Growing Up Strong--A Look at Our Children: Countywide Community Data Summit

📅 November 20, 2025
📍 Location: Embassy Suites
🕘 Time: 8:30am to 4:30pm

Join us for a powerful day of data, dialogue, and collective action. This conference will bring together local, statewide, and national data and perspective to explore in depth how we can build a more equitable future where our children grow up strong.

The Day’s Events

Alignment Rockford will unveil the results of the Early Development Instrument (EDI) for Winnebago County, offering a neighborhood-level look at the developmental health and school readiness of our youngest residents.

Advance Illinois will present the newly-published State We’re In report, bringing a localized lens to their findings across the State.

Statewide and national guest presenters who will be sharing information during the day alongside Alignment Rockford and Advance Illinois include:

University of Chicago, Chapin Hall representing the ISBE Children’s Adversity Index

University of California, LA— Data Informed Futures

University of California, LA—Social Impact Accelerator Lab

Illinois Action for Children/We the Village

Illinois Department of Early Childhood

Jaclyn Vasquez— Early Childhood Advocacy and Community Impact

Attendees will be able to choose their focus areas across a variety of morning and afternoon break-out sessions for a full-day of learning and exchange.

Coffee, Breakfast and Lunch will be served.

Seats are limited and will be on a first-come, first-served basis. RSVP to reserve your spot.

This event is funded in part by the WCCMHB with the 1/2 cent sales tax.