Celebrating 40 Years of Changemaking

Start Early is now 40! Early childhood education and care has changed dramatically in America over the past four decades, and Start Early has always been at the forefront of that change.

Learn more about how we’ve been a champion for quality early learning and care through the years and celebrate some of our milestones with us!

Nationwide Change

Over the last 40 years, Start Early has expanded its work to bring quality early learning and care to under-resourced communities across the country.

Thanks to your support, everyday, more children are reaching their full potential.

Say Happy Birthday by Giving a Gift That Lasts a Lifetime

This year is a milestone birthday for Start Early. While we want to celebrate how far we’ve come, we know that there is still a lot of work to be done to help the children and families we serve.

Birthdays are a time for reflection, hope and looking to the future—join us in giving a gift that gives back this year to celebrate our birthday, your own, or a loved one’s. Help us celebrate.

Join us on April 25 for the 2023 Start Early Annual Luncheon

The Luncheon program will focus on advancing maternal health equity so every mother and child can reach their full potential of lifelong well-being. We’ll discuss the longstanding inequities in maternal health for women of color, especially Black women, the crucial need to address systemic racism and discrimination to drive change and the solutions that are making a difference. Join us.

Celebrating a Longtime Supporter of Start Early, Lula M. Ford

In honor of Start Early’s 40th birthday, we celebrate Board Member Lula M. Ford and her contributions to the early childhood field and our organization’s impact over the years.

For more than a decade, Lula M. Ford has served on Start Early’s Board of Directors, contributing to the organization’s growth and impact on families with young children across the country. While Ford joined the Start Early leadership team in 2009, her impact on and experience in the field of early education spans decades, particularly playing a monumental role in expanding opportunities for children and families throughout Chicagoland. Learn more.

10 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month With Your Little One

Tips and activities from our experts

March is Women’s History Month, and while the idea of “history” may be outside the understanding of a very young child, we can still celebrate with them by reading books together that celebrate the potential and achievements of girls and women.

Whether your child is a toddler, in pre-K or on their way to kindergarten, we have some great book recommendations from Anne-Marie Akin, our Educare Chicago librarian, to read during this month and beyond.

Start Early advances quality early learning for families with children, before birth through their earliest years, to close the opportunity gap.

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