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Gateways to Opportunity is the single statewide professional development support system designed to provide guidance, encouragement, and recognition to individuals and programs serving children, youth, and families. Resources and services provided by Gateways to Opportunity include Credentials, Professional Development Advisors, Great START, Gateways to Opportunity Registry, the Illinois Trainers Network and Gateways to Opportunity Scholarship Program. For more information about Gateways to Opportunity, please click here.
New Links Provide Easier Access to Gateways Programs and Services
- Gateways Registry
- Gateways Scholarship Program
- Great START Wage Supplement Program
- Illinois Trainers Network
- Statewide Online Training Calendar
Information about these Gateways programs and services is easily available from direct links in the menu above. Contact us with any questions regarding these new features.
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From scholarships to wage supplements, Gateways to Opportunity provides access to financial supports to qualified practitioners.
The free Gateways to Opportunity Registry provides an online system to track professional achievements, an approval process for trainers and trainings that drives quality and accountability and the Statewide Online Training Calendar.
The Illinois Trainers Network provides quality and accessible professional development trainings and opportunities for child care practitioners.
Governor Patrick Quinn signed legislation embedding Gateways credentials into state law in January, 2010. Find out more information, watch coverage from the event, or read the official press release.
Illinois Action for Children, Illinois After-school Alliance, Ounce of Prevention, and Voices for Illinois Children provide action alerts to help you stay abreast of state and federal policy and budget decisions that impact services for children, youth, and families. Sign up today!
The Illinois government has a Web site that allows you to track the progress of various bills and amendments now in progress through the legislature. Go directly to www.ilga.gov/legislation/default.asp.
Inside Gateways Newsletter
Read the Spring 2010 Issue of the Inside Gateways Newsletter.
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