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Guest User 9/17/24 Guest User 9/17/24

WCCI In Touch Interview with Lou Ann Hayes from Birth to Five Illinois: Region 8

Lou Ann Hayes returns to WCCI to discuss how her Team and community Councils have moved the needle on the needs and recommendations in their Early Childhood Regional Needs Assessment.

Guest User 8/12/24 Guest User 8/12/24

Birth to Five Illinois Begins Rolling Out Action Plan

Amy Robinson, Region 3 Council Manager, and Meghan Rewers, Region 3 Action Council member and Crisis Nursery of Effingham Executive Director, share about the work Birth to Five Illinois is doing to make ECEC more inclusive and accessible for all community members in Bond, Christian, Effingham, Fayette, and Montgomery Counties.

Guest User 7/11/24 Guest User 7/11/24

Children With Special Needs Are A Priority For B-N Woman On Department Of Early Childhood Transition Team

Listen to the WGLT interview with Region 17 Action Council member, Lakeesha James-Smith, who discusses the obstacles she has faced as a mother navigating the ECEC system and how the work of Birth to Five Illinois and the Transition Advisory Committee (TAC) are simplifying the system for families.

Guest User 7/4/24 Guest User 7/4/24

Community Meeting on Early Childhood Wellness Set

Birth to Five Illinois: Region 40 is holding a community meeting to discuss Early Childhood Education and Care initiatives in Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and Calhoun counties.

Guest User 6/27/24 Guest User 6/27/24

Buenos Dias Aurora: David Quiroz Jr. y Birth to Five Illinois

Gracias Buenos Días Aurora por entrevistar una vez más al Equipo de la Región 31 sobre su trabajo en el Condado de Kane. / Thank you Buenos Dias Aurora for once again interviewing the Region 31 Team about their work in Kane County.

Guest User 6/26/24 Guest User 6/26/24

Action Plan Aims to Boost Public Awareness about Early Childhood and Child Care – and How Little Its Workers are Paid

In this interview with WGLT, Carol Weisheit, Region 17 Council Manager (Dewitt, Livingston, Logan & McLean Counties) discusses the issues local children, families, and providers face and how their Regional Action Plan is working to address them.

Guest User 6/10/24 Guest User 6/10/24

The Grand Opening for Canton’s New TLC Sensory Place

Members of the Birth to Five Illinois: Region 26 Action Council and Family Council listened to what families said they needed and took action, opening the new Trinity Lutheran Church Sensory Place for children with autism and sensory disorders.

Guest User 5/1/24 Guest User 5/1/24

PRESS RELEASE: Birth to Five Illinois Publishes 39 Early Childhood Action Plans

Announcing the release of Regional Action Plans to move the needle on the community-driven recommendations identified in the Early Childhood Regional Needs Assessments.