For early childhood classrooms, in STAR NET Regions I or III, serving children with disabilities.

STAR NET Regions I and III offers the Family Book Project for early childhood educators that serve children with disabilities and their families. If your classroom meets that requirement and is in STAR NET Regions I or III (https://www.starnet.org/map-of-regions/), we would love to deliver books to you!
Illinois STAR NET is operated through a grant awarded by the Illinois State Board of Education; 100% of annual funding for the project is from federal sources and supports ISBE’s goals and the Illinois State Performance Plan (SPP) for IDEA Part B. STAR NET provides free training, consultation, and resources to the early childhood community and families in Illinois. Family Book Project books are provided by this funding - there is absolutely no charge to educators or families. We only request completion of a brief evaluation to give us and our funding agency feedback on the project.

IMPORTANT: Delivery of Family Book Project books is limited to one delivery per classroom, per fiscal year (beginning July 1st). If your classroom has received a delivery of books from us since the last July 1st, please wait until after the upcoming June 30th to make another request. Deliveries are also limited by grant funds. We can not guarantee that all requests will be fulfilled.

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