Infant Welfare Soc of Evanston

Specialties

IWSE offers services through two early childhood centers and a home visiting program.

Baby Toddler is Illinois’ longest running licensed infant toddler center, offering programs for children from six weeks to five years of age. BTN serves 70 children each day,

Specializing in infant and toddler care for children of teenage parents and young adults, Teen Baby Nursery is committed to ensuring that children enter school ready to learn. TBN has the program capacity to care for 16 children ages 6 weeks to 3years old.

History

Established in 1913.

Our mission statement guides all that we do: «The Infant Welfare Society of Evanston is committed to the care and early education of infants and toddlers, and to supporting their families’ efforts to be self-​sufficient providers and effective parents.»

For more than 102 years, the Infant Welfare Society of Evanston (IWSE) has offered programs to families living at-​risk and parenting infants and toddlers. IWSE continues to respond to this need and recognizes the unique opportunity to support young families on paths to future success, from the very beginning.

In 1971, as more women began to enter the workforce, the Society took the pioneering step of shifting our focus of care to provide early childhood education to families in the community.