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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!
Heartland Head Start Faces Leadership Turnover and Uncertainty as New School Year Begins
Carol Weisheit, Region 17 Council Manager, provided comments for this article on the leadership turnover at Heartland Head Start, a Bloomington-based early childhood program.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
94.9 WDKB Radio Interview with Gretchen Sprinkle
Listen to an interview with Gretchen Sprinkle, the new Regional Council Manager for Region 16 (DeKalb County)!