ECPSD: Childhood Programs Supply and Demand

Understanding the Data


Abbreviations	IDHS	Illinois Department of Human Services
	DFSS	Chicago Department of Family and Support Services
	CPS	Chicago Public Schools
	OPF	Ounce of Prevention Fund
	CCMIS	Child Care Management Information Systems
	CCTS	Child Care Tracking System
	COPA	Child Outcome Planning & Administration

Child Population and Eligibility (Eligibility is based on estimates and in some cases result in a negative number. In this situation they are displayed as 0.)	Population of children, ages 0-5. Number of children eligible for Head Start & Child Care Subsidies, ages 0-5	Chapin Hall population estimates based on US Census, 2000 population estimations
	Eligibility Calculations and Methodology (pdf, 44K)

Early Education and Child Care Utilization (all calculations are based on the address of the child)	IDHS certificate use	Illinois Department of Human Services, CCTS data
	Early Head Start (EHS)	Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, COPA data
	Head Start half-day and full-day	Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, COPA data
	DFSS Collaboration	Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, COPA data
	Ounce of Prevention	Ounce of Prevention Provider Data
	CPS Pre-K	Chicago Public School Enrollment Data

Early Education & Center-Based Care (all calculations are based on the address of the provider)	Action for Children data
	DFSS Child Care Supply	Chicago Department of Family and Support Services
	DFSS Head Start	Chicago Department of Family and Support Services
	DFSS Early Head Start	Chicago Department of Family and Support Services
	CPS Pre-K Supply	Chicago Public Schools
	Ounce of Prevention EHS slots	Ounce of Prevention Early Head Start funded slots data

For more information regarding the data found on this site, please contact Robert Goerge at rgoerge at chapinhall.org