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Illinois Head Start Association - Links & Resources

NAMEGEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONWEBSITE ADDRESS
Illinois Early Childhood CollaborationIllinoiswww.ilearlychildhoodcollab.org
Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (INCCRRA) Illinoiswww.ilchildcare.org
Gateways to OpportunityIllinoiswww.ilgateways.com
Illinois Early Learning CouncilIllinoiswww.illinois.gov/gov/elc
Illinois Early Learning ProjectIllinoiswww.illinoisearlylearning.org
Action for ChildrenIllinoiswww.actforchildren.org
Voices for Illinois ChildrenIllinoiswww.voices4kids.org
Kids PEPPIllinoiswww.ounceofprevention.org (go to Policy & Advocacy)
Chicago Children & Youth ServicesIllinoishttp://egov.cityofchicago.org/cys
STATE AGENCIES
Illinois Department of Human ServicesIllinoiswww.dhs.state.il.us
Illinois Department of Children & Family ServicesIllinoiswww.state.il.us/dcfs
Illinois State Board of Education Early ChildhoodIllinoiswww.isbe.net/earlychi
Illinois Department of Public HealthIllinoiswww.idph.state.il.us
Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family ServicesIllinoiswww.hfs.illinois.gov
Illinois Department on AgingIllinoiswww.state.il.us/aging (Grandparents programs)
NATIONAL LINKS
National Head Start AssociationNationalwww.nhsa.org
National Child Care Information CenterNationalwww.nccic.org
National Association for the Education of Young ChildrenNationalwww.naeyc.org
National Black Child Development InstituteNationalwww.nbcdi.org
Children’s Defense FundNationalwww.childrensdefense.org
National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral AgenciesNationalwww.naccrra.org
National Child Care AssociationNationalwww.nccanet.org
National Association for Family Child Care Nationalwww.nafcc.org
US Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Head StartNationalwww.acf.hhs.gov