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- Find information to answer your questions.
- Identify who else is asking similar questions, and learn what others have found.
- Connect and partner with researchers, city and community leaders, and other providers and families to spark new ideas.
- Apply new ideas to create better experiences for children and families.
EC*REACH Publications
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Research Library
Browse our curated library of articles, reports, fact sheets, policy briefs, and other publications to find the Chicago-based early childhood research evidence you need.
Chicago Early Childhood Data
Explore our curated library of publicly available data resources—such as datasets, dashboards, maps, and reports—that include information related to Chicago’s early childhood ecosystem and the population of young children and families in our city.
[EC*REACH will] propel new research as well as deepen and extend the partnerships between researchers and community. It creates the table to ask the questions and ask if we are asking the right questions.
Cristina Pacione-Zayas
Chief of Staff, City of Chicago
The innovative work of EC*REACH – bringing great minds together to advance research, practice, and policy in early childhood – promises impact in Chicago and beyond.
Bela Moté
President and Chief Executive Officer, Carole Robertson Center for Learning
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