Family Focus

The early childhood education division serves children from birth to 5 years of age. The division operates in 11 centers in the chicagoland area with total capacity to serve 2,158 children in either center based and/or home visiting capacity. The center-based program has the capacity to serve 224 ehs/hs children. The home-based programs work to support the parent-childinteraction through various activities facilitated by home visitors/family advocates. Home-based services are offered through the chicagoland area. In fy2025, home visitng served 2,182 children and 1,830 families. Home visitors completed 29,283 home visits.

The youth development division provides resources for students k-12 primarily through out of school time programming, providing them with educational support, cultural enrichment opportunities, and social-emotional learning skills. In fy25 Family Focus enrolled 1,354 youth in out-of-school programs across 15 after school programming sites. Of those students, 6.3% had limited english proficiency, 90.1% were economically disadvantaged, and 18.4% had individual education programs.

The Family support services division provides programs and services for parents of all ages and stages, including immigration services support and support for families involved with the department of children and Family services. We provide multiple levels of support to help families stay intact and thrive in their communities. For fy25, over 3000 immigrant families were supported through our immigration programs. The support for families involved with dcfs included 1,573 families served through the office of community connections, formerly callled the child welfare services, and 328 families served through the Family advocacy centers. Additionally, counseling and therapy services were provided to 65 families through our healing care and practices program.

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