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Timetable

2010
First Convening
2010
Temporarily Disbanded

 Due to state budget crisis

2013-2014
Facilitated

Facilitated Children's Health Conference, Began recovening as a collaborative cross-sector group

2015
Chosen to be

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 a 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
Our recent activities

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

Meet Our Partners

Birth to 5 Illinois
HSIDN
Resilent SI Partnership
Community Children's Cabinet