Meet the Recipients / Conozca a los Beneficiarios
Birth to Five Illinois Funding Recipients
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Chicago Head Start Collaborative
FY24 DETAILS
Identify short- and long-term system infrastructure improvements that would support increased enrollment in community-based programs in Chicago.
Strengthen collaborative ways of working to ensure clearly defined roles, responsibilities, and shared goals and activities.
Increase public awareness of Chicago Head Start Collaborative, including the understanding of the scope and scale of services offered by member organizations and goals and activities of the collaborative.
Early Childhood Forum of Central Illinois
FY25 DETAILS
$99,493
Coordinating developmental screening events in collaboration with community partners.
Conducting outreach to families with children from birth to age five to share resources and engage/enroll in programming.
Maintaining updated online and physical resource banks for families with children from birth to age five.
Leading coordination between school districts, foundations, nonprofits, child care providers, and other business owners around ECEC issues.
Serving as a resource and thought partner for families and other ECEC Collaborations and community partners.
Little Village Education Collaborative
FY23 DETAILS
Parent Advocates will reach 400 families.
The ECE Committee will reestablish connections with at least four healthcare providers.
Enlace will hold three to four cafecitos with a total of 10 to 15 participants at each event.
In part due to the efforts of the ECE Committee and Parent Advocates, Enlace expects to see a 10% increase in Chicago Early Learning applications each year.