Chicago Department of Family and Support Services (FSS) – Early Childhood Education and Care Supply and Demand Database: This searchable database provides information on the need for and availability of early care and education programs for children in Chicago.
Early Childhood Supply and Demand
Chicago Department of Family and Support Services (FSS) – Young Children in Chicago Database: This searchable database provides information on the conditions of children ages 0-5 in Chicago Communities.
Chicago Children and Youth 1990-2010: Changing Population Trends and Their Implications for Services: An analysis of demographic trends among under age 19 populations in Chicago since 1990 and a projection of those trends into 2010. This study was conducted by Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago.
Chicago Children and Youth 1990-2010 report
Chicago Program Evaluation Project (C-PEP): An evaluation by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. of early childhood classrooms in Chicago, including full-day Head Start, half-day Head Start, and State Pre-K programs.
The Chicago Program Evaluation Project report
“The Well-Being of Chicago’s Children: A 20 Year Snapshot”: See page 50 of the 2008 Illinois Kids Count for an essay by Commissioner Mary Ellen Caron and Deputy Commissioner of Policy Anthony Raden on the well-being of children in Chicago over the last 20 years.
The Well-Being Of Chicago's Children report