Funding
Governor Pritzker Announces New IDHS Division of Early Childhood, Planning Council Network, $1.6 Billion in Federal Aid for ECE
Governor Pritzker has announced the creation of a new Division ...
Governor Announces $200M Investment in the Illinois Child Care Workforce
Governor Pritzker has announced a $200 million investment of federal ...
Statewide Campaign Will Help Families Connect to Internet
A new program is using federal COVID-19 relief funding to ...
Biden Releasing $39 Billion for Early Childhood Educators and Care Providers
The Biden Administration has announced the release of $39 billion ...
Early Childhood Funding Commission Releases Report
The Illinois Commission on Equitable Early Childhood Education and Care ...
P-20 Council Releases Learning Renewal Resource Guide
This week the Governor's Office announced that Illinois K-12 districts ...
U.S. Congress Passes American Rescue Plan Act
Earlier this week, House lawmakers sent a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 ...
Governor Announces Additional Funding for Illinois Child Care Providers
Governor Pritzker is directing additional funding to support child care ...
Year-End COVID-19 Relief Bill Includes $10 Billion for Child Care
Congress has passed a $900 billion end-of-the-year relief bill that ...
Draft Recommendations from the Illinois Early Childhood Funding Commission
During a virtual town hall meeting this month, members of ...
Governor Pritzker Announces $156M in Funding to Child Care Providers Across State
Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) ...
House Passes $50 Billion Child Care Stabilization Fund Plus Additional Child Care Relief
On July 29th, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the ...
NAEYC Survey Finds 40% of U.S. Child Care Centers Will Close Without Additional Funding
A new survey by The National Association for the Education ...
Governor Pritzker Dedicates $10M in Emergency Relief Funds to Early Childhood Programs
This week Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced that public schools across ...
From Our Corner: Early Care and Education in the Age of COVID-19
Illinois early childhood expert Dr. Rebecca Swartz responds to a ...
Child Care Organizations Call for More Federal Relief
In a new letter to Congress, a dozen national child ...
Pritzker Increases Funding for Early Childhood Progams in FY21 Budget
While the new budget does provide for increased funding for ...
PFA Equity Report Suggests Moving to Need-Based Formula
A recently released equity analysis from Illinois Action for Children ...
Illinois to Receive $40 Million in Federal Funding for Early Childhood Programs
The Governor's Office announced over the holidays that the state ...
Governor Pritzker Creates Early Childhood Funding Commission
The governor has named a 29-person Commission on Equitable Early ...
New Resources Provide Strategies to Improve Transition into Kindergarten
Two new resources from New America are now available to ...
Fiscal Mapping for Early Childhood Services: How-To Guide and Data Collection Tool
One way to tackle the challenges associated with multiple funding ...
Ensuring Equitable Access to Funding for All Birth-to-Five Classroom-Based Early Childhood Programs in Illinois
A new report from the Ad Hoc Committee on Mixed ...
Good News for Illinois Early Intervention Providers: IDHS Increases Reimbursement Rates for FY20
After several years of budget cuts, Illinois early intervention providers ...
Illinois Early Childhood Funding Sees Boost of $50 Million in New State Budget
The Illinois House finished up what was perhaps the most ...
Grantmaking Map Offers Bird’s Eye View on Distribution of Early Childhood Care and Education Funding in US
The Early Childhood Funders Collaborative has developed an interactive funding ...
Governor Pritzker Pledges Increase in Early Childhood Funding
In his first budget address as Illinois governor, JB Pritzker ...