Media
Essential information about the IECAM project, including media mentions, people involved, and recent news.
IECAM in the news
- Serv and Return: State Early Childhood Data Dashboards (February 28, 2023)
- Illinois just made big early childhood investments. But services like daycare and preschool are nearly impossible for many families to access. (WNIU, March 23, 2023)
- High prices, gaps in availability across Illinois highlight patchwork child care system (WQAD - ABC, March 6, 2023)
- Work Toward Child Care Improvement Continues (Effingham Radio, February 17, 2023)
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker has vowed to bring preschool to every Illinois child. But big hurdles remain for that to happen (Chicago Tribune, January 30, 2023)
- IECAM Mapping Project Featured in Federal Administration for Children and Families Report (University of Illinois College of Education, January 2023)
Recent reports, presentations, and publications citing IECAM data or mentioning IECAM
- Birth to Five Illinois Early Childhood Regional Needs Assessments (Birth to Five Illinois, August 2023)
- Using Maps to Inform Decisions about Child Care and Early Education (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation within the Administration for Children and Families, January 2023)
IECAM data report collaborations
- Birth to Five Early Childhood Regional Needs Assessments (August 2023)
- Illinois Risk and Reach Report (Erikson, 2021 and 2019)