- Columbus, OH 43215-4183
- Phone: (614) 466-5016
- Email: jody.beall@childrenandyouth.ohio.gov
- Website: https://childrenandyouth.ohio.gov/home
Oklahoma
- Megan Withers, 619 Coordinator
- Special Education Services
- Oklahoma State Department of Education
- 2500 North Lincoln Boulevard
- Oklahoma City
- Oklahoma City, OK 73105
- Phone: (405) 522-3237
- AltPhone1: (405) 522-0452 (OSDE main)
- Fax: (405) 248-8581
- Email: Megan.Withers@sde.ok.gov
- Website: https://ok.gov/sde/early-childhood-special-education
Oregon
- Kara Williams, 619 Coordinator
- Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education
- Office of Student Services
- State Department of Education
- 255 Capitol Street NE
- Salem, OR 97310-0203
- Phone: (503) 947-5728
- AltPhone1: (503) 378-2892
- Fax: (503) 373-7968
- Email: kara.williams@ode.oregon.gov
- Website: https://www.oregon.gov/ode/students-and-family/SpecialEducation/earlyintervention/Pages/default.aspx
Palau
- Ida R. Kilcullen, Director of Bureau of Curriculum & Instruction Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Education, Palau Schools
- P.O. Box 189
- Koror, Palau, PW 96940
- Phone: 680-488-2547
- AltPhone1: 680-775-1899
- Email: ikilcullen@palauschools.org
- Website: http://www.palaumoe.net/
Pennsylvania
- Lisa Parker, 619 Coordinator
- Bureau of Early Intervention Services
- Office of Child Development and Early Learning
- Department of Education and Welfare
- 333 Market Street, 6th Floor
- Harrisburg, PA 17126
- Phone: (717) 214-7130
- Fax: (717) 265-8221
- Email: liparker@pa.gov
- Website: https://www.dhs.pa.gov/Services/Children/Pages/Early-Intervention-Services.aspx
Puerto Rico
- Daiber Carrion, Department Coordinator
- Department of Education
- PO Box 100759
- San Juan, PR 00919-0759
- Phone: (939) 642-6208
- Email: carrionmdn@de.pr.gov
- Website: https://de.pr.gov/?phrase=preschool#
Rhode Island
- Margaret Hassan, Education Specialist
- Office of Student, Community and Academic Supports
- Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
- 255 Westminster Street
- Providence, RI 02903
- Phone: (401) 222-8947
- Fax: (401) 222-3605
- Email: margaret.hassan@ride.ri.gov
- Website: https://ride.ri.gov/instruction-assessment/early-childhood-education/early-childhood-special-education
South Carolina
- Sherri Evans, 619 Coordinator
- Office of Special Education Services
- South Carolina State Department of Education
- 1429 Senate Street
- Columbia, SC 29201
- Phone: (803) 734-8224
- Email: sqevans@ed.sc.gov
- Website: http://ed.sc.gov/districts-schools/special-education-services/
South Dakota
- Kelly Gilbert, 619 Coordintor
- DOE Special Education Programs
- 800 Governors Drive
- Pierre, SD 57501
- Phone: (605)-773-3678
- Fax: (605) 773-3782
- Email: kelly.gilbert@state.sd.us
- Website: http://doe.sd.gov/sped/Early-Intervention.aspx
Tennessee
- Shelby Ritter, 619 Coordinator
- State Department of Education
- Remote Home Office
- Arlington, TN 38002
- Email: shelby.ritter@tn.gov
- Website: https://www.tn.gov/education/students/student-supports-in-tn/special-education/special-education-section-619.html
Texas
- Terrie Breeden, 619 Coordinator
- Texas Education Agency
- 1701 North Congress Avenue
- Austin, TX 78701-1494
- Phone: (512) 463-9414
- Fax: (512) 463-9560
- Email: Terrie.breeden@tea.texas.gov
- Website: https://tea.texas.gov/academics/special-student-populations/special-education/programs-and-services/early-childhood-special-education-ecse
Utah
- Chelsea Oaks, 619 Coordinator
- Utah State Office of Education
- 250 East 500 South
- PO Box 144200
- Salt Lake City, UT 84114
- Phone: (801) 538-7765
- Fax: (801) 538-7991
- Email: chelsea.oaks@schools.utah.gov
- Website: https://schools.utah.gov/specialeducation/programs/preschool
Vermont
- Katie McCarthy, M.Ed., ECSE Coordinator II/IDEA 619
- State Agency of Education
- 209 North Main St., Suite 402
- Barre, VT 05641
- Phone: (802) 479-1401
- Fax: (802) 479-1829
- Email: Katie.McCarthy@vermont.gov
- Website: http://education.vermont.gov/
Virgin Islands
- Kathleen Merchant, Acting State Director
- VI Department of Education
- State Office of Special Education
- 2133 Hospital Street
- Christiansted, VI 00820
- Phone: (340) 773-1095 Extension 7087
- Email: kathleen.merchant@vide.vi
- Website: https://www.vide.vi/our-divisions/special-education/
Virginia
- Dawn Hendricks, 619 Coordinator
- Office of Special Education Instructional Services
- Virginia Department of Education
- James Monroe Building, 101 N. 14th Street
- Richmond, VA 23219
- Phone: 804-225-2675
- Email: Dawn.Hendricks@doe.virginia.gov
- Website: https://www.doe.virginia.gov/teaching-learning-assessment/early-childhood-care-education/children-with-disabilities
Washington
- Ryan Guzman, 619 Coordinator/Early Childhood Special Education
- Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction (OSPI)
- Special Education Department
- Old Capitol Building, 600 Washington Street S.E.
- PO Box 47200
- Olympia, WA 98504-7200
- Phone: (360) 725-6075
- Fax: (360) 586-0247
- Email: ryan.guzman@k12.wa.us
- Website: http://www.k12.wa.us/specialed/
West Virginia
- Lisa Fisher, 619 Coordinator
- Office of Early & Elementary Learning
- State Department of Education
- Capitol Complex, Building 6, Room 215
- 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
- Charleston, WV 25305-0330
- Phone: (304) 558-9994
- Fax: (304) 558-1834
- Email: lmray@k12.wv.us
- Website: https://wvde.us/
Wisconsin
- Jenny Bibler, 619 Coordinator
- Education Consultant, Early Childhood
- State Department of Public Instruction
- 125 South Webster Street
- Madison, WI 53707-7841
- Phone: (608) 267-9172
- Fax: (608) 267-3746
- Email: Jennifer.Bibler@dpi.wi.gov
- Website: https://dpi.wi.gov/sped
Wyoming
- Deana Smith, Part B 619 Coordinator and Early Intervention Coordinator
- Special Education Programs Division
- Wyoming Department of Education
- 122 W. 25th Street Suite 200
- Cheyenne, WY 82002
- Phone: (307) 777-5326
- Fax: (307) 777-6324
- Email: deana.smith@wyo.gov
- Website: https://edu.wyoming.gov/
- Jennifer Petri, 619 Coordinator
- Wyoming Dept of Health, Behavioral Health Division
- 122 West 25th Street
- Herschler Building 2 West, Suite B
- Cheyenne, WY 82002
- Phone: (307) 777-8762
- Fax: (307) 777-5580
- Email: jennifer.petri@wyo.gov
- Website: https://health.wyo.gov/behavioralhealth/early-intervention-education-program-eiep/