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State Looking For Solutions To Child Care Assistance Funding Problems

STATE OFFICIALS ARE WORKING ON A FUNDING SOLUTION FOR ILLINOIS’S CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

THE PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS LOW WAGE WORKING PARENTS PAY FOR DAYCARE IS RUNNING OUT OF MONEY FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR WHICH ENDS JUNE 30TH. THAT MEANS DAYCARES WON’T GET PAID BY THE STATE…AND PARENTS MAY HAVE TO PAY A LOT MORE. CHANDRA ANKOOR (encore) OF SPRINGFIELD SAYS THIS IS PUTTING A HUGE STRAIN ON HER FAMILY.

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GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER WANTS THE LEGISLATURE TO GIVE HIM MORE AUTHORITY TO MANAGE THE CURRENT STATE BUDGET AND REALLOCATE OTHER FUNDS TO THE CHILD CARE PROGRAM. IT’S ESTIMATED FUNDING IS NEARLY 300 MILLION DOLLARS SHORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

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