about us: our history
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2008: First Convening
2010: Temporarily Disbanded due to state budget crisis 2013-2014: Facilitated Children's Health Conference, Began recovening as a collaborative cross-sector group 2015: Chosen to be one of the state's ECE Innovation Zones for the state's Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Fund focusing on Williamson County -Launched SIFamilies.org family resource website -Facilitated Teacher Think Tank -Teacher to Teacher Event- JALC -Launched Screening Collaborative 2016: Incorporated as Not for Profit in Illinois - CoSponsored county wide Teacher Institutes - Administered Teacher Credential Initiative- provided stipends and recognition canvases -Implemented Ready Freddy Initiative- Herrin School District -Implemented CCAP Enrollment Policy Pilot 2017: Received grant from Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation for Developmental Screening Project focusing on building partnership with medical community -Ready Freddy Initiative- Herrin, Unity Point and Carbondale school districts -CCAP Enrollment Policy Pilot -Launched SI Teacher Connect Social media page 2018: Community Meeting and Needs Assessment Mtg at John A Logan, Strategic Planning -Chosen to participate in Early Learning Leadership Circle 2019 SIFamilies Advisory Committee launched -Participated in Community Systems Collaboration Institute and Coaching project. 2020: Partnership with SIUC School of Medicine for Screening Data |
2020-2021
Strategic Planning/ Coaching With Tamarack Institute March-August: Tamarack Institute provides Collective Impact Training to Governance Council October- December- Stakeholder Survey executed January 2021-Survey Results tabulated and reviewed, presented to Governance Council members February 2021- March 2021- Stakeholder Thought Partner Sessions. April 2021-May 2021- Small Working Group Synthesizes Data, Creates Recommendations for Strategic Priorities June September 2021 -Culmination of Strategic Planning Convening Event-"Building Resiliency in So. Illinois Why Now? -Screening Collaborative relaunches its Community of Practice / Action Team -November 2021 - Launched 2 New Action Teams, Creating Workplans for 2022-2025, Workforce, Strong Families 2022: January 2022-Covene stakeholders around School Readiness January 2022- June 2022 - Act as Impact Acclerator for Birth to Five Illinois, state's new infrastructure June 2022- Partner with CCR&R to submit and receive 3 Enrollment Outreach grants September 2022- Received Birth to Five Implementation Grant expanding capacity to conduct screening and execute a workforce enrollment campaign April 2022- Annual Meeting, Election of Officers September 2022- Hired Part Time Coordinator October 2022- Launch New Connect 3 Success Family Resource Network |