Community Equity & Access Committee

The Access Committee seeks to increase access to high-quality early learning programs for children, families, and communities with the greatest need and to support early learning programs that are serving the highest need families and children.

• Priority Populations (updated 2021)
• All Families Served Subcommittee: Addition of Children who are Impacted by Parental Involvement in the Criminal Justice System to the Illinois Priority Populations List - February 1, 2021 (Full Recommendation Memo)
• Early Childhood Construction Grant (ECCG) Program Ad Hoc: Recommendations to Strengthen the ECCG Program – Approved August 5, 2019
• All Families Served Subcommittee: Recommendation on Priority Populations - Approved February 4, 2019
• Family Engagement Implementation Subcommittee: Proposal for Family Advisory Committee (FAC) & FAC Proposal Executive Summary - Approved February 4, 2019
• All Families Served Subcommittee and Inclusion Subcommittee (under the Integration and Alignment Committee): Early Learning Council Recommended Strategies for Addressing Inclusion in Child Care in CCDF Plans, Policies, and Procedures – November 15, 2017

For the most recent work of the Access Committee and its Subcommittees, see the 2020 Early Learning Council Annual Report.

• Community Engagement Guidance
• Family Engagement Recommendations​
• Early Childhood Provider Guidance to Support Immigrant, Refugee, Undocumented, and Mixed-Status Families​​​

Previous Meeting Documents

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