State Board awards nearly $46 million toward child development and support services for at-risk families with infants and toddlers
“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.â€
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.â€
The following programs will be funded with Prevention Initiative Grants in FY12:
|
Entity |
Serving County |
FY 12 |
| 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 BEACONÂ 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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