IECAM Electronic Newsletter (IECAMnews-L)

2009, Issue 3

“I have a Preschool for All program. I wish I had had IECAM three years ago!” Spring into Action Conference participant, March 2009

Check out the Standard Report titled Response to PFA Request for Proposals (RFP) on IECAM!
The new IECAM Standard Report enables users to quickly and efficiently download tabular data on child population and poverty demographics, Preschool for All and Head Start capacity, and language isolation for a selected geographic area. It also provides up-to-date links to other resources pertinent to the most recent Preschool for All RFP from ISBE.

On the IECAM home page (http://iecam.crc.uiuc.edu/), you will find the following links:

The REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP): Preschool for All Children Ages 3 to 5 Years: 2010 was released in late February 2009 (http://www.isbe.net/earlychi/preschool/preschool_rfp_10.pdf). As a part of the proposal, respondents are required to include a “statement of need.” This statement must document the need for the Preschool for All Children initiative in the community. The need must be based on current statistical, demographic, or descriptive information regarding the community in which the families and children reside. The following points must be described in the narrative:

  • education and income levels of parents
  • employment conditions
  • rates of infant mortality, birth trauma, low birth weight, or prematurity
  • rates of dropouts, retention, truancy, teenage pregnancies, and homeless students in the school district(s)
  • number of families in which a language other than English is spoken
  • rates of poverty, child abuse, and neglect
  • prevalence of homelessness as defined by Title X, Part C, McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act (see http://www.isbe.net/homeless/pdf/definition.pdf)
  • prevalence of drug/alcohol abuse

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