Guide to Graduate Life
at Illinois
Child-Care
The Child Care Resource Service (CCRS) provides child-care resource and referral services to parents, child-care providers, employers and communities in six east-central Illinois counties (Champaign, Douglas, Iroquois, Macon, Piatt, and Vermilion). CCRS also administers the financial assistance program in which parents can qualify to receive aid in paying for child-care. The CCRS Web site provides links to child-care, child development, and parenting information helpful to both parents and professionals. CRS keeps a database of over 1000 providers, including licensed centers, license-exempt centers, and family child-care providers. For your convenience, the CCRC can perform an individualized search for child-care based on your needs. If you are looking for child-care, call the Center at 1-800-325-5516 or 333-3252, or visit their Web site at ccrs.hcd.uiuc.edu/.
The Child Development Laboratory (CDL) is a preschool and child-care program that facilitates and supports the teaching, research and service functions of HCD, the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, and the University community, while at the same time providing high quality early childhood program services for enrolled children and families. The CDL program plays a critical role in articulating the interconnectedness between theory, research and practice in disciplines focusing on the development of children and families. For more information, see their Web site at http://www.cdl.uiuc.edu/.
Parenting 24/7 is a University of Illinois Extension Web site geared toward meeting the needs of today's families while "raising children and managing family life". Information is easy to find segmented into the different stages of childhood for Infants (0 to 1 yr), Preschoolers (2 yrs to 5yrs), School Age (6 yrs to 12 yrs) and Teens (13 yrs to 18 yrs). For more information, see their Web site at http://www.parenting247.org/.
