Gateways to Opportunity is specifically designed to meet the needs of early care and education, school-age, and youth development professionals in Illinois who work in:

Early care and education (in family child care; center-based care; and relative, friend, and neighbor care)
Early childhood special education
Early intervention
Public education
Family support
Head Start/Early Head Start
Higher education
Home visiting
Pre-kindergarten and Preschool for All
Child Care Resource & Referral
Other early childhood programs and settings
Before and after-school programs
Youth programs and services
Other school-age and youth development programs