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Coles County Child Care Collaboration
Type: Planning, Region: 11, County: Coles Guest User Type: Planning, Region: 11, County: Coles Guest User

Coles County Child Care Collaboration

FY25 DETAILS
$12,500

  • Create a legal, non profit entity that will identify challenges and potential solutions to the child care crisis in our community.

  • Establish a Board of Directors.

  • Promote community awareness on the importance of early child care and education by hosting outreach and education events, and create an action plan with goals of encouraging more licensed child care providers in the community.

  • Explore the feasibility of a child care center in the Coles County community, including the expansion of the Child and Family Life Education Center at Eastern Illinois University (EIU).

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