Facts and Figures
The Ounce impacts thousands of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers through our programs, training, evaluation and advocacy efforts each year.
The Ounce of Prevention Fund:
- We reach more than 4,000 children and families through birth-to-five programs we fund and operate in Chicago as well as through our network of voluntary home visiting and doula programs throughout Illinois.
- We educate more than 3,000 program, community, and opinion leaders about key issues in early childhood development.
- We serve 150 low-income babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and their families at Educare, our birth-to-five school in Chicago that has become a national model for early childhood education.
- We integrate the latest research and best theories into our program development efforts.
- We train more than 700 community-based early childhood professionals in the state through our Illinois Birth to Three Institute.
- We advocate for more than $500 million in state funding and $5 billion in federal funding for early childhood services that reach hundreds of thousands of children and families across the country.
- We partner with colleagues in 15 states to build their research-based programs and sound public policies for at-risk children from birth to age five.