Child Services
Community Child Care Connections
Offers subsidized daycare to needy families. Main office located at 901 South Spring Street, Suite B, Springfield.
Phone: 217-525-2805
Toll free number: 1-800-676-2805
Website: www.4childcare.org
C.E.F.S. Head Start
The C.E.F.S. Head Start 0-5 Program provides comprehensive classroom and home-based services to pregnant women and children (birth to age five) including children with significant special needs. Enrollment is ongoing. Classrooms are located in Pana and Taylorville.
Phone: Toll Free 1-866-442-1900 or text 217-663-7822
Website: www.cefseoc.org/headstart
WIC (Women, Infants, and Children)
The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program is a supplemental nutrition program which provides nutritional assessment, education, and health screenings to clients who are pregnant, postpartum or breastfeeding as well as infants and children up to age five. WIC refers its clients to area service providers for medical, social, and developmental intervention. Located at the Christian County Health Department: 902 W. Springfield, Taylorville.
Phone: 217-824-4113
Website: www.christiancountyhealth.net
Community Support Systems – Child and Family Connections
Identifies and serves young children who are experiencing developmental delays. Developmental screenings are conducted and, if necessary, developmental therapy services are carried out in the client’s home.
Located at 1901 South 4th Street, Effingham.
Phone: 217-705-4300
Website: www.csscares.org