Available Data

The Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (INCCRRA) website hosts a collection of reports and publications produced by INCCRRA or that have been significantly impacted by data and/or analysis conducted by INCCRRA, as well as a data request form. INCCRRA data inlcude a variety topics related to child care in Illinois.

The United States Census website is a powerful tool that allows users to access, filter, and download thousands of data tables; maps; city, county, and state profiles; and reports. These resources include a variety of data that come from the decennial census as well as the annual American Community Survey. By manipulating the filters applied to various data tables, you can access detailed information about the population of very young children in Chicago.

Current geographic boundaries can be viewed on the Chicago Data Portal and exported.

The National Database of Childcare Prices provides childcare prices at the county level and includes price data by provider type, age of children, and county characteristics. You can download maps or Excel files containing the price data.

The Head Start Enterprise System (HSES) provides data on Office of Head Start (OHS) grantees. It includes information gathered as part of the annual Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) on the services, staff, children, and families served by Head Start and Early Head Start programs across the U.S. To access Chicago Head Start data, create an account by emailing help@hsesinfo.org. You can then click on All Users: PIR Reports. You should click the Downloads option next to the Reports and Feedback options on the navigation bar to access the data, not the reports. Once in the downloads section, you can download historical and current data as Excel files. Once inside the Excel files, you can filter by city and select Chicago.

Illinois Action for Children's Data and Research collection includes datasets about the number and capacity of childcare programs as well as demographic and eligibility information about the Cook County's child population sourced from the census. Datasets are available by zip code, municipality, and Chicago Community Area and community level data profiles are available for Chicago Community Areas and Legislative Districts.

The Illinois State Board of Education unfilled positions datasets and dashboard contain information about unfilled instructional, administrative, and support positions in schools. This data is collected through an annual survey and is available at the county, district, and school level along with details about the specific positions and roles that are unfilled as of October 1st of the reporting year.

The Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map provides data on Early Childhood Service Types, Head Start Programs, Licensed and Licensed Exempt Child Care centers with ExceleRate ratings for Licensed Centers, Family Child Care Homes, IDHS Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), Child Care Program Accreditation, Child Care Centers and Homes Providing School Age Care, IDHS Child and Adolescent Health, IDHS Bureau of Childhood Development Home Visiting Programs, Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV), IDHS Early Intervention, and State Population demographics.

The Child Welfare Information Gateway is a service of the Children’s Bureau within the Administration for the Children and Families of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It provides information for child welfare professionals, service providers, and families to support positive outcomes for all. This information includes publications, research, laws and policies, prevention, child abuse and neglect, adoption, search and reunion, and equity.