Resources to Support Providers During the Pandemic

Share Your Story Initiative—Home Visiting Inspiration in Illinois During COVID-19

Through its "Share Your Story" initiative, the Illinois Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program in the Governor's Office of Early Childhood Development has provided an opportunity for home visitors to share on-the-ground stories of their experiences, including the bright spots as well as challenges. The focus of these stories is to bring attention to the amazing work they do, to share what has been working in serving families, and to illustrate how home visitors can be supported to continue carrying out their work.

• Rockford Public Schools 205 (5/26/2020)
• Children’s Center of Cicero Berwyn (5/21/2020)

• Head Start/ECLKC - COVID-19 & the Head Start Community (updated regularly, revisit often)
  
• Head Start/ECLKC - Disaster Recovery Funding for 2018 and 2019 Disasters ACF-PI-HS-19-01
  
• Head Start/ECLKC - General Disaster Recovery Flexibilities ACF-IM-HS-19-01
  
• Head Start/ECLKC - Video: Managing Infectious Disease
  
• Illinois Head Start Association (IHSA) - COVID-19 Resources for Head Start (updated regularly, revisit often)
• National Head Start Association (NHSA) - Responding to COVID-19 
  
• Head Start program staff can search for COVID-19 to find resources, questions, and connect with other Head Start programs on MyPeers
• Early learning partners in Illinois can use #EarlyLearningAllinIllinois to share stories of their great work
  
• IHSAspires COVID-19 Creative Corner (5/22/2020)
  
• IHSAspires COVID-19 Creative Corner (5/15/2020)
  
• IHSAspires COVID-19 Creative Corner (5/8/2020)
  
• IHSAspires COVID-19 Creative Corner (5/1/2020)
• IHSAspires COVID-19 Creative Corner (4/24/2020)
• IHSAspires COVID-19 Creative Corner (4/17/2020)
• IHSAspires COVID-19 Creative Corner (4/10/2020)
• IHSAspires COVID-19 Creative Corner (4/3/2020) 
  
• IHSAspires COVID-19 Creative Corner (3/27/2020)
  
• IHSAspires COVID-19 Creative Corner (3/20/2020)

• A Notice from the Administration of Children and Families
  
• Office of Head Start - Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Flexibilities 
  
• Office of Head Start - COVID-19 Wages and Benefits
• Office of Head Start - Temporarily Repurposing Head Start and Early Head Start Centers: Partnering to Support Emergency Child Care During the COVID-19 Crisis