Child Care Advocates United Statement on Partial Restoration of IL Child Care Assistance Program

Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—November 9, 2015. On behalf of nearly 400 child care providers and thousands of children and families across the State of Illinois, Child Care Advocates United (CCAU) would like to commend Governor Rauner and Illinois lawmakers for working together to reverse the devastating impact of the emergency rule change that nearly dismantled the Child Care Assistance Program and left approximately 70,000 children without access to childcare.