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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.
Connect Home Visiting
FY26 DETAILS
$75,000
Conducting outreach to families with children from birth to age five to share resources and engage/enroll in programming.
Providing training opportunities for parents and caregivers to help them support child development.
Serving as a resource and thought partner for families and other ECEC Collaborations and community partners.
Providing training opportunities for parents and caregivers to help them support child development.
LEAD Chicago
FY25 DETAILS
$12,500
Hold regular Steering Committee meetings and strategic planning sessions to develop a comprehensive and long-term collaborative project charter.
The project lead will complete four modules from Illinois Action for Children's Partner Plan Act resources to support their professional development.
Measure and evaluate cross-sector representation in LEAD Chicago by monitoring the number of sectors represented in collaboration meetings.
Monitor stakeholder engagement by tracking the number of organizations actively participating in LEAD Chicago meetings, with a target of maintaining consistent engagement from at least eight organizations.
Measure community reach by identifying the number of families and children potentially impacted by collaboration initiatives by conducting annual geographic and demographic analyses to understand the scope of influence.
Little Village Education Collaborative
FY26 DETAILS
$60,000
Aligning Coordinated Intake and referrals across systems.
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.
Translating Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) resource materials with cultural sensitivity into the common languages of local communities.
Providing in-person interpretation during ECEC Collaboration meetings and events.
Maintaining updated online and physical resource banks for families with children from birth to age five.
Creating and distributing resources and engagement kits for families with newborn babies.
Leading coordination between school districts, foundations, nonprofits, child care providers, and other business owners around ECEC issues.
Facilitating opportunities for parent/caregiver-led outreach strategies.
Facilitating conversations around ECEC needs and developing actionable strategies for solutions.
Serving as a resource and thought partner for families and other ECEC Collaborations and community partners.
Margaret F. Lee Violence Prevention/Intervention Collaboration
FY26 DETAILS
$30,000
Aligning Coordinated Intake and referrals across systems.
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.
North Lawndale Early Learning Collaboration
FY26 DETAILS
$75,000
Conducting outreach to families with children from birth to age five to share resources and engage/enroll in programming.
Providing training opportunities for parents and caregivers to help them support child development.
Serving as a resource and thought partner for families and other ECEC Collaborations and community partners.