Who We Are

DAECC History: The DuPage Early Childhood Collaboration, (DECC), was established in 2014 as a regional early childhood collaboration to support county level system development and alignment for young children and their families, to build awareness and to facilitate access to high quality early childhood services and education.

In June 2022, DECC leaders selected the DuPage County Health Department (DCHD) to serve as the backbone agency to move the work of the collaboration forward.  At the same time, DCHD was awarded the All Our Kids Networks grant. In July 2023, the name of the collaboration was changed from DuPage Early Childhood Collaboration (DECC) to DuPage All Our Kids Early Childhood Collaboration (DAECC). This name brings together the ideas and efforts of the collaboration to help guide the work within All Our Kids. 

Advisory Committee Executive Team

Director: Rebecca McFarland, DuPage County Health Department

Chair: Sarah O’Donnell, Glen Elyn Children Resource Center

Vice Chair: Mimi Doll, DuPage Federation

Advisory Committee Members: 

Becky Beilfuss, Teen Parent Connection

Candance King, DuPage Foundation

Rhonda Eubanks, DuPage Regional Office of Education

Tricia Sharkey, Cooperative Association for Special Education

Tiffany Tartisano, DuPage Family Center

Valerie Varju, Birth to Five Region 19

Denise Garza, Metropolitan Family Services

Vivian Palicki, Early Learning Solutions and Advocacy 

Christina LePage, Peoples Resource Center

Peggy McGuire, YWCA Metropolitan Chicago