Early Childhood Programs include:

• Pre kindergarten Program for Children at Risk of Academic Failure.
• Model Early Childhood Parental Training (birth to three years)
• Model Early Childhood Parental Training (three to five), and
• Prevention Initiative for Programs Offering Coordinated Services to At Risk Children and Their Families (birth to three).
• Early Childhood Special Education Programs
  While the Illinois Department of Human Services is the lead agency for special education services for children ages birth to three, ISBE Early Childhood staff act as liaisons to that program.
• The Even Start Family Literacy Program breaks the cycle of illiteracy by improving educational opportunities for low income families. Early childhood, adult literacy, parent education and interactive literacy activities between parents and children are required components of this grant.

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