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Guest User 10/28/25 Guest User 10/28/25

Birth to Five Illinois Awards Additional $2.5 Million to Strengthen Early Childhood Collaborations

Highlighting Birth to Five Illinois Early Childhood Collaboration Funding in Regions 1, 3, 9, 26, 40, 48, 53, and 54.

Guest User 7/22/25 Guest User 7/22/25

Childcare Task Force Seeks Input

Birth to Five Illinois: Region 1 Council Manager, Bridget English, and former Region 1 Action Council Member (2022-2024), April Darringer, talk about the Pike County Childcare Task Force, and encourage community members to share their opinion via the SWOT survey on Facebook.

Guest User 7/12/25 Guest User 7/12/25

Initiative Promotes Resources for Families of Young Children

The Region 1 Council Manager and Family & Community Engagement Specialist were interviewed by the community-driven work underway in Adams, Brown, Cass, Morgan, Pike, and Scott Counties.

Guest User 4/10/25 Guest User 4/10/25

Scott Receives Grant to Boost Early Childhood Education

The Birth to Five Illinois Planning Grant awarded to the Scott County Health Department is expected to help connect families to Early Childhood Education services and improve programs.

Guest User 9/9/23 Guest User 9/9/23

Birth to Five Illinois Group Hoping to Build a Future of Equity for Parents, Children in Towns Large and Small

Read about the key findings in the Region 1 and Region 40 Early Childhood Regional Needs Assessments, published in My Journal Courier.

Guest User 9/8/23 Guest User 9/8/23

WLDS/WEAI Radio Interview with Bridget English & Keppen Clanton

Listen to the WLDS/WEAI What’s On Your Mind interview with Bridget English (Region 1) and Keppen Clanton (Region 40) from Birth to Five Illinois!

Guest User 2/2/23 Guest User 2/2/23

Birth to Five Illinois Hopes to Amplify Community Voices in Child Services

A new infrastructure is trying to address Illinois' early childhood needs at the local level. The infrastructure is designed to bring community, family and provider voices to the forefront of both local and state policy decisions.

Guest User 8/12/22 Guest User 8/12/22

Initiative Targets Improving Early Childhood Education, Care

“We want to make sure families and communities are at the center of our decision-making. We hope for big things.”