Events & Resources

"When a Flower doesn't bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower." — Alexander Den Heijer Community Systems Statewide Supports (CS3) The CS3 team has two exciting opportunities for collaborations with upcoming deadlines: 2020 Partner Plan Act Conference Request for Proposals : Our 2020 conference planning is underway and we have a fantastic keynote speaker set to continue the racial equity conversation: Ijeoma read more

"We need to stop treating racial equity trainings like 8 hour degree courses, and start viewing them as continuing education opportunities." — FAKEQUITY Community Systems Statewide Supports (CS3) The CS3 Team is thrilled to announce the launch of another new foundational support available to anyone interested in community systems: On-Demand Learning. CS3 On-Demand Learning provides free courses to help early childhood community read more

“Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge: the serenity to accept the things we cannot predict, the courage to predict the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” —Nate Silver Community Systems Statewide Supports (CS3) The CS3 Team is happy to announce another new foundational support available to community collaborations— the Community-to-Community (C2C) Mentorship Program read more

"There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard." - Arundhati Roy Community Systems Statewide Supports (CS3) The CS3 Team is thrilled to announce the launch of a new foundational support, On-Demand Consultation . On-Demand Consultation is free and available to all Illinois communities that have a specific, short-term, technical assistance need. If you are interested read more

"Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result. It's vulnerability that breeds with self-doubt then is escalated, often deliberately, by fear." - Michelle Obama Community Systems Statewide Supports (CS3) On July 17, 2019, CS3 hosted orientation for the Partner Plan Act Collaboration Institute’s second cohort of communities. The event marked the start of a year-long commitment to working with six collaborations on improving read more