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Crisis in Child Care: How Can We Leave These Kids Behind?
“KJ and Jennifer are two of more than 15,000 families in metro Peoria coping with the two main obstacles for parents with jobs outside the home: affordability and availability of child care.” See how data from the Region 48 Early Childhood Needs Assessment pairs with challenges for local families.
Teachers' Lounge Podcast: The Early Childhood System Could Implode. How Can it Be Improved?
Peter Medlin interviews Cicely Fleming (Director) and Gretchen Sprinkle (Region 16 Council Manager) for this issue of the Teachers’ Lounge Podcast. Listen in!
Region 32 on the Radio!
Listen to four radio interviews with Liz Gibson, Region 32 Council Manager and what her team has hear families need in Iroquois and Kankakee Counties!
Why an Early Childhood Teacher Who Left Head Start is Still a Believer in its Mission
Checkout this workforce data from the Region 17 Birth to Five Illinois Regional Needs Assessment cited in this WGLT article!
Interview on Teacher Talk with ROE47
Watch this interview with Abby Hoskins, Region 47 Council member, and other Early Childhood experts in the ROE47 area.
Birth to Five Illinois Shares Research Findings
The Daily Record reports on the work Birth to Five Illinois is doing to identify the gaps and barriers for children and families in Lawrence County (Region 12).
Next Step in Adequate Child Care: Get More Interested in the Field; HOW ABOUT YOU?
With such a huge slot gap to close to help get more parents working in Vermilion County, where do we turn? See what Tammy Pollitt, Birth to Five Illinois: Region 54 Council Manager, has to say.
Birth to Five Illinois: Region 51 Presents to the Citizens Club of Springfield
Watch Region 51 Council Manager, Ashley Earles, and Region 51 Family Council member, Monique Nally, present to the Citizens Club of Springfield on what families need in Sangamon and Menard Counties!
Birth to Five Illinois Shares Findings, Needs and Recommendations from Early Childhood Regional Needs Assessment
Read an interview with Liz Gibson, Region 32 Council Manager, in the Times-Republic in which she shares some key findings from the Early Childhood Regional Needs Assessment developed to highlight community celebrations and access barriers in Iroquois and Kankakee Counties.
Edna Navarro-Vidaurre—Starting Early: Interview on The Ben Joravsky Show
Listen to Edna Navarro-Vidaurre, Regional Council Manager for Region 1-A (City of Chicago) talk about the importance of investing in Early Childhood Education & Care on The Ben Joravsky Show!
Nonprofit Works to Address Issues Plaguing Early Childhood Education and Resources
Read an interview in the Wednesday Journal with Tiffany Draine, Regional Council Manager for Region 1-B-B (Cook County West)!
'It Can Implode and Our Families are Suffering': What are Northern Illinois' Early Childhood Needs?
Peter Medlin with NPR talks with State and Regional Birth to Five Illinois staff about the needs identified in the Early Childhood Regional Needs Assessments for Boone, Winnebago, and DeKalb Counties.
New Report Identifies Key Needs to Improve Childcare Access in Greater Peoria
Read and/or listen to a WCBU interview with Kari Clark and Felicia Farden, the Regional Managers overseeing Peoria, Mason, Tazewell, and Woodford counties for Birth to Five Illinois!
IECAM Data Guides Birth to Five Illinois Early Childhood Regional Needs Assessments
The Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map (IECAM) publishes the release of the Birth to Five Illinois Early Childhood Regional Needs Assessments, which were guided by available IECAM data.
Shannon McKee & Paul Larson Talk on Elevating the Voices of Families to Improve Early Childhood
Listen to the Region 26 staff talk with WCAZ Radio News about their Early Childhood Regional Needs Assessment findings and recommendations!
New ‘Birth to Five’ Report Highlights Gaps in Central Illinois Child Care
Watch and read the interview with Kari Clark, Region 48 Council Manager, and Felicia Farden, Region 53 Council Manager, on 25 News Now!
Report Looks at Early Childhood Staffing and Capacity Needs in McLean County and Nearby Counties
Read and/or listen to a WGLT interview with the Region 17 Council Manager and an Action Council Member about family- and community-identified Early Childhood needs in DeWitt, Livingston, Logan, and McLean Counties.
Birth to Five Illinois on WGLT: The Leadoff
Listen to Region 17’s Council Manager & Action Council Member on WGLT’s The Leadoff Daily Podcast.
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.
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.