All Our Kids

What is AOK?

All Our Kids Early Childhood Networks Mission (AOK): All Our Kids Early Childhood Networks are community-based collaborations that promote healthy pregnancies and the positive growth and development of all children birth to five and their parents and caregivers by assuring a well-coordinated, easily-accessible, equitable and just system of services and supports that engages parents as partners in making the system work for them. 

AOK was originally funded through the Illinois Department of Human Services and was launched to support collaboration across service sectors to improve outcomes for babies, young children, and their families through a systems approach. AOK was launched in 1999 and is the most comprehensive, long-standing, community-based systems development initiative in Illinois. 

AOK Networks use 3 core principles to strengthen capacity, enhance service delivery, and improve the system of services and support that meet the needs of children birth to five and their families. 

AOK in Illinois

DuPage County is one of 11 AOK Network communities in Illinois. Through the state, AOK Network partners work together within their county, town, or school district to improve families’ access to a more holistic, coordinated, and accessible system of services and supports, which in turn leads to enhanced child and family outcomes. Interested in the AOK Networks across the state? Find more information on each network here.