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Baby TALK welcomes new executive director

Baby TALK has hired a new executive director, Tamara Doyle, who will officially take over her new role on July 1, with the retirement of outgoing executive director Cindy Bardeleben

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Watch now: New Decatur sculpture honoring Martin Luther King Jr. unveiled

Baby TALK and Empowerment Opportunity Center unveiled a new sculpture of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Baby TALK and Empowerment Opportunity Center Announce Sculpture Unveiling

Baby TALK and Empowerment Opportunity Center are pleased to invite the community to view a new sculpture of Ma...

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Watch now: Decatur educators react to Biden proposal

With schools closed, many traditionally female-filled jobs like restaurants cut back or eliminated due to shutdowns, and kids learning from home, women have taken a hit as far as employment goes.
President Joe Biden, in his address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, proposed a $200 billion plan for universal preschool, a $109 billion investment over 10 years to provide two years of free community college to young adults and an $85 billion boost to Pell Grants, which would help low- and moderate-income students pay for tuition, fees, books and other college-related expenses.
Those plans could help people get back to work or train for a more lucrative position.

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Early childhood bachelor's programs to community colleges

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Capitol News Illinois
SPRINGFIELD – A bill that would allow community colleges to grant bachelor’s degrees for early childhood education is awaiting consideration before the Senate Higher Education Committee.
Senate Bill 1832, sponsored by Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas, D-Chicago, would give Illinois community colleges the option to apply for accreditation to offer a baccalaureate-level early education program.
Illinois Action for Children held a news conference Wednesday with other advocates to discuss the bill. SB 1832 also addresses an issue of equity, Pacione-Zayas said, considering a majority of child care workers are women, women of color and immigrant refugees.
“They have very little pay, anywhere between $10 to $13 an hour, with very little benefits,” Pacione-Zayas said at the news conference. “So much so that 46 percent of them are eligible for public assistance.”

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Lawmaker Seeks to Bring Early Childhood Bachelor's Programs to Community Colleges

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A bill that would allow community colleges to grant bachelor’s degrees for early childhood education is awaiting consideration before the Senate Higher Education Committee.
Senate Bill 1832, sponsored by Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas, D-Chicago, would give Illinois community colleges the option to apply for accreditation to offer a baccalaureate-level early education program.
Illinois Action for Children held a news conference Wednesday with other advocates to discuss the bill. SB 1832 also addresses an issue of equity, Pacione-Zayas said, considering a majority of child care workers are women, women of color and immigrant refugees.
“They have very little pay, anywhere between $10 to $13 an hour, with very little benefits,” Pacione-Zayas said at the news conference. “So much so that 46 percent of them are eligible for public assistance.”

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Lawmaker Wants To Bring Early Childhood Bachelor's Programs To Community Colleges

Capitol News Illinois photo from Blueroomstream.com.
A bill that would allow community colleges to grant bachelor’s degrees for early childhood education is awaiting consideration before the Senate Higher Education Committee.
Senate Bill 1832, sponsored by Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas, D-Chicago, would give Illinois community colleges the option to apply for accreditation to offer a baccalaureate-level early education program.
Illinois Action for Children held a news conference Wednesday with other advocates to discuss the bill. SB 1832 also addresses an issue of equity, Pacione-Zayas said, considering a majority of child care workers are women, women of color and immigrant refugees.
“They have very little pay, anywhere between $10 to $13 an hour, with very little benefits,” Pacione-Zayas said at the news conference. “So much so that 46 percent of them are eligible for public assistance.”

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Baby TALK opens new consolidated center in Decatur

The new location is part of the Crossing Healthcare campus and was built with funds from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation.

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Baby TALK Opens Child Education Center on Community Care Campus

Baby TALK Opens Child Education Center on Community Care Campus
Baby TALK welcomed a limited number of families into their new facility on the Community Care Campus recently. Baby TALK local programs, which were previously scattered in 4 separate facilities throughout Decatur, recently joined under one roof and will expand its early education capacity to serve 128 children in birth to three-year old classrooms. Two of the sixteen classrooms in the child education center were opened to enrolled families as Baby TALK gradually begins to open programming to in-person engagement. The remaining families enrolled to receive center-based services receive a book, child development information, food boxes and formula/baby food, as appropriate each week until more children can safely return to the facility.

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