High-Quality Early Development & Learning
Revamp & strengthen programs to support the needs of infants and toddlers and the professionals who work with them.
Despite research that consistently demonstrates the effectiveness of early learning and development interventions, the United States invests relatively little in its youngest learners. In Illinois, the impacts of this reality are critical.
Early Care & Learning
Provide a continuum of affordable, inclusive, and high-quality early childhood programs that meet the needs of every family with an infant or toddler.
Early Intervention
Deliver timely and high-quality Early Intervention services to all eligible infants, toddlers, and their families.

News & Resources
Sharing Our Refreshed Prenatal-to-3 Policy Agenda
Raising Illinois director Simone Santiago reflects on the coalition’s refreshed Policy Agenda
Our FY2025 Progress Report & FY2026 Priorities
Raising Illinois shares our FY2025 progress report and priorities for FY2026
Spring 2025 Legislative Wrap-Up
August 22, 2025 Spring 2025 Legislative Wrap-Up Despite an uncertain federal landscape, expecting families, infants and toddlers in our state have much to celebrate after the most recent session of the Illinois General Assembly In the…