State and Federal Programs that Serve Young Children in Illinois
Additional Information on state and federal programs can be found in the Birth to Five Program Inventory: Government-Funded Programs and Initiatives in Illinois for Expecting Families and Young Children, July 2009, prepared by the Ounce of Prevention Fund.
Head Start
- Administration for Children and Families
- Illinois Head Start Association
U.S. Department of Education
Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Education Agencies (Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act [ESEA], as amended)
Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
Early Childhood Education Division, Early Childhood Block Grant Programs
- Preschool for All Children
- Prevention Initiative for Programs Offering Coordinated Services to At Risk Children and Their Families (birth to three)
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)
Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS)
Bureau of Child Care and Development (Web site)
- Past Child Care Reports (includes Child Care Reports and Market Rate Surveys)
Early Intervention Program (Web site)
Bureau of Child and Adolescent Health (Web site)
- Parents Too Soon
- Healthy Families Illinois
- Teen Parent Services
- Responsible Parenting
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Bureau of Maternal and Infant Health (Web site)
Bureau of Family Nutrition (Web site)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign