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September 2019 In the News…

Bar graph showing difference between 2018 and 2018 health insurance rates for children by race, region, and income-to-poverty ratio.

U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2018 Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Data

August 2019 New Data Visualizations and Maps at IECAM

Map showing percentage of homeless kindergarteners by Illinois counties.

Percent of Homeless Public School Kindergarteners by County, 2017

July 2019 Blog posts

Percentage of Children 5 and Under Living Below 185% Federal Poverty Level Receiving CCAP Assistance by State Senate & House Districts, 2016

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A series of reports and case studies by the nonprofit Bellwether Education Partners, identified five of the most successful Head Start programs.

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Research conducted on a long-term data set from some of Chicago's most-challenged neighborhoods has found that 4-6 years of educational interventions in a child's life ended up producing enormous benefits by the time they entered early adulthood. https://t.co/GrON7qmAxt #ECE

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New report on public education in Illinois from @advanceillinois uses @iecamdata data to show the need for expanded #ECE services across the state.

2019 Report on Public Education in Illinois Uses IECAM Data to Advocate for Expanded Access to Quality Early Childhood Programs

A new report from Advance Illinois analyzes data from the Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map (IECAM) to urge the state of Illinois to expand access to...

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This StoryMap (ArcGIS) presentation from @iecamdata offers multiple examples of easy-to-use data visualization tools and resources that can enable just about anyone to tell their unique data story quickly and effectively. #ecdata #ECDataIL

Telling Your Data Story With IECAM: Presenting Data for Maximum Impact - A StoryMap Presentation

This presentation offers multiple examples of easy-to-use data visualization tools and resources that can enable just about anyone to tell their uniqu...

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