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It’s an alliance of people coming together from different sectors to provide accessible, high-quality services for children and their families during the most impactful, most formative time of their young lives - from birth to age five. Because strong foundations lead to bright futures.
Contact those listed below for more information about Early Childhood Collaborations in your community:
Addison Partners for Play, Learning, & Education (APPLE), Addison School District 4
Maureen Reedy: reedym@metrofamily.org
Bensenville | Elmhurst Early Learning Supporters (BELS), Bensenville District 2 & Elmhurst District 205
Christy Poli: cpoli@bsd2.org
Michelle Marvucic: mmarvucic@elmhurst205.org
Birth to 5 Community Coalition, Community Consolidated School District 93 - Carol Stream, Bloomingdale & Hanover Park
Michelle Scharinger: scharim@ccsd93.org
Glenbard Early Childhood Collaborative, Glen Ellyn School Districts 41 & 89, Glendale Heights Districts 15 & 16, Lombard District 44
Jeanine Woltman: jwoltman@casedupage.com
Supporting Early Education in DuPage South (SEEDS)
Iqra Merchant: imerchant@ymcachicago.org
Villa Park Area Early Childhood Collaborative, Tri-Town YMCA - Villa Park School District 45, Oakbrook Terrace, & Lombard
Sarah O'Donnell: sodonnell@tritownymca.org
WeGo Together for Kids, West Chicago
Molly Beck Dean: beckdeanm@metrofamily.org
Wheaton | Warrenville Early Childhood Collaborative, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200
Annie Behrns: behrnsa@metrofamily.org
Willowbrook Corner Coalition, Community Consolidated School District 180
LaMonica Campbell-Oke: lamonica.campbell-oke@ywcachicago.org