Bright & Early DuPage

Bright & Early DuPage Each year, the B&ED initiative provides grant funding to local community organizations to help establish, build and maintain early childhood collaboratives.

Bright & Early DuPage, an initiative of DuPage Foundation, is a unique program designed to leverage area resources to ensure all DuPage children from birth to age five receive comprehensive support to prepare them for success in kindergarten and beyond. Bright & Early DuPage (B&ED), an initiative of DuPage Foundation, is a unique program designed to leverage area resources to ensure that all DuPag

e children from birth to age five receive the comprehensive support critical in preparing them for success in kindergarten and beyond. Community by community, B&ED is engaging and uniting local organizations and individuals to build awareness for and facilitate access to early childhood education and support services for DuPage children and their families. B&ED also serves as a voice for early learning and child-friendly policies at all levels of government. Vision
Every DuPage child will be ready to succeed in kindergarten. Mission Statement
To build sustainable, coordinated, local early childhood systems that actively work to increase access to quality education and support for children and families with limited resources. Seven Collaborative Networks
DuPage Early Childhood Collaboration (DECC)
DECC is the county-wide umbrella organization that works with the local collaboratives in DuPage County, six of which are funded by Bright & Early DuPage including:

Addison Early Childhood Collaborative
Bensenville Early Learning Supporters
Birth to 5 Community Coalition (Bloomingdale, Carol Stream, and Hanover Park)
Glenbard Early Childhood Collaborative
Wheaton/Warrenville Early Childhood Collaborative
Willowbrook Corner Coalition

03/28/2023

With the generous support of a grant from Bright & Early DuPage, Tri-Town YMCA along with partners from around the community have formed the Villa Park Area Early Childhood Collaborative. We are so thankful to DuPage Foundation for their investment into our youngest neighbors and for the incredible technical support of Deborah duVair and Barb Szczepaniak. To learn more about the support of the Bright & Early DuPage initiative of DuPage Foundation, please click this linkhttps://files.constantcontact.com/6cbd862a001/7b77d7ea-84e4-4dad-9cb1-f9e9c63bd60f.pdf

03/28/2023

Bright & Early DuPage (B&ED), an initiative of DuPage Foundation, recently awarded a $20,000 grant to the newly launched Villa Park Area Early Childhood Collaborative (VPAECC). Read more here:

For more information about the Foundation, or to arrange future media opportunities, please contact Robin Carroll, director of marketing & communications, for more information.

03/15/2023

A big heartfelt thank you to Dupage Foundation and their Bright & Early initiative to being a generous sponsor of our upcoming Breakfast "Love Your Neighbor".
They provided us this statment about their commitment to our DuPage Community.

"DuPage Foundation works every day to raise the quality of life throughout DuPage County by fostering philanthropy, connecting donors to area needs, and building community partnerships. Our Bright & Early DuPage initiative leverages area resources to ensure that all DuPage children from birth to age five receive the comprehensive support to prepare them for success in kindergarten and beyond. It is an honor to sponsor this event and the important work of the YWCA’s Strong Families program."
Tickets are $75 each and Sponsorship begins at $1,000
Reserve your spot today!
https://ywcachicago.org/loveyourneighbor

01/18/2023
On Wednesday, November 2, the Glenbard Parent Series (GPS): Navigating Healthy Families will present Roots of Success: S...
10/28/2022

On Wednesday, November 2, the Glenbard Parent Series (GPS): Navigating Healthy Families will present Roots of Success: Shaping Executive Function Skills in Early Childhood.

Join Stephanie Carlson for two Zoom webinars: at 12p.m. and 7p.m. Visit glenbardgps.org to view details and the link to log in to the webinars.

Join other parents, high school and middle school students, and professionals to learn about issues facing today’s youth. The Glenbard Parent Series engages top experts, parents and school staff to become proactive and informed in pursuit of the mutual goal to strengthen our communities. Programs ...

08/22/2022

A sobering statistic.
Mental health screenings in schools allow staff to identify mental health conditions early and connect students with help.

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08/11/2022

Water play is a big part of summer fun. Creating safe environments for children around water is the first step to making sunny-day family memories that will last a lifetime.

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07/06/2022

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently updated its guidelines for safe sleep recommendations for babies and infants. We recommend parents read over these helpful guidelines and links. https://bit.ly/3nmdpnh

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3000 Woodcreek Drive, Ste. 310
Downers Grove, IL
60515

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Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

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