Early Stars - For Child Care Centers - Who is the Chicago Accreditation Partnership?

What:
The Partnership for Quality Child Care, sponsored by the City of Chicago, McCormick Tribune Foundation and several other private foundations, was formed to improve the quality of child care available to Chicago's low-income families.

Mission:
Improve the quality of Child Care, Head Start and family child care programs in Chicago by assisting eligible programs to pursue national accreditation.

Early Stars^SM Campaign:
Early Stars is a campaign sponsored by the Partnership for Quality Child Care to educate child care programs and their staffs regarding accreditation and how it can help increase the quality of child care.

Founded:
October 1998

Term of Funding:
1999 - 2004

Five-Year Budget:
$16.4 million

Public Funding:
City of Chicago

Private Funding:
McCormick Tribune Foundation, The F.B. Heron Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation

Address:
228 South Wabash Avenue
Suite 1000
Chicago, Illinois 60604

Management:
Jamilah R. Jor'dan, Ph.D.
President