Media

• Providing the Data and Impetus to Improve Children's Lives in Illinois (University of Illinois College of Education, March 2022)
• Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map: Turning Data Into Insight (University of Illinois College of Education 2021 Impact Report)
• Funding Available for Childcare or Early Learning Degree (Effingham Radio, July 2021)
• Addressing Child Care in Effingham County: Initiative takes aim at gap in availability (Effingham Daily News, February 2021)
• DuPage Children’s Museum ups its game after new report shows young children at risk, regardless of where they live (Chicago Tribune, July 2019)
• New daycare meets needs of 3rd shift workers (Quad City Times, January 2017)
• New Unofficial Guide to the Why and How of State Early Childhood Data Systems (New America, September 2017)
• Data – It Really is a Hot Topic (Eye on Early Education, September 2017)
• Reaching into the home (The Chicago Reporter, April 2009)

• Infant & Toddler Child Care Roadmap (Start Early, April 2022)
• Trauma-Informed Care for Supporting Young Children in Low-Income Families (Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative (IWERC), Discovery Partners Institute, March 2022)
• Illinois Preschool Development Grant Birth–Five Needs Assessment: Data Recommendations Report (American Institutes for Research, March 2022)
• Birth to Five Illinois regional data overviews (March 2022)
• Making Opportunities Real for Everyone in the Rock River and Mississippi River Valley (MORE) (Center for Governmental Studies, Northern Illinois University)
• IRIS Grant (Regional Office of Education 47, January 2021)
• llinois Cost Model for Early Childhood Education and Care Services (State of Illinois, February 2021)
• Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map: Turning Data Into Insight (University of Illinois College of Education 2021 Impact Report)
• Illinois Early Childhood Racial Equity Efforts & Resources, Governor’s Office of Early Childhood Development, 2021
• Strong Start = Bright Future (Fox Valley United Way, 2021)
• Kids Count Data Center (Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2021)
• Illinois Home Visiting: 2020 Statewide Needs Assessment Update Report to HRSA (University of Illinois CPRD/Center for Prevention Research & Development, September 2020)
• Heartland Alliance 2020 Poverty Report (Heartland Alliance, 2020)
• Illinois Prenatal to Three Policy Agenda, Early Start (formerly Ounce of Prevention Fund), February 2020
• Illinois Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five Needs Assessment Final Report (American Institutes for Research, January 2020)
• Restore Illinois: Demand for school-aged childcare (Alliance for Early Success, May 2020)
• The State We’re In 2019 A Report on Public Education in Illinois (Advance Illinois, Fall 2019)
• 2019 Illinois Kids Count Report: Indicators of Child Well-Being: Families and Communities (Voices for Illinois Children, 2019)
• The Unofficial Guide to the Why and How of State Early Childhood Data Systems (the Ounce, August 2017)
• Community Assessment (Evanston/Skokie Community Consolidated School District 65, November 2017)
• Early Childhood State Advisory Councils Final Report (Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Childen and Families, May 2015)
• Disparities in Access to Preschool in Illinois (Voices for Illinois Children Policy Report, August 2014)
• Handbook of Research Methods in Early Childhood Education (Edited by Olvia Saracho, 2014)
• Strengthening Illinois Businesses through Investments in Early Care and Education (America’s Edge, 2010)
• Unique website puts early childhood programs on the map and online (Geospatial World, 2008)

• Illinois Risk and Reach Report (Erikson, 2021 and 2019)

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