Thank you for your interest in enrolling in our Healthy Parents & Babies program, in Illinois.

We serve families prenatally through birth, and up to age 3 for their children. Persons must be pregnant to qualify for doula services, but can be of any age and at any stage of their pregnancy. Parents can qualify for our home visiting services at any point post-birth through the age of 3 for their children.

To start the enrollment process, please complete this initial contact form and someone will contact you within 48 business hours. If you have immediate questions regarding the status of your application, please call (312) 975-1273 or email cmarquez@startearly.org.

Note: Participation is not limited to first-time parents or new participants and eigibility for Early/Head Start programs is determined based on a range of factors, including the federal poverty guidelines. See Eligibility Guidelines Here.

We encourage you also to collect the following pieces of information to help speed up the next phase of the application process:

  • Original birth certificate for child(ren)
  • Employment Documentation (W2s, income taxes, unemployment benefits, public assistance statement of benefits)

Additional documents may be uploaded once the application is completed or brought to the enrollment interview once contacted by someone from the program.

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If applying for multiple children in one family, complete the Additional Applicant section for each applying child (see below).
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Do you want to apply now for another child in your family?

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Are there other children in the family?

Add a Sibling

Thank you for completing the application. Once you submit your application, you will be redirected to a confirmation page with an “OK” button. Please click the “OK” buttonto continue to onto critical information about the enrollment process, contact details and documents you will need to collect to complete your enrollment process.

Someone will contact you within 48 hours about your application.

If you have immediate questions regarding the status of your application, please call (312) 326-2754 or email cmarquez@startearly.org.

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