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Birth to Five Illinois Funding Recipients
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Southern Illinois Coalition for Children and Families
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$94,478
Increase the rate of developmental and social-emotional screening of all children in licensed child care settings by 10% with data recorded in a central repository/database for tracking screening history and results.
Continue implementing a marketing campaign that speaks to the impact of the Early Childhood workforce to change the public perception of the Early Childhood field through various media methods and community events.
Provide information to families that help them connect with community resources, while cofacilitating a region-wide effort to adopt a community resource and referral platform for programs and services that can integrate with medical providers' electronic health records.
Provide families with increased access to information and resources regarding school readiness indicators, with ideas on how they can help their children's transition to Kindergarten be as successful as possible.
Cofacilitate a regional effort with the Southern Illinois Community Foundation and Southern Illinois United Way to launch the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in 18 southern Illinois counties.
Southernmost Illinois Early Learning Special Education Collaborative
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$50,210
Host a Conscious Discipline Dealing with Anger and Rage e-course for various programs that serve young children.
Host trainings including Crisis Prevention and De-escalation Techniques.