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Guest User 8/4/23 Guest User 8/4/23

Lack of Child Care in Region Affects Working Parents

Read the article in the Macomb Community News Brief, in which Region 26 Family & Community Engagement Specialist, Shannon McKee, discusses the ECEC needs in her Region.

Guest User 8/1/23 Guest User 8/1/23

Birth to Five Illinois Vivo En Buenos Días Aurora

Buenos Días Aurora, the first bilingual podcast in the second-largest city of Illinois, interviewed Alicia Hann and David Quiroz for a second time about the work of Birth to Five Illinois.

Guest User 7/31/23 Guest User 7/31/23

Edna Navarro-Vidaurre Interviewed on CAN TV Live Programming

Watch the interview! Maryville Administrator, Amy Kendal, talks with Edna Navarro-Vidaurre, Region 1-A Council Manager, on the live streamed issue of Maryville Cares!

Guest User 7/31/23 Guest User 7/31/23

Birth to Five Illinois Helps Families as Their Child Develops - On-Air Interview with 23 WIFR News

Watch two members of the Region 4 Team in an on-air interview with WIFR News!

Guest User 7/31/23 Guest User 7/31/23

PRESS RELEASE: Birth to Five Illinois Publishes Early Childhood Regional Needs Assessments

Birth to Five Illinois has published 39 Early Childhood Regional Needs Assessments, now available to both local communities and state leaders. The assessments reflect the strengths and needs in the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) service landscape at the regional level.

Guest User 7/23/23 Guest User 7/23/23

Learn More about Early Childhood Needs in DeKalb County at Upcoming Town Hall

Region 16 staff discusses the child care crisis and what DeKalb County is doing to collect community voice and share it with state-level decision makers.