Early Childhood Education
Even Start Family Literacy Program
The purpose of Even Start Family Literacy is to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by improving the educational opportunities of low-income families through the integration of the following four components into a unified family literacy program for parents and children, primarily from birth through age 7.
- Childhood Education (age-appropriate education to prepare children for success in school and life experiences),
- Adult Literacy (parent literacy training that leads to economic self-sufficiency),
- Parenting Education (training for parents regarding how to be the primary teacher for their children and full partners in the education of their children), and
- Interactive literacy activities between parents and their children.
All four of these components must be present in each Even Start program in order to meet the goals of the program, which are to:
- help parents improve their literacy or basic educational skills,
- help parents become full partners in educating their children, and
- assist children in reaching their full potential as learners.
Request for Proposals (RFP)
- FY 10 Even Start RFP
(Posted 1/30/09)
- FY 10 Even Start RFP Attachments (Updated 3/10/09)
- FY 10 Even Start RFP Review Rubric
- FY 10 Even Start Intent to Submit Proposal
- FY 10 Even Start Call for Reviewers
Continuation Applications and Attachments
- FY 10 Continuation
Application (Posted January 23, 2009)
- FY
10 Attachments
- FY 10 Continuation
Grant Agreement
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Performance Indicators
Budget
Evaluation
Self Review/Monitoring
Projects
- FY 09 Projects (updated 9/08)
Even Start Facts
- FY 08 Illinois Even Start
- FY 08 Illinois Even Start Description
- FY 07 Illinois Even Start
- FY 07 Illinois Even Start Description
Resources
- Partnership for Reading - Early Childhood Resources
- Even Start
Guide to Quality
- Even Start Program Self-Assessment
- Federal
Definition of Family Literacy
- Definition of Illinois Family Literacy Programming
- Family Literacy Assessment for Illinois Results (FLAIR)
- U.S. Department of Education - Even Start
- National Center for Family Literacy
- National Even Start Association
- ICCB Adult Education & Family Literacy
- Illinois Migrant Education Even Start
- Illinois State Library - Literacy Office
