Hello! I cover the Northtowns for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at [email protected] A new state audit paints a troubling picture of the access to important services for ...

Oregon: Contact easacommunity.org/programs/ to find your county’s Early Assessment and Support Alliance program or email the statewide group at [email protected]. The ...

In recent years, a number of states have moved to consolidate disparately administered early childhood programs into a single agency to improve coordination of services and reduce administrative ...

CHICAGO — Early childhood intervention advocates are calling on the state to increase funding by $60 million to better support children with developmental delays and disabilities who are on long ...

The new law states hospitals must sign a letter referring babies to early intervention services if the child is born weighing less than 2.2 pounds.

CHICAGO (AP) — Alexander watches Paw Patrol with fervor, bowls his baby brother over with hugs and does everything with gusto. What the 3-year-old West Chicago toddler can’t do yet is speak more than ...

This article was originally published in Chalkbeat. When Kimberly Halevy’s son Joshua was 3, she started hearing from his preschool that he was acting out. He rarely participated in circle time and ...