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Jun 23 2025
Last Week's Scoop: 6/18
Riverbend HS Celebrates Staff & Head Start's Birthday; HHS Releases ACF CJ; the Academy of Global Citizenship HS sends postcards to their Congressperson Chuy Garcia; Join Project (Stand for) Head Start... Read more
Jun 11 2025
The latest Scoop: 6/11
Recap of IHSA's 2025 Leadership Gatherings; ACLU/Head Start Lawsuit Update; Children from CRCL shows Head Start support; Free HS Advocacy Webinar; OHS hosts webinar on Building Bridges Between Fathers,... Read more
Jun 7 2025
The latest Scoop: 6/4
SIU-E celebrates Moving Up Day; Budget FY26 proposes Level Funding for Head Start; Children's Postcard Project from TCOC; PD webinar about busy preschool boys; EI Vision/Hearing conference; Mental Health... Read more

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Did you know that IHSA has a simple yet powerful tool to understand and support Head Start programs across Illinois? The Illinois Head Start Data Dashboard is a user-friendly tool designed to share key information about Head Start and Early Head Start programs across the state. Its main goal is to make data understandable and accessible to everyone who needs it.  The data on the dashboard updates quarterly. You can learn more by going to the DATA DASHBOARD PAGE.



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