ABC 7 Chicago

New entity would coordinate child care, preschool, early interventions in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Vowing to make Illinois the top state in the nation for child care accessibility, Gov. JB Pritzker unveiled a plan Tuesday to consolidate all the state's early childhood programs ...
EdSurge

As More States Expand Child Care Programs, This Is One to Watch

One county in Maryland is garnering attention after a $10 million initiative to boost early childhood programs.
WSIL-TV

Pritzker announces plan to make unified early childhood state agency

CHICAGO — State agency directors and officials gathered at the Carole Robertson Center for Learning in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood today to announce a new state agency. The new State Agency will ...
Chicago Tribune

Measure to create new state agency for childhood services now on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk

The Illinois House on Thursday passed Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s initiative to consolidate early childhood services under a single agency, paving the way for the creation of a new state Department of Early ...
WREX

Pritzker proposes creation of new standalone early childhood agency

SPRINGFIELD – Vowing to make Illinois the top state in the nation for child care accessibility, Gov. JB Pritzker unveiled a plan Tuesday to consolidate all the state’s early childhood programs and ...
Chicago Tribune

Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposes new agency for early childhood services

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday offered a broad outline of his plan to create a new state agency devoted to early childhood services, consolidating work now handled by three separate entities including ...
BND

Pritzker plan would put all Illinois early childhood programs under one state agency

Vowing to make Illinois the top state in the nation for child care accessibility, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled a plan Tuesday to consolidate all the state’s early childhood programs and ...
wqad

Illinois House gives OK to new state agency focused on early childhood programs

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois House gave final passage Thursday to a bill establishing a new cabinet-level state agency whose mission will be to provide a kind of one-stop shop for services ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Gov. JB Pritzker signs bill creating new Illinois Department of Early Childhood

CHICAGO -- Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday creating a new cabinet-level state agency dedicated to early childhood education and development. The new Department of Early Childhood, which ...
WBUR

Head Start agencies in Mass. expect cuts to programs due to federal shutdown

In Massachusetts, six Head Start agencies won't get their funding on Nov. 1 if the shutdown continues. Advocates and state ...
Oregonian

Oregon early learning, child care programs poised for $45 million in cuts

Oregon’s agency overseeing child care and early childhood education is poised to receive $45 million less from the Legislature than it needs to operate those programs at their current scope over the ...