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Birth to Five Illinois Funding Recipients
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DeKalb County Collaborative for Young Children (DCCYC)
FY25 DETAILS
$87,797
Conducting outreach to families with children from birth to age five to share resources and engage/enroll in programming.
Leading coordination between school districts, foundations, nonprofits, child care providers, and other business owners around ECEC issues.
Providing training opportunities for parents and caregivers to help them support child development.

Regional Office of Education #35 Early Childhood Collaboration
FY24 DETAILS
Create an Early Childhood Collaboration that will identify challenges and potential solutions to improve the services and programs available to families with young children in the area.
Create a study to discover how lack of child care impacts the local workforce and economy of La Salle, Marshall, and Putnam Counties.
Develop branding/logo and website for the Collaboration.