The ECBG Prevention Initiative (PI) provides intensive, research-based, and comprehensive child development and family support services for expectant parents and families with children from birth to age 3 to help them build a strong foundation for learning and to prepare children for later school success.

What's New News and Updates

Accountability: Monitoring and Continuous Quality Improvement

Prevention Initiative Manual

Guidance and Information

Illinois Early Learning Guidelines (IELG): For Children Birth to Age Three

Illinois Early Learning Guidelines (IELG): For Children Birth to Age Three

Illinois Early Learning Guidelines (IELG): For Children Birth to Age Three Spanish Version

Illinois Early Learning Guidelines (IELG): For Children Birth to Age Three – Flipbook

Illinois Early Learning Guidelines (IELG): For Children Birth to Age Three – Flipbook Spanish Version

Illinois Early Learning Project Website

Budget Forms

Additional Resources

Start Easly MIECHV Cost Model

Start Early HVTF Final Cost Model Calculations

Prevention Initiative Parent and Outcomes Questionnaire Training Webinar
Home Visit Rating Scales (HOVRS) Peer-Reviewed Papers:

Roggman, L. A., Cook, G. A., Innocenti, M. S., Jump Norman, V. K., Boyce, L. K., Olson, T. L., Christiansen, K., & Peterson, C. A. (2019). The Home Visit Rating Scales: Revised, restructured, and re-validated. Infant Mental Health Journal, 40(3), 315-330.
Quality home visits: Activities to promote meaningful interactions
Roggman, L., Peterson, C., Chazan Cohen, R., Ispa, J., Decker, K., Hughes-Belding, K., Cook, G., & Vallotton, C. (2016). Preparing home visitors to partner with families of infants and toddlers. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 37(4), 301.
Roggman, L. A., Cook, G. A., Innocenti, M. S., Jump Norman, V., Boyce, L. K., Christiansen, K., & Peterson, C. A. (2016). Home visit quality variations in two Early Head Start programs in relation to parenting and child vocabulary outcomes.Infant Mental Health Journal, 37(3), 193-207.
Raikes, H. H., Roggman, L. A., Peterson, C. A., Constantine, J., Brooks-Gunn, J., Chazan-Cohen, R., Jones-Harden, B., & Shiffman, R. (2014). Theories of change and outcomes in Early Head Start home-based programs.Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 29(4), 574–585.
Roggman, L. A., Boyce, L. K., & Cook, G. A. (2009). Keeping kids on track: Impacts of a parenting-focused Early Head Start program on attachment security and cognitive development.Early Education & Development, 20(6), 920–941.
Roggman, L. A., Boyce, L. K., Cook, G. A., & Jump, V. K. (2001). Inside home visits: A collaborative look at process and quality. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 16, 53-71.