The Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity publishes annual reports to highlight and preserve the work that has been accomplished through this initiative. Data is collected and compiled from a variety of sources, including each Consortium member institution. Legislative reporting requirements as outlined in Section 30 of IL Public Act 102-0174 require the ECACE to “report to the General Assembly, the Senate and House Committees with oversight over higher education, the Governor, and the Advisory Committee on the progress made by the Consortium.”
Read reports by the Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity.
ECACE AY2023 Early Childhood Program Enrollment Brief
This brief provides information about students enrolled in ECACE Consortium early childhood programs in AY2023. Report findings indicate that enrollment in early childhood programs in Illinois ECACE colleges and universities increased 39.5% from Academic Year 2022 to Academic Year 2023, and rates of enrollment of Black/African American students and Hispanic/Latino students outpaced that of White students.
This mid-year report provides updates on several aspects of ECACE, including the ECACE Scholarship uptake for AY 2022 – 2023, outreach to and participation from the ECEC workforce, and engagement and responsiveness to ECEC employers. Additionally, the report includes information about job roles, setting, and tenure for the ECEC incumbent workforce attending Consortium institutions during AYs 2020, 2021, and/or 2022.
ECACE First Annual Report 2022
The first annual ECACE report highlights work to launch the ECACE and provide services to members of the ECEC workforce to begin or continue higher education degree programs in the period from July 2021 through December 2022. The report also displays the change in enrollment of the incumbent early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce from the baseline year of AY 2019 – 2020 to AY 2021 – 2022, the year in which the ECACE Consortium was established.