Investing in Our Future: The Case for Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood Education Proponents Will Discuss the Merits

of the Programs and How They are a Significant Investment in the State’s Future

FOR INFORMATION

Nancy Stevenson

773- 281-0378

Stevensonnancy04@gmail.com

October 30, 2015 - The case for Early Childhood Education programs will be the focus of a panel discussion sponsored by the Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy. Nancy Ronquillo, President and CEO of Children’s Home and Aid Society, David Lloyd, Director of Fiscal Policy, at Voices for Illinois Children, and a parent of a child receiving services at the Jerri Hoffman Child and Family Center in Carpentersville, Illinois will lead the discussion. The panel will be introduced by former State Representative Kathleen Ryg.

The event will be held:

Sunday, November 8, 2015

2:00 pm

Stevenson Center on Democracy

25200 N. St. Mary’s Rd.

Mettawa (Libertyville), IL

Admission - $15

No Charge for Students

Experts have found that children are born with the same potential to become successful learners. Beginning at one year of age, however, significant deficits begin to show in children from high-risk environments. Research shows that there is no single investment that can break the cycle of poverty more effectively than a high-quality, early childhood education. Children who have access to high-quality early childhood education are academically and socially more successful in school. The Illinois Department of Human Services Child Care Assistance Program is a cornerstone of the state’s early childhood system, providing low income parents with access to affordable child care while they work or go to school.

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