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Early Childhood Education Care

Offered by Birth to Five Illinois
Education
Reimagining a more equitable Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) system that respects family and community voice and works to ensure it is centered and prioritized at every level of decision-making in Illinois.

Family Council Interest Form

Offered by Birth to Five Illinois
Education
Birth to Five Illinois honors the voice of parents and family members your opinion matters to us. Over the last few weeks, we received feedback from parents and caregivers that our Interest Form for the Family Council was a bit long and...

Contact Us

Offered by Birth to Five Illinois
Education
We are here to lift up voices of all parents, caregivers, providers, and early childhood education and care advocates. We’d love to hear from you.

Early Childhood Transformation Team

Offered by Birth to Five Illinois
Education
As a first step, Illinois has established an Early Childhood Transformation Team charged with: ensuring early childhood policy is influenced by community voice and data, building a structure for equitable allocation of current and anticipated...

Selection Committee Interest Form

Offered by Birth to Five Illinois
Education
We welcome people with a range of experience, including those new to this type of work.

Family Voice

Offered by Birth to Five Illinois
Education
Through this transformation centered on authentic family and community engagement, we will address the inequitable distribution of resources and services and rebuild our State’s Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) system.

Action Council Interest Form

Offered by Birth to Five Illinois
Education

Early Childhood Funding Commission

Offered by Birth to Five Illinois
Education
 In 2019, Governor JB Pritzker established an Early Childhood Funding Commission charged with studying and making recommendations on funding goals and funding mechanisms that provide equitable access to high-quality early childhood education...

Collective Impact

Offered by Birth to Five Illinois
Education
Birth to Five Illinois will build a system that harnesses knowledge directly from families and providers and encourages decision-makers to ensure new and/or expanded services are created to meet community needs. This community-driven...

Racial Equity

Offered by Birth to Five Illinois
Education
In an effort to move our Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) system to one where racism no longer impacts a child's success, we will work to dismantle barriers that have limited access to high-quality services for minoritized children in...

Data

Offered by Birth to Five Illinois
Education
This 2020 data is from the Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map (IECAM), whose mission is to provide comprehensive early childhood data and maps to local and state agencies and other stakeholders to improve outcomes...

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