June Community Impact Partner Recognition

Ashonti and her team serves the Southland Cook Region through the organization Birth to 5.

This organization is a STATEWIDE entity that specializes in helping the childcare and education space of any need 0-8 years famiky needs.

Birth to Five Illinois is on a mission to shift the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) landscape across Illinois by centering the experiences of families. Where there are families, there are stories: stories of bureaucracy and systemic shortcomings, and stories of families and children thriving in the face of compassionate providers and exemplary services. We are here for it all!