Researchers:
Make real-world impact and access key resources

Meet and collaborate with fellow researchers across sectors, organizations, and institutions.
Partner with city and community leaders, families, and providers to conduct meaningful and useful research.
Identify and utilize existing early childhood data
Learn about questions that matter to the Chicago early childhood community.
Get support to start or expand a Chicago-focused early childhood research project.

[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

Being in a room with colleagues who grasp the specifics of early childhood research in Chicago is invaluable. It’s unique to have a space where we can collaborate across various organizations and disciplines. EC*REACH fosters meaningful exchange, igniting greater collective impact.

Alison Baulos

Executive Director of the Center for the Economics of Human Development, The University 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