IECAM - Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map

08/31/2026

Want to know more about the overall number of early childhood program slots available for young children across Illinois or in your county?

Check out our latest blog post to learn about early childhood program capacity and how to use the Data Hub to find information for your community.

Explore the data and learn more!

In our first blog post, we explored the overall number of early childhood program slots available for young children across Illinois. In this post, we look at how slots are distributed across different geographies throughout Illinois. Understanding where early childhood services are located is just....

08/20/2026

Curious about what’s happening in early childhood across Illinois?

Take a quick look at the Illinois Early Childhood Dashboard!

Explore the data behind key topics like Access, Workforce, Economic Security, and Kindergarten Readiness—and see what’s happening across Illinois.

Want to learn more? Explore the dashboard and see what you discover! https://iecam.illinois.edu/browse/illinois-early-childhood-dashboard

07/30/2026

What does early childhood look like across Illinois?

Find out in our new Illinois Early Childhood By the Numbers series from IECAM.

The series kicks off with A First Look at Early Childhood Program Capacity, offering a snapshot of early childhood program capacity across the state.

Learn more:

Series introduction: https://iecam.illinois.edu/blog/introducing-illinois-early-childhood-by-the-numbers-series

First blog post: https://iecam.illinois.edu/blog/a-first-look-at-early-childhood-program-capacity

07/01/2026

06/12/2026

Happy one-year anniversary to the Illinois Early Childhood Data Hub! Over the past year, the Data Hub has helped stakeholders across Illinois access and use early childhood data to support their work and communities. If you are new to the Data Hub, check out our latest blog post where we share a few examples of how the Data Hub can support your early childhood work and our plans to provide even more resources and updates.
Read here: https://iecam.illinois.edu/blog/celebrating-one-year-anniversary-of-iecam-data-hub
If you already use the Data Hub, we would love to hear how it has supported your work.

05/29/2026

The IECAM Winter/Spring 2026 newsletter is out. Learn about new service and demographic data that’s available on the Data Hub as well as the retirement of our legacy database and Regional Reports. https://bit.ly/4d8RARz

Subscribe to get future updates about data releases and early childhood insights delivered directly to your inbox. https://groups.webservices.illinois.edu/subscribe/172449

05/08/2026

IECAM will be presenting at the upcoming Learning Technologies Showcase, hosted by the Center for Research and Innovation in Technology-Enhanced Learning (ITEL) Education at Illinois. The presentation will explore how large-scale data and emerging technologies can enhance early childhood research, practice, and policy.

Join us on May 11 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 22 of the Education Building.

We look forward to connecting with colleagues and sharing innovative approaches to advancing the field of early childhood education.

Full agenda can be found here: https://itel.education.illinois.edu/home/future-learning-technologies-showcase

04/15/2026

The IECAM team is at the Start Early 2026 Illinois State Board of Education Prevention Initiative Forum.

We are excited to connect, share what we do, and talk about how early childhood data can support your work.

Stop by, say hello, and bring your questions, we’d love to chat!

04/14/2026

We enjoyed connecting with people at the Preschool for All and Preschool for All Expansion Administrators Conference and sharing IECAM’s resources and interactive data displays.

We’ll be at the Prevention Initiative Forum tomorrow. Stop by, grab a chocolate, and let’s talk about using data to support your work.