State Board awards nearly $46 million toward child development and support services for at-risk families with infants and toddlers

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Prevention Initiative Program helps build foundation for learning
 
Springfield, IL  – The Illinois State Board of Education announced that it has awarded nearly $46 million in state funds to 283 programs that support at-risk families with infants to 3-year olds as part of the Early Childhood Block Grant for fiscal year 2012. Additionally, the state awarded the Chicago-based Ounce of Prevention Fund with a $5 million grant to provide statewide technical assistance and training to these programs over the course of five years.

“Thanks to these funds, hundreds of struggling families receive support services to help ensure their children get off to a good start in life,’’ said Illinois State Board of Education Chairman Gery J. Chico. “Providing families with early support and services can make a critical difference in a child’s ability to later learn and thrive in the classroom.”

The Prevention Initiative grants, established in 1988 under the Illinois School Code, provide voluntary coordinated services for at-risk infants and toddlers and their families. These grants are funded through the state’s Early Childhood Block grant that primarily funds preschool programs for children ages 3 to 5. Prevention Initiative programs offer continuous, intensive and research-based child development and family support services for expecting parents and families with children from birth to age 3 to help them build a strong foundation for learning.
During the past year, more than 29,000 children and their families received services through Prevention Initiative programs. This fiscal year, 173 suburban and downstate programs applied for grant funding and 158 were chosen after an application and review process that included internal ISBE and external early childhood experts.

Another approximately 125 programs will be funded through Chicago School District 299’s portion of Early Childhood Block grant funds. The Early Childhood Block Grant requires that at least 11 percent of the grant be used to fund programs for children from birth to age 3 years.  For Chicago, this is a minimum of $13.2 million dollars of their block grant funds. Prevention Initiative Programs across the state may have multiple sites.

The Ounce of Prevention Fund will implement a comprehensive training and technical assistance system for Prevention Initiative Birth to Three programs. The Ounce will assist all programs to fulfill the statutory mandate to implement research-based, comprehensive child development and family support services. The Ounce must meet annual benchmarks under terms of the five-year grant.

“This program will allow more families and children to embark on a firm path toward better education, health and other outcomes,” said Diana Mendley Rauner, president of The Ounce of Prevention Fund.  “We look forward to helping those in our field create the nurturing and stimulating environments that we need to engage parents and children, starting at the earliest ages, so that they can succeed in school and in life.”

The following programs will be funded with Prevention Initiative Grants in FY12:

Entity

Serving County

FY 12
Funding

TRANSITIONS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS Adams

$159,600

LIBERTY CUSD 2 Adams

$48,443

EGYPTIAN COMM UNIT SCH DIST 5 Alexander

$72,562

CAIRO USD 1 Alexander

$89,500

BOND COUNTY CUSD 2 Bond

$53,000

BROWN COUNTY CUSD 1 Brown

$75,647

PRINCETON ELEM SCHOOL DIST 115 Bureau

$104,459

CALHOUN CUSD 40 Calhoun

$102,807

WEST CARROLL CUSD 314 Carroll

$120,235

BEARDSTOWN C U SCH DIST 15 Cass

$149,039

DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES CENTER Champaign

$178,982

URBANA SD 116 Champaign

$261,000

MENTAL HEALTH CENTER CHAMPAIGN Champaign

$246,994

MORRISONVILLE CUSD 1 Christian

$29,340

CHRISTIAN/MONTGOMERY ROE Christian/Montgomery

$473,641

CLAY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT Clay

$160,000

FLORA CUSD 35 Clay

$85,000

WESCLIN CUSD 3 (Trenton) Clinton

$29,321

ST ROSE SCHOOL DISTRICT 14-15 Clinton

$16,067

COOK COUNTY SD 130 (Blue Island, Crestwood) Cook

$266,994

SCHAUMBURG CCSD 54 Cook

$140,000

THE CENTER:RESOURCES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING Cook

$222,905

EVANSTON CCSD 65 Cook

$500,000

CHINESE AMERICAN SERVICE LEAGUE Cook

$140,000

ESD 159 (Matteson) Cook

$74,085

HARVEY SD 152 Cook

$233,057

TINLEY PARK CCSD 146 Cook

$92,575

BELLWOOD SD 88 Cook

$85,000

INFANT WELFARE SOCIETY Cook

$101,652

ACTION FOR CHILDREN Cook

$236,000

CHILDSERV Cook

$501,573

SCHILLER PARK SD 81 Cook

$141,466

W HARVEY-DIXMOOR PSD 147 Cook

$206,419

EL VALOR CORPORATION Cook

$443,198

ASIAN HUMAN SERVICES INC Cook

$85,382

BERWYN SOUTH SD 100 Cook

$93,410

EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN HAVE OPPORTUNITIES Cook

$1,097,042

CCSD 168 Cook

$218,659

BETHEL NEW LIFE Cook

$296,430

FOREST RIDGE SD 142 Cook

$132,059

MIDLOTHIAN SCHOOL DIST 143 Cook

$62,375

HENRY BOOTH HOUSE Cook

$177,480

TOWNSHIP HSD 214 Cook

$74,922

CCSD 62 Cook

$70,000

LYONS SD 103 Cook

$58,000

SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY Cook

$106,366

OUNCE OF PREVENTION FUND Cook

$909,234

SPEED SPECIAL EDUCATION JOINT AGREEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #802 Cook

$113,000

POSEN-ROBBINS ESD 143-5 Cook

$76,800

J S MORTON HSD 201 Cook

$93,766

CHILDRENS CENTER OF CICERO-BERWYN Cook

$522,643

LEES INFANT & CHILD CARE CENTER Cook

$83,182

CHILDRENS HOME AND AID SOCIETY Cook/McLean/Madison

$404,191

HUTSONVILLE C U SCHOOL DIST 1 Crawford

$50,300

ROBINSON C U SCHOOL DIST 2 Crawford

$55,521

DE KALB ROE DeKalb

$160,413

DEKALB CUSD 428 DeKalb

$70,996

BLUE RIDGE CUSD 18 Dewitt

$52,625

KEENEYVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT 20 DuPage

$53,200

GLEN ELLYN SD 41 DuPage

$34,000

WEST CHICAGO ESD 33 DuPage

$617,492

BENSENVILLE SD 2 DuPage

$50,000

DU PAGE ROE DuPage

$123,000

WOODRIDGE SD 68 DuPage

$150,000

NAPERVILLE CUSD 203 DuPage

$130,000

WOOD DALE SD 7 DuPage

$48,069

SHILOH COMM UNIT SCH DIST 1 Edgar

$65,120

PARIS-UNION SCHOOL DIST 95 Edgar

$83,864

NORTH GREENE UNIT DIST 3 Greene

$90,442

HAMILTON CO CUSD 10 Hamilton

$71,142

BUREAU/HENRY/STARK ROE Henry

$140,032

ABILITIES PLUS INC Henry/Stark

$110,160

CARBONDALE ESD 95 Jackson

$75,356

MURPHYSBORO CUSD 186 Jackson

$803,307

UNITY POINT CCSD 140 Jackson

$102,000

CARBONDALE COMM H S DISTRICT 165 Jackson

$141,000

ARCHWAY INC Jackson/Perry

$77,450

ARC COMMUNITY SUPPORT SYSTEMS Jasper/Richland/Lawrence/
Crawford

$166,592

JERSEY CUSD 100 Jersey

$125,000

ELGIN SD U-46 Kane

$327,896

SMARTSTEPS Kane

$173,900

KANE COUNTY Kane

$290,389

AURORA WEST USD 129 Kane

$88,000

AURORA EAST USD 131 Kane

$173,000

CUSD 300 Kane

$85,886

FAMILY FOCUS Kane/Cook/Lake

$1,371,149

PEMBROKE CCSD 259 Kankakee

$177,000

BRADLEY SD 61 Kankakee

$88,172

BOURBONNAIS SD 53 Kankakee

$47,812

KANKAKEE SD 111 Kankakee

$200,000

HERSCHER CUSD 2 Kankakee

$63,800

GALESBURG CUSD 205 Knox

$74,081

YWCA OF LAKE COUNTY Lake

$341,674

WAUKEGAN CUSD 60 Lake

$160,000

ANTIOCH CCSD 34 Lake

$57,650

OGLESBY ELEM SCH DIST 125 LaSalle

$43,962

MENDOTA CCSD 289 LaSalle

$62,025

SINNISSIPPI CTRS INC Lee

$230,000

LEE/OGLE ROE Lee/Ogle

$32,257

ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE Logan

$151,912

MACON RESOURCES INC Macon

$242,282

MACON/PIATT ROE Macon

$771,791

DECATUR SD 61 Macon

$281,648

ARGENTA-OREANA CUSD 1 Macon

$22,610

NORTHWESTERN CUSD 2 Macoupin

$40,200

CARE-O-SEL DAY CARE INC Macoupin

$122,019

ROXANA CUSD 1 Madison

$45,204

EAST ALTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 13 Madison

$171,321

ALTON CUSD 11 Madison

$192,084

TRIAD CUSD 2 Madison

$35,000

COLLINSVILLE C U SCH DIST 10 Madison

$142,538

EARLY EXPLORATIONS INC Madison

$134,519

WOOD RIVER-HARTFORD ESD 15 Madison

$45,000

GRANITE CITY CUSD 9 Madison

$95,676

MADISON CUSD 12 Madison

$127,300

HAVANA CUSD 126 Mason

$95,000

HANCOCK/MC DONOUGH ROE McDonough/Hancock/Fulton/
Schuyler

$271,468

HARVARD CUSD 50 McHenry

$40,271

WOODSTOCK CUSD 200 McHenry

$72,000

LEROY COMMUNITY UNIT SCH DIST 2 McLean

$34,298

DE WITT/LIVINGSTON/MCLEAN ROE McLean

$150,000

HILLSBORO CUSD 3 Montgomery

$51,216

NOKOMIS CUSD 22 Montgomery

$34,734

JACKSONVILLE SD 117 Morgan

$246,157

COMMUNITY CHLDCR & SVC CTR INC Morgan

$185,512

MOULTRIE COUNTY BEACON  INC Moultrie

$50,000

CRITTENTON CENTERS Peoria

$116,008

PEORIA HGHTS C U SCH DIST 325 Peoria

$140,000

Peoria Citizens Committee For Economic Opportunity, Inc Peoria

$166,188

CHILDRENS HOME ASSOC OF ILLINOIS Peoria

$305,182

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GTR PEORIA Peoria

$294,941

WESTERN CUSD 12 Pike

$51,237

CHESTER COMM UNIT SCH DIST 139 Randolph

$58,352

EAST RICHLAND CUSD 1 Richland

$120,747

ROCK ISLAND ROE Rock Island

$248,963

SPRINGFIELD SD 186 Sangamon

$335,848

NEW BERLIN CUSD 16 Sangamon

$54,998

HARMONY EMGE SD 175 St. Clair

$55,985

LESSIE BATES DAVIS NEIGHBORHOOD St. Clair

$437,000

BELLEVILLE SD 118 St. Clair

$81,595

MASCOUTAH CUD 19 St. Clair

$20,080

CARROLL/JO DAVIESS/STEPHENSON ROE Stephenson/Jo Daviess/ Carroll

$492,107

PEKIN PSD 108 Tazewell

$44,203

DEER CREEK-MACKINAW CUSD 701 Tazewell

$30,000

CENTER FOR CHILDRENS SER Vermillion

$167,200

DANVILLE CCSD 118 Vermillion

$83,390

WABASH C U SCH DIST 348 Wabash

$84,502

REGIONALOFFICE OF EDUCATION 27 Warren

$87,600

KIDDIE KOLLEGE OF FAIRFIELD Wayne

$156,013

WHITESIDE ROE Whiteside

$190,000

JOLIET TWP HS DIST 204 Will

$61,459

WILL COUNTY Will

$104,595

EASTER SEALS JOLIET REGION INC Will/Grundy/Kendall

$460,000

CARTERVILLE CUSD 5 Williamson

$160,632

HARLEM UD 122 Winnebago

$117,317

ROCKFORD SCHOOL DIST 205 Winnebago

$694,120

EL PASO-GRIDLEY CUSD 11 Woodford

$30,000

GERMANTOWN HILLS SCHOOL DIST 69 Woodford

$89,361

TOTAL – Outside City of Chicago

 

$27,483,019

Chicago Public Schools Early Childhood Block Grant – 125 Schools/Agency Centers Chicago/Cook

13,200,000

GRAND TOTAL

 

$40,683,019

 

 

 

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