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Birth to 5 Illinois outlines Region 17 needs assessment, families' priorities for early childhood
Summary
Birth to 5 Illinois told the committee that families and local councils identified workforce training, Medicaid participation incentives for child-care providers, more play-based therapies and universal postpartum screening as priorities when addressing child-care access and early childhood mental health.
Melissa Bridal, region council manager for Birth to 5 Illinois, and Becky Thacker, family and community engagement specialist, presented the Region 17 regional needs assessment and described the work of family and action councils that center lived experience in planning.
Birth to 5 Illinois is funded by the Illinois State Board of Education and serves McLean, Livingston, Logan and DeWitt counties as a bridge between families,…
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