Equity from the Start: Reimagining the Early Childhood System

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Equity from the Start: Reimagining the Early Childhood System
June 8th - 10th, 2021

This year, Illinois Action for Children's Partner Plan Act conference theme is Equity from the Start: Reimagining the Early Childhood System. We are honored to have this opportunity to present Vu Le as the opening keynote speaker! Vu Le is the founder of Nonprofit AF, where he humorously tackles topics like funding, community engagement, and culture through weekly blog posts.

Professor john a. powell will deliver the closing keynote address that will inspire all of us to dream big as we reimagine early childhood.

In addition, this year our breakout sessions will feature communities from all across Illinois and daily mini storytelling workshops provided by Chicago’s own Moth StorySLAM champion, Lily Be, to help spark creativity.

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Plan Together

Using Data: Tools and Resources for Collaborations

On August 29, 2017, Partner Plan Act hosted a webinar called Data-Driven Community Planning to share information and tools for collaborations to use data in their community planning.

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Work Together

How Can We Get More Men Involved in Our Programs?

You often hear school staff wondering out loud about how to get more men engaged in the planned activities for families.

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Partner Together

Communities can have a greater impact by working together and incorporating diverse perspectives to create thriving partnerships.

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Plan Together

When communities plan together, they are better able to address complex community problems through systems-level change.

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Act Together

Communities engage in a continuous learning process to improve outcomes for children and families while advocating for state-wide systems change.

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Learn Together

Build the capacity of your local early childhood collaboration to strengthen community systems.

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Join the community

Community sign up form

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Upcoming Training

2021 Virtual Partner Plan Act Conference

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Webinar

KIDS Data: A Guide for Early Childhood Collaborations

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Toolkit

Engaging School District Toolkit

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Resource

ABLe Change Framework

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Request Consultation

On-Demand Consultation.

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WeConnect Online Community Sign Up

Illinois Action for Children is thrilled to announce our new online collaboration platform, WeConnect! Get ready to take your community systems development work to a whole new level. It’s free to join and once you are approved and set up, you’ll have 24/7 access to:

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Collaboration Institute

On-Demand Learning

On-Demand Learning offers the opportunity for collaboration leaders, early childhood advocates, and community members to take learning into their own hands. Thanks to generous funding from Illinois State Board of Education, and in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Early Childhood.

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About Partner Plan Act

Part of Illinois Action for Children

Since our founding in 1969, Illinois Action for Children has worked to create systems of early care and education that help strengthen families and communities.

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Equity from the Start: Reimagining the Early Childhood System