parent resources

Parent Resources

CPS Parent Portal

The Parent Portal allows parents to check their child's grades and attendance online.

  1. Visit https://parent.cps.k12.il.us 
  2. Log in using the information you have received from your child's school; If you do not have your username and password, please contact the school your child attends.

Action for Children

www.daycareaction.org
Action for Children (formerly Daycare Action Council of Illinois) is an alliance of individuals and groups committed to advancing the quality and accessibility of childcare. This site provides news and information, including the latest fax alerts, professional development opportunities, and childcare providers, as well as childcare financial assistance eligibility. The organization also houses the Chicago office of the Making the Most of Out-of-School Time Initiative.

Ada S. McKinley Community Service Center

www.adasmckinley.org
The Ada S. McKinley Community Service Center offers FREE social services to thousands annually, offering child care, education/college preparation and placement, mental health, foster care and adoption, vocational training/job development and placement, residential living arrangements, and other services. This organization also serves the community through an increasingly effective network of social services.

Center for Social and Emotional Education

www.csee.net
This is a nonprofit, international organization that helps youth prepare for healthy, responsible and productive lives by using social and emotional education to help transform problems into opportunities. It also provides parents and educators with resources and tools that promote social and emotional skills and knowledge in our children and adolescents.

Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (INCCRRA)

www.ilchildcare.org
INCCRRA is an organization of regional child care resource and referral agencies serving communities throughout Illinois. The organization works in partnership with parents, business leaders, government officials, and child care providers to make high quality child care available to Illinois families, and works cooperatively with entities at all levels to increase the supply of quality, affordable child care, to prepare individuals to enter the child care field, and to assist families in locating child care to meet their needs.

National Child Abuse Hotline

www.childhelpusa.org
1-800-422-4453 National 24 hour hotline
Crisis intervention for child abuse. Telephone counseling and referrals available.

Poison Control Center

1-800-222-1222
National 24 hour hotline

Tutor/Mentor Connection

www.tutormentorconnection.org
The Tutor/Mentor Connection sponsors after-school programs where students can connect with adults, learn skills, be safe, and find the support to help them climb the ladder to a career.