To: The Honorable Pat Quinn, Governor and Members of the General Assembly
tIt is my pleasure to submit to you the Illinois Department of Human Services Fiscal Year 2008 Report on Illinois Child Care.
Child Care is essential for families transitioning from welfare to work, as well as those of low income striving to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency. Appropriations by the Illinois General Assembly allow the Department to ensure that parents of
low income have the supportive systems needed to gain and maintain employment. Funds support access to a variety of child care settings and impact the quality of services provided to Illinois children. In Fiscal Year 2008, the DHS Child Care Assistance
Program supported an average of 172,300 children from 91,100 families every month.
With your support, the Department will continue to serve Illinois children and families.
Sincerely,
Carol L. Adams. Ph.D.
Secretary
INTRODUCTION
As required by State 20 ILCS 505/5.15, the Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) annually submits a report to the Governor and to the Illinois General Assembly on the status of the Bureau of Child Care and Development Child Care Assistance
Program. The 2008 Report on Illinois Child Care includes program information for Fiscal Year 2008 (July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008). Information about DHS programs impacting the quality of child care is provided also. The data used in this report are from:
a) the DHS Child Care Tracking System database for the Child Care Assistance Program; and b) the Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies aggregate databases of local Child Care Resource and Referral parent customers and child care
providers. The report traces trends in family needs for child care and the system's capacity to respond to that need.
The report highlights the devotion of the people committed to the ideal of affordable, quality child care for all children. Further, DHS hopes this report is beneficial to the Governor, members of the Illinois General Assembly, and the residents of
the State. DHS thanks the thousands of center-based agency staff, family home practitioners, and Child Care Resource and Referral staff for their support in the care and education of Illinois children.
MISSION
The Bureau of Child Care and Development mission is: To provide families of low income with access to affordable, quality child care options that allow them to pursue self-sufficiency and contribute to the healthy development of children, and to
enhance the quality, affordability, and supply of child care available to families.
CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Overview
The Bureau of Child Care and Development is responsible for administrating and reporting on the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) for the State of Illinois. This program is designed to provide families of low income access to affordable,
quality child care. In turn, it allows families to gain and maintain employment and supports independence from public assistance. CCDF guidelines extend state agencies flexibility in developing child care programs and policies that best fit the needs of
families. However, states must promote parent choice, make child care consumer education available, and provide quality supports for the child care workforce.
In Illinois, the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) provides child care for children ages six weeks through 13 years and for children with special needs who are 13 through 19 years of age. Families must be income eligible and either employed or in
approved education/training programs. Teen parents pursuing high school diplomas or equivalent can also receive assistance. Caretaker relatives, known as Representative Payees (RPY), who are employed are eligible to receive child care assistance. CCAP
income eligibility levels were based on family size and Federal Poverty Level (FPL) in FY 2008.
All eligible families applying for the CCAP received services and no waiting lists were instituted in FY 2008.
Goals
The CCAP has two primary goals:
- To support qualifying families of low income by providing child care subsidies. This allows parents to maintain employment or further their education, thereby decreasing dependence on public assistance.
- To allow families access to multiple options for affordable, quality child care, early education, and after school programs that offer children the opportunity to grow, learn and be cared for in safe, nurturing settings that are culturally and
developmentally appropriate.
Administration
Contract Child Care Site Providers:
DHS contracted with 52 agencies in Fiscal Year 2008, including the City of Chicago Department of Children and Youth Services, to supply site administrated CCAP services. These fee-for-service contracts served over 14,000 children throughout the state
ages six weeks to 13 years whose families qualified for CCAP. Site administered child care programs provided slots for children of low income in licensed center-based and licensed home settings, determined family eligibility for CCAP, calculated family
co-payments and performed other administrative duties. Site administered programs submitted payment information to DHS for processing. See Appendix D for a list of the Site Administered Child Care Providers.
Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies:
In Fiscal Year 2008, DHS contracted with 16 Child Care Resource and Referral (CCRR) agencies that were responsible for determining customer eligibility for CCAP and approving payments to child care providers, both center-based and family homes. This
included supplying CCAP information to families and providers, processing CCAP applications, determining eligibility and co-payment amounts, and processing provider payments. See Appendix C for a list of the CCRR agencies.
Migrant Seasonal Head Start Program:
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start is a comprehensive program serving migrant and seasonal farm workers, at or below the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and their children. DHS contracts with five agencies statewide to meet the needs of these families, many
of whom are not aware of available services and speak little or no English. Seven child care centers are contracted to provide full-day Head Start classes for 470 children ages six weeks to six years, parent involvement and health and nutrition
services.
Reporting
Data included in this section and the next chapter is from the DHS Child Care Tracking System (CCTS). The CCTS captures an extensive amount of CCAP data including the number of providers paid by type of care, the number of children enrolled, the ages
of children being served, family co-payment amounts and participant demographic information. Data from the CCTS is used to submit monthly reports required by the federal government. Also it is used by DHS and its contractors to assess program progress,
trends and areas in need of improvement.
Table 1: Fiscal Year 2008 CCAP Enrollment
|
Unduplicated Number |
Monthly Average |
| Total Families Enrolled |
156,703 |
91,000 |
| Total Children Enrolled |
282,418 |
172,300 |
Prior to September 2007, the family income eligibility was based on 50% of the State Median Income (SMI) for each family size. Effective September 2007, income guidelines were based 185% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). Income guidelines were
increased to 200% of FPL, effective April 1, 2008. Chart A, below, compares the annual income eligibility by family size by the three sets of income guidelines used in FY08.
Chart A: Annual Income Guidelines by Family Size
Fiscal
Year |
Family
Size of 2 |
Family
Size of 3 |
Family
Size of 4 |
Family
Size of 5 |
Family
Size of 6 |
Family
Size of 7 |
Family
Size of 8 |
| 2003 |
$17,663 |
$21,819 |
$25,975 |
$30,131 |
$34,288 |
$35,067 |
$35,846 |
2004
(after 9/1) |
$22,620 |
$27,936 |
$33,264 |
$38,580 |
$43,896 |
$44,892 |
$45,900 |
| 2005 |
$23,520 |
$29,052 |
$34,584 |
$40,128 |
$45,660 |
$46,692 |
$47,736 |
| 2006 & 2007 |
$24,612 |
$30,396 |
$36,192 |
$41,976 |
$47,772 |
$48,852 |
$49,944 |
| 2008 (9/1) |
$25,332 |
$31,776 |
$38,208 |
$44,652 |
$51,084 |
$57,528 |
$63,960 |
| 2008 (4/1) |
$28,008 |
$35,208 |
$42,408 |
$49,608 |
$56,808 |
$64,008 |
$71,208 |
Chart B illustrates the number of CCAP families by percentage of FPL for the month of March 2008. Although Chart B contains information for all families, Table 2 is provided as a reference and provides information regarding actual income levels
for a family of three at various FPL percentages.
Chart B: Number of FY08 CCAP Families by Percentage of Federal Poverty Level (FPL)
Percentage
of FPL |
Number
of Families |
| 10% |
3,043 |
| 20% |
564 |
| 30% |
1,944 |
| 40% |
1,992 |
| 50% |
3,034 |
| 60% |
4,367 |
| 70% |
5,542 |
| 80% |
6,399 |
| 90% |
6,910 |
| 100% |
6,750 |
| 110% |
6,562 |
| 120% |
6,538 |
| 130% |
5,696 |
| 140% |
5,149 |
| 150% |
4,577 |
| 160% |
3,871 |
| 170% |
3,346 |
| 180% |
2,578 |
| 190% |
219 |
| 200% |
76 |
| Greater than 200% |
449 |
Table 2: Income Eligibility Guidelines for a Family of Three in March 2008
| Percentage of FPL |
Annual Income for a Family of 3 |
| 100% |
$14,004 |
| 120% |
$26,808 |
| 140% |
$19,608 |
| 185% |
$25,908 |
| 200% |
$28,008 |
Families can apply for CCAP at their local Child Care Resource and Referral (CCRR) agency (Appendix C) or at contracted child care site providers (Appendix D). Eligible families are required to share in the cost of care by making a co-payment directly
to the provider. Co-payments are based on income, family size, number of children in care, and the number of hours they are in care. Chart C illustrates the number of families at a variety of co-payment levels for March 2008.
Chart C: Number of Families by Monthly Co-payment Amount for March 2008
Co-Payment Amount
for March 2008 |
Number of Families |
| Greater than $200 |
10,384 |
| $101-$200 |
24,446 |
| $51-$100 |
25,351 |
| $26-$50 |
11,771 |
| $1-$25 |
9,282 |
| $0 |
1,366 |
Funding
The Illinois child care program is funded by: Child Care Development Fund (CCDF), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant, Title XX Social Services Block Grant and state dollars. State spending includes a mandatory amount required
by the federal government, CCDF Maintenance of Effort (MOE), and state matching dollars. Illinois takes full advantage of the federal CCDF, including the investment of more general revenue funds (state dollars) than required by the federal government.
Chart D provides a breakdown of child care funding.
Chart D: Fiscal Year 2008 Child Care Funding Sources by Type
| Type |
Amount |
Percent |
| Title XX |
$1,200,000 |
Less than 1% |
| TANF |
$168,034,659 |
21.7% |
| CCDF |
$205,458,675 |
26.5% |
| State GRF |
$401,468,910 |
51.9% |
In State Fiscal Year 2008, DHS spent $730 million on employment-related child care programs. $634 million of this amount was expended on child care assistance, helping an average of 91,100 families with 172,300 children afford child care each month.
An additional $2.8 million allowed an average 487 Migrant children to attend child care programs during the five month Migrant program. $45 million was spent on Quality services that support child care (See Quality Program Activities, page 12). Special
Projects were funded at $15.6 million. Other spending included: $25 million for non-direct services of CCAP, such as payments to contractors for CCAP eligibility determination and $7.1 million for administration costs.
Participants and Services
The CCAP is available to all Illinois families that qualify. Parents participating in the CCAP vary by ethnicity, age, marital status, education level, and number of children in care. Children enrolled in the CCAP are also diverse. The following
charts and tables contain information and data regarding CCAP participants.
Profile of CCAP Participants in March 2008
Families:
- Average family size = 3.3
- 91.0% had employed parents or guardians
- 95.7% were headed by single parents
- 51.7% were at or below the federal poverty threshold
(Federal Poverty Threshold for a family of 4 = $21,204)
Children:
- 1.8 children per family on average were served
- 60.3% enrolled in the CCAP were African American
- 16.1% were Hispanic/Latino
- 54.7% were served in licensed care
- School-age (ages 6 and older) constitute 40.9 of all children served
Expenditures:
- Average monthly amount paid for care was $363/child (subsidy + co-pay)
- Parents paid 15.8% of the cost and the CCAP funded 84.2%
- 99.3% of families were responsible for co-payments, at an average of 6.5% of income
The CCAP requires that parents be employed or enrolled in approved education and/or training programs in order to be eligible for child care assistance. In March 2008, 91% of the parents on CCAP were employed.
Chart E shows the average monthly number of children by fiscal year.
Chart E: Average Monthly Number of Children in the CCAP by Fiscal Year
Fiscal
Year |
Number of
Children |
| 2004 |
192,000 |
| 2005 |
197,700 |
| 2006 |
192,500 |
| 2007 |
177,400 |
| 2008 |
172,300 |
The CCAP allows families the choice to select the type of child care provider that meets their needs. Parents can enroll their children in licensed child care centers, licensed family child care homes and group homes, as well as license-exempt centers
and family child care settings. License-exempt family child care includes care provided by relatives and friends. On the following pages, Tables 5 and 7 provide information regarding the number of children in the CCAP by age and type of provider. Tables
6 and 8 display the average cost of care statewide by age and type of care.
Table 4: FY08 CCAP Provider Statistics: Number of Providers Receiving CCAP by Type of Care
| Type of Care |
Number of Providers
Receiving CCAP Payments |
| Licensed Centers |
2,714 |
| Licensed Family Homes |
8,769 |
| Licensed Group Homes |
336 |
| LICENSED TOTAL |
11,819 |
| License-Exempt Centers |
805 |
License-Exempt Family Homes
(Non-Relative in Provider's home) |
13,373 |
License-Exempt Family Homes
(Relative in Provider's home) |
26,181 |
License-Exempt Family Homes
(Non-Relative in Child's home) |
11,679 |
License-Exempt Family Homes
(Relative in Child's home) |
14,655 |
| LICENSED-EXEMPT TOTAL |
66,693 |
| GRAND TOTAL |
78,512 |
Table 5: Number of Children in Full-time Care by Age and Type of Care
(Data from the service month of March 2008)
| Age |
Licensed
Center |
License
Exempt Center |
Licensed
FCC Home |
Licensed
Group Home |
License Exempt FCC Home*(764) |
License Exempt FCC Home*(765) |
License Exempt FCC Home*(766) |
License Exempt FCC Home*(767) |
TOTAL |
| Birth to 14 mos |
4,383 |
73 |
4,089 |
190 |
1,145 |
2,443 |
800 |
1,248 |
14,371 |
| 15 to 24 mos |
5,345 |
52 |
3,717 |
211 |
905 |
2,022 |
673 |
963 |
13,888 |
| 25 to 30 mos |
3,787 |
56 |
2,158 |
137 |
486 |
1,183 |
404 |
553 |
8,764 |
| 31 to 36 mos |
4,165 |
70 |
1,950 |
129 |
510 |
1,081 |
381 |
582 |
8,868 |
| 37 mos to 4 yrs |
16,527 |
850 |
6,427 |
401 |
1,665 |
3,950 |
1,633 |
2,173 |
33,626 |
| 5 yrs |
5,401 |
533 |
2,301 |
150 |
833 |
1,928 |
830 |
1,175 |
13,151 |
| 6 to 12 yrs |
2,386 |
734 |
7,035 |
384 |
4,501 |
10,805 |
6,361 |
7,447 |
39,653 |
| 13 yrs. & older |
5 |
2 |
86 |
5 |
63 |
188 |
139 |
118 |
606 |
| TOTAL |
41,999 |
2370 |
27,763 |
1,607 |
10,108 |
23,600 |
11,221 |
14,259 |
132,927 |
NOTE: Data reported here are duplicative and also only represents the children in full-time care. *Type of care codes for license-exempt family child care providers: 764=Non-relative in the provider's home; 765=Relative in the
provider's home; 766=Non-relative in the child's home; 767=Relative in the child's home
Table 6: Average Amount Paid for Full-time Care by Age and Type of Care
(Data for the service month of March 2008 and does NOT include parent co-pay amounts.)
| Age |
Licensed Center |
License Exempt Center |
Licensed FCC Home |
Licensed Group Home |
License Exempt FCC Home*(764) |
License Exempt FCC Home*(765) |
License Exempt FCC Home*(766) |
License Exempt FCC Home*(767) |
TOTAL |
| Birth to 14 mos |
$588 |
$519 |
$429 |
$436 |
$207 |
$211 |
$217 |
$211 |
$393 |
| 15 to 24 mos |
$607 |
$653 |
$451 |
$465 |
$211 |
$216 |
$222 |
$224 |
$435 |
| 25 to 30 mos |
$523 |
$567 |
$429 |
$428 |
$223 |
$219 |
$227 |
$224 |
$408 |
| 31 to 36 mos |
$528 |
$559 |
$433 |
$456 |
$213 |
$216 |
$230 |
$221 |
$417 |
| 37 mos to 4 yrs |
$432 |
$441 |
$406 |
$426 |
$216 |
$221 |
$227 |
$222 |
$368 |
| 5 yrs |
$451 |
$439 |
$406 |
$422 |
$220 |
$222 |
$230 |
$221 |
$359 |
| 6 to 12 yrs |
$418 |
$426 |
$409 |
$411 |
$223 |
$226 |
$234 |
$228 |
$278 |
| 13 yrs & older |
$548 |
$247 |
$439 |
$123 |
$228 |
$235 |
$228 |
$238 |
$264 |
| TOTAL |
$490 |
$449 |
$420 |
$430 |
$218 |
$222 |
$230 |
$224 |
$355 |
NOTE: These are statewide averages and are not necessarily representative of any one case. Provider reimbursement rates vary by region, type of care and hours a child is in care. (See Appendix E)
Table 7: Number of children in Part-time Care by Age and Type of Care
(Data from the service month of March 2008.)
| Age |
Licensed Center |
License Exempt Center |
Licensed FCC Home |
Licensed Group Home |
License Exempt FCC Home*(764) |
License Exempt FCC Home*(765) |
License Exempt FCC Home*(766) |
License Exempt FCC Home*(767) |
TOTAL |
| Birth to 14 mos |
180 |
3 |
133 |
21 |
69 |
161 |
58 |
80 |
705 |
| 15 to 24 mos |
217 |
3 |
106 |
8 |
57 |
156 |
28 |
64 |
639 |
| 25 to 30 mos |
155 |
5 |
78 |
3 |
25 |
86 |
19 |
35 |
406 |
| 31 to 36 mos |
150 |
6 |
59 |
2 |
34 |
80 |
32 |
47 |
410 |
| 37 mos to 4 yrs |
775 |
72 |
344 |
39 |
200 |
400 |
142 |
217 |
2,189 |
| 5 yrs |
1,036 |
398 |
482 |
36 |
146 |
357 |
123 |
196 |
2,774 |
| 6 to 12 yrs |
9,680 |
4,780 |
4,747 |
255 |
1,837 |
4,044 |
1,745 |
2,378 |
28,315 |
| 13 yrs & older |
14 |
18 |
37 |
2 |
18 |
48 |
30 |
41 |
208 |
| TOTAL |
12,207 |
5,285 |
5,986 |
366 |
2,386 |
5,332 |
2,177 |
3,058 |
35,646 |
NOTE: Data reported here are duplicative and also only represents the children in part-time care. *Type of care codes for license-exempt family child care providers: 764=Non-relative in the provider's home; 765=Relative in the
provider's home; 766=Non-relative in the child's home; 767=Relative in the child's home
Table 8: Average Amount Paid for Part-time Care by Age and Type of Care
(Data from the service month of March 2008 and does NOT include parent co-pay amounts.)
| Age |
Licensed Center |
License Exempt Center |
Licensed FCC Home |
Licensed Group Home |
License Exempt FCC Home*(764) |
License Exempt FCC Home*(765) |
License Exempt FCC Home*(766) |
License Exempt FCC Home*(767) |
TOTAL |
| Birth to 14 mos |
$233 |
$215 |
$177 |
$240 |
$90 |
$93 |
$95 |
$85 |
$148 |
| 15 to 24 mos |
$250 |
$171 |
$196 |
$238 |
$92 |
$82 |
$106 |
$103 |
$164 |
| 25 to 30 mos |
$217 |
$153 |
$191 |
$274 |
$92 |
$85 |
$106 |
$91 |
$160 |
| 31 to 36 mos |
$213 |
$275 |
$182 |
$190 |
$98 |
$92 |
$104 |
$88 |
$153 |
| 37 mos to 4 yrs |
$167 |
$180 |
$163 |
$203 |
$93 |
$95 |
$95 |
$100 |
$136 |
| 5 yrs |
$186 |
$167 |
$172 |
$175 |
$94 |
$99 |
$102 |
$97 |
$155 |
| 6 to 12 yrs |
$182 |
$191 |
$185 |
$191 |
$105 |
$108 |
$107 |
$108 |
$165 |
| 13 yrs & older |
$247 |
$222 |
$195 |
$162 |
$112 |
$111 |
$110 |
$114 |
$146 |
| TOTAL |
$184 |
$189 |
$183 |
$195 |
$102 |
$104 |
$105 |
$105 |
$162 |
NOTE: These are statewide averages and are not necessarily representative of any one case. Provider reimbursement rates vary by region, type of care and hours a child is in care. (See Appendix E)
QUALITY PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
Overview
The CCDF requires at least four percent of federal funds be allocated for the improvement of child care quality (see Funding on page 7). These funds are used to support a variety of services for families, child care practitioners and communities. In
Fiscal Year 2008, DHS contracted with the CCRRs to provide parents with consumer education and referrals to child care programs, giving them information necessary to make knowledgeable choices. CCRRs offer technical assistance to communities and
employers interested in the development of child care options and supports. Additionally, child care practitioners are supported through technical assistance, professional development opportunities and other resources.
CCRRs are responsible for compiling and maintaining parent customer and child care provider databases. The parent database includes information such as: family size and income, type of child care requested, and hours of care requested. Provider
database information includes type of care, licensing status, capacity, hours of operation and fees. CCRRs are also required to record data for quality program services (see the list of services on page 13).
Quality Program Goal
The goal of the Quality Program is to increase the quality of child care available to all Illinois families. The goal is addressed with a multi-faceted approach that works to meet the individual needs of families, child care practitioners and
communities.
Administration
In Fiscal Year 2008, DHS contracted with 16 CCRR agencies and the Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (INCCRRA) to implement multiple quality programs. These agencies supply the following services.
CCRRs
Families:
- Consumer education on legal and quality child care
- Referrals to child care settings according to family preferences
- Referrals to the CCAP, other DHS programs, community services
Child Care Programs &Practitioners:
- Free referrals to families
- Technical assistance on topics such as: quality child care settings, child development, health and safety, inclusion, business practices and relationships with parents
- Training opportunities and Professional Development Funds
- Program Improvement and Accreditation funds
- Equipment/Facility Improvement grants
- Resources, such as printed materials and lending library items
Communities:
- Technical assistance, such as child care supply and demand information
- Resource development/recruitment of new child care in areas of need
- Advisement on community and employer options to supply child care
INCCRRA
Families:
- Toll-free number that connects parents and providers, in English and Spanish, to local CCRRs
- Website that educates users about INCCRRA and local CCRRS
Child Care Programs & Practitioners:
- The Illinois Trainers Network statewide training seminars
- Gateways to Opportunity: Illinois Professional Development System including: Gateways Credentials, Professional Development Advisors
- T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Scholarship Program
- Great START Wage Supplement Program· Quality Counts: Quality Rating System
Communities:
- Compilation of local and aggregate statewide data, including parent and provider database information, as well as other quality program data
- CCRR staff training and professional development
- Statewide outreach marketing resources
Reporting
Much of the data contained in the Quality Program sections are from the parent customer and child care provider databases compiled by local CCRRs. Therefore, the data presented does not include all families and children requiring child care services
in Illinois. Most families do not receive child care assistance and many families find child care services through friends, family, ads and other means. Additionally, although licensed child care centers and family child care homes in the State are
included in the provider database, many license-exempt, especially family homes, are not included. Because of these factors, it is important to note that this report is only one means of examining the larger child care supply and demand picture in
Illinois.
FAMILIES
Families of any income level can receive child care referrals and consumer education from CCRRs. In Fiscal Year 2008, 32,640 families received child care referrals for 48,395 children. A statewide sliding fee scale based on CCAP eligibility
requirements is used to assess charges for referrals. An annual fee ranging from $0 - $30 is calculated for families and within that time period, multiple referrals may be requested. Parent who are income eligible for the CCAP receive this service free
of charge. CCRR staff insure that parents requesting child care referrals are made aware of CCAP. Conversely, those applying for the CCAP are informed about child care referral services.
Families who are income eligible for the CCAP represent the largest set of consumers of child care referrals. In the Fiscal Year 2008, these families were 88% of the total seeking child care referrals.
CHILD CARE PRACTITIONERS
CCRRs support child care providers by referring families to programs. Licensed centers, family child care homes and group homes are listed on the provider database. License-exempt centers and family child care homes may choose to be included on the
provider database. Every provider has the option to decline parent referral services. Fiscal Year 2008 provider database numbers are shown in Table 9 below.
Table 9: Fiscal Year 2008 Statewide Child Care Database
| Type of Care |
Number of
Providers |
Number of
Spaces |
| Licensed Family Homes |
10,958 |
94,742 |
| License Exempt Homes |
610 |
1,875 |
| TOTAL FAMILY HOMES |
11,568 |
96,617 |
| Licensed Centers |
3,168 |
227,610 |
| License Exempt Centers |
2,413 |
155.794 |
| TOTAL CENTERS |
5,581 |
383,404 |
In addition to the provider database remaining steady at over 17,000, the number of providers willing to enroll children whose parents were approved for CCAP also remains steady. In Fiscal Year 2008 as in the previous two years, 70% of providers on
the CCRR database were willing to care for children whose parents participate in the CCAP.
CHILD CARE DEMAND
There are two dimensions of the "demand" for child care in any community:
- Number of children needing child care compared with the number of child care spaces available to meet the need; and
- The unique requirements of families for their specific child care needs, such as child's age, type of care desired, parent schedule, location, special needs of the child and cost.
Table 10 compares types of schedules requested in FY 2008 and the number of providers on the database by schedule offered.
Table 10: FY08 Schedules Requested for Children and Offered by Providers
SCHEDULE
|
Requested for Children |
Offered by Family
Child Care Homes |
Offered by
Child Care Centers |
Offered by Providers
TOTAL |
Standard Hours
(A standard schedule is full-time care offered during traditional work hours.) |
40,933 |
10,425 |
2,871 |
13,296 |
| Evening |
6,854 |
3,814 |
84 |
3,898 |
| Weekend |
4,522 |
1,354 |
48 |
1,402 |
| Overnight |
1,900 |
2,790 |
32 |
2,822 |
| Rotating |
1,625 |
4,307 |
726 |
5,033 |
| Temp/Emergency |
364 |
5,721 |
691 |
6,412 |
| Drop In |
296 |
5,059 |
719 |
5,778 |
Note: Multiple schedules may be requested for one child so numbers will not add to the total number of children for whom care was requested. Providers may also offer more than one schedule.
HEAD START STATE COLLABORATION OFFICE (HSSCO)
The Head Start State Collaboration Office is a federal-state partnership funded by the ACF Office of Head Start as the state point of contact for Head Start and collaboration to assist in building early childhood systems and access to comprehensive
services for all low income children. Further, its purposes include encouraging widespread collaboration between Head Start and other appropriate programs, services and initiatives. The HSSCO augments Head Start's capacity to be a partner in State
initiatives on behalf of children and families; and facilitates Head Start's involvement in state policies, plans, processes, and decisions affecting the Head Start target population. The HSSCO accomplishes these purposes by working with Head Start,
state, federal and community stakeholders in the eight federal priority areas of child care, education, health, welfare, community services, disabilities, homeless services, and family literacy. The HSSCO provides education about Head Start, supplies
resources and information to support state and local partnerships, and facilitates the development of statewide agreements.
Quality services are available to families and child care providers statewide. CCRRs compile child care provider database information in order to supply referrals to families based on unique needs and preferences. Parents requesting child care
referrals receive a listing of potential providers, as well as information regarding legal child care and indicators of quality care. Child care referral services supply listings that are strictly referral, not recommendations for child care.
Child care practitioners are offered a wide variety of programs and supports to help improve the quality of care they provide. CCRRs administer multiple programs aimed at supplying providers with the support and resources necessary to improve program
quality. These quality supports
- Encourage increased professionalism and educational attainment for child care practitioners,
- Supply required in-service training to maintain Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) licensing, and
- Offer grants to expand capacity and increase quality in child care programs and settings.
FAMILIES
Table 11 shows dot-point information about families who received child care referrals during Fiscal Year 2008:
Table 11: A dot-point list of FY08 Families Receiving Child Care Referrals
- 32,640 families received child care referrals
- 81% of families required care due to employment
- 1,369 families of children with special needs requested referrals
- 15,561 requests were made for non-standard schedules (A standard child care schedule is full-time care offered during traditional work hours.)
Table 12 indicates the number of children for whom parents requested care by age and type of care.
Table 12: FY08 Number of Children by Age and Type of Care
| Ages of Children |
Number of Children |
% of Children |
| REQUESTS BY AGE |
| Infants & Toddlers |
18, 390 |
38.0% |
| Two Year Old Children |
5,955 |
12.3% |
| Three - Four Year Old Children |
12,265 |
25.3% |
| Five Year Olds/Kindergarteners |
3,046 |
6.3% |
| School Age |
8,728 |
18.0% |
| TOTAL CHILDREN |
48,384 |
100% |
REQUESTS BY TYPE OF CARE
(Families may request more than one type of care.) |
| Child Care Center |
46,492 |
54.0% |
| Family Child Care Home |
38,566 |
45.0% |
| In-Home Care |
530 |
1.0% |
| TOTAL REQUESTS |
85,588 |
100% |
CHILD CARE PRACTITIONERS
Child care practitioners care for children in a variety of settings: child care centers, their own homes and in the home of the child. CCRRs offer a variety of services to support the work done by child care practitioners.
Training
One service provided by the CCRRs is training for child care practitioners. CCRRs supply training services based on the results of needs assessments that include input from providers, DHS, DCFS, and other community organizations with in their Service
Delivery Area (SDA). Training includes stand-alone workshops and workshop series and self study materials. Topics such as health and safety, child development, nutrition, guidance and discipline, inclusion, and programs assessment are routinely offered.
Some are free of charge. Also offered trainings for the newly implemented Quality Counts: Quality Rating System (see page 20).
Professional Development Funds
CCRRS also promote quality by assisting child care practitioners with Professional Development Funds. These monies can be used for college tuition, credentials, and non-CCRR sponsored conference and training expenses.
Program Improvement and Accreditation Funds
Center based and family child care programs are also encouraged to pursue quality improvement. Voluntary participation in the new Quality Rating System (QRS) and/or national program accreditation provides pathways to improve quality. CCRRs offer
information about QRS and accreditation processes, technical assistance and support funds.
Equipment/Facility Improvement Grants
Any provider on a CCRR database is eligible to apply for an equipment/facility improvement grant (a.k.a. Quality Counts Grants). This funding is available by a competitive grant process with the goal of increasing capacity and improving quality in
child care programs. Awards vary from $100 to $12,000 depending on provider type and program capacity. These grants may be used for materials, equipment and/or facility improvements. Children and providers have benefited from funding supplying such
things as:
- fencing
- outdoor and indoor play equipment
- child-sized sinks
- crib and high chairs
- adaptive equipment for children with special needs
Seventy-seven percent of the funds expended in FY08 for the Quality Counts Grants were used for equipment and materials for children. The remaining 23 % was used for facility improvement, and parent and professional resources.
DHS has set Infant/Toddler needs as one of the priorities for these grants. In FY08, 38.9 percent of the funds went to meeting needs of infants and toddlers.
Table 13: Fiscal Year 2008 Quality Program Services
| Services |
Number |
Training Sessions
(stand alone workshops & workshop series only) |
3,082 |
| Training Participants |
51,459 |
| Professional Development Fund Grants |
3,015 |
| Accreditation Grants |
311 |
| Equipment/Facility Improvement Grants |
1,308 |
Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (T.E.A.C.H.) Early Childhood® Program
The T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Program increases practitioner education levels, provides practitioners compensation and improves the consistency of care for children. The program provides center staff and licensed family child care providers with
partial funding for college tuition, credential attainment, travel and release time. Approximately 800 T.E.A.C.H. scholarships were approved in Fiscal Year 2008.
Great START
Great START (Strategies to Attract and Retain Teachers) is a wage supplement program that offers financial incentives to licensed center and family child care home practitioners who have attained education beyond state licensing requirements and who
remain employed by the same child care program. Wage supplements are awarded every six months based on the level of formal education an eligible applicant has achieved and continue as long as the practitioner remains employed by the same program. Program
data show higher retention rates for Great START participants than the field overall. Data also show increasing attainment of formal education by participants. Nearly 4,900 early care and education practitioners participated in Great START in Fiscal Year
2008.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND OUTCOMES
The DHS Bureau of Child Care and Development, in partnership with the Advisory Council, developed a five-year strategic plan that was adopted in FY03. This plan guides the Bureau with program improvement in relation to available resources. The
strategic goals and objectives listed in the plan build on currently offered child care services and include recommendations related to policy, program assessment, service expansion and quality improvements. Five major goals are stated in the plan, each
with accompanying strategies and action steps. These five goals are:
- Fully implement a child care subsidy system that enables all Illinois families to access quality care.
- Support quality child care through a system of adequate base rates and financial incentives for implementing progressively higher quality standards.
- Support development of a child care work force dedicated to providing the highest quality of care.
- Encourage collaboration and blending of funds to provide the best possible early care and education system.
- Implement planning and management tools that increase the system's responsiveness to providers and families, and accountability to the public.
Many of the activities that support the Plan have been outlined in previous chapters of this Report, additional activities are cited below:
GOAL 1. Fully implement a child care subsidy system that enables all Illinois families to access quality care.
Infant/Toddler Incentive Program
The Infant/Toddler Incentive Program is available to child care centers that expand their capacity for infants and toddlers enrolled in the CCAP. These providers can qualify for a 10% add-on to the standard CCAP reimbursement rate. This reimbursement
rate cannot exceed the child care rate paid by the general public for children of the same age. The goal of the program is to increase the number of infant/toddler child care spaces available to families of low income. In FY 08, 133 child care programs
participated in the initiative.
Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant Project
The Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant (MHC) project addresses the social/emotional needs of young children in child care settings ages birth-five years. A contracted mental health agency oversees the implementation of the project. Full-time
mental health consultants (MHC) are employed and housed in a local mental health or social service agency and work in partnership with local CCRR staff. MHCs conduct training, provide consultations and supply referrals for child care providers and the
families they serve. The goal of the project is stable and continued enrollment of children with social/emotional challenges in child care settings. Funding made available in Fiscal Year 2008 resulted in state-wide roll out of this program.
TEAM Illinois
The Bureau continues to be a partner in the TEAM Illinois project in Fiscal Year 2008. Involvement included collaborating with other DHS divisions, state and federal agencies, community stakeholders, faith-based organizations and private groups in an
effort to strengthen citizens and community sufficiency in TEAM Illinois communities. Bureau staff provided technical assistance and child care information as needed. Collaboration efforts continued in Aurora in the planning of a child care facility. A
Request for Proposal was issued for the operation of this child care facility in FY2008.
GOAL 2. Support quality child care through a system of adequate base rates and financial incentives for implementing progressively higher quality standards.
Illinois Quality Counts: Quality Rating System
The new Illinois Quality Counts: Quality Rating System (QRS) was implemented
July 1, 2007. QRS assists Illinois child care programs in providing quality care for children and their families. This voluntary System is available to License-Exempt Family Child Care providers, Licensed Family Child Care providers and Licensed
Centers. The System offers levels which providers can achieve depending on the type of care they provide. There is required training that must be attended prior to any provider applying for QRS. In addition, there are basic QRS eligibility requirements
specific to the type of child care. Providers must serve children eligible for the DHS Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) in order to participate in QRS. Once a child care provider has met the required criteria for a level, they are awarded a
certificate for their achievement and receive a quality add-on rate to the CCAP standard daily reimbursement rate. Technical assistance, training and supports are offered to all types of providers through their local Child Care Resource and Referral
(CCRR) agency. In Fiscal Year 2008, 105 providers, serving 4,336 children receiving CCAP assistance, were eligible for QRS.
Child Care Reimbursement Rates
In compliance with SB2900, DHS submitted the Illinois Child Care Rates Report to the Governor's Office in January 2005. The report outlined a comprehensive plan that included the following recommendations: 1) Base reimbursement rates adequate to
provide CCAP children access to quality child care; and 2) A tiered reimbursement system that financially rewards child care providers that meet defined benchmarks of higher-quality care.
CCAP standard daily reimbursement rates were increased for family child care home and center providers, on July 1, 2007 and January 1, 2008. The rate sheets can be found in Appendix E.
The third of these recommendations to be realized, Illinois Quality Counts: Quality Rating System (QRS) was implemented on July 1, 2007. QRS assists Illinois child care programs in providing quality care for children and their families, and provides
quality add-ons (tiered reimbursement) for CCAP payment. For more information about QRS, see the previous section.
GOAL 3: Support development of a child care work force capable of providing the highest quality of care.
Professional Development for Child Care Practitioners
In addition to contracted CCRR services (see page 17), the following professional development programs were funded by DHS for child care practitioners in Fiscal Year 2008.
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood ® Scholarship Program
The TEACH scholarship program increases practitioners education levels, provides practitioner compensation and improves the consistency of care for children. See page 18 for more information about TEACH.
Great START
Great START (Strategies to Attract and Retain Teachers) is a wage supplement program that offers financial incentives to licensed center and family child care home practitioners who have attained education beyond state licensing requirements and who
remain employed by the same child care program. For more information about Great START, see page 18.
Illinois Trainers Network
The Illinois Trainers Network (ITN) provides training to individual trainers/facilitators on topics such as developmentally appropriate curriculum, inclusion, and program assessment. ITN trainers/facilitators then in turn, coordinate with CCRRs to
supply standardized curriculum training to child care practitioners statewide. In FY08, 570 trainings were conducted for 7582 participants in the following curricula:
- Child Development Overview
- Creative Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers
- Creative Curriculum for Family Child Care
- Creative Curriculum for Preschool
- American Red Cross CPR and First Aid
- Foundations of Family Child Care
- Pathfinders Second Helping
- WestEd Infant and Toddler
- SpecialCare
- NAFCC Accreditation
- Early Childhood Developmental Screening
- Level 1 ECE Credential
- Illinois Early Learning Standards for Children 3 to 5
- Introduction to the Environment Rating Scales
Gateways to Opportunity: Illinois Professional Development System
Gateways to Opportunity (Gateways) is a collaborative effort of DHS (child care and Head Start State Collaboration), ISBE, INCCRRA, child care providers, CCRRs, Head Start, two- and four-year colleges and DCFS. The long term goal of Gateways is to
improve the stability of the work force for programs/agencies serving children, youth and families through increased pre-service professional preparation and on-going professional development, increased compensation and improved opportunities for career
development.
The Career Lattice is a major component of Gateways and is based on six levels of professional knowledge and skill competence. The Lattice also identifies multiple paths for professional growth and advancement for practitioners working with children,
youth and families.
Significant accomplishments for Gateways to Opportunity in FY08 are listed below:
- Level 2-5 of the ECE and Infant Toddler credentials were piloted.
- The benchmarks for the ECE Level 5 Credential and the Infant Toddler Level 5 Credential were finalized.
- The number of entitled higher education institutions reached 25, including 16 two-year colleges and nine (9) four-year colleges. Students taking courses from these institutions meet credential requirement through their normal coursework and can
qualify for credentials as they complete coursework and/or degrees.
GOAL 4. Encourage collaboration and blending of funds to provide the best possible early care and education system
Good Start, Grow Smart
President Bush's Good Start, Grow Smart initiative emphasizes the importance of children's early learning. The intent of this federal and state partnership is to create linkages between CCDF services and other state, public, and private efforts to
strengthen early learning in the state. States are to address the following areas in their Good Start, Grow Smart (GSGS) partnerships: developing and implementing voluntary guidelines on language, literacy, pre-reading and numeracy for children age 3-5
years; supplying professional development supports for child care providers; and coordinating services across the early childhood programs and funding streams.
Illinois' state-federal Good Start, Grow Smart team consists of representatives from the DHS Bureau of Child Care and Development (child care and Head Start collaboration), Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), and Administration of Children &
Families. This team again met regularly to share program updates and to discuss and resolve collaboration barriers, both at the local and state levels and sponsored the statewide Collaboration Forums, with the National Child Care Information Center.
Child Care Collaboration Program
The Child Care Collaboration Program was created to facilitate high quality collaborative arrangements between child care and other early care and education providers and funding streams. The Child Care Collaboration Program offers the following three
CCAP policy exceptions to approved collaboration providers:
- Determining eligibility annually, rather than every six months
- A ninety-day job loss grace period instead of 30 days
- Continued eligibility as long as participation in the Child Care Collaboration Programs is part of the family's TANF Responsibility Service Plan
The intent of the policy exceptions and the DHS Collaboration Program is to foster integrated services for children and families by bridging some of the differences between Head Start/State Pre-K and child care policy and regulation. Providers are
approved in this program by demonstrating the quality their collaboration model contributes to their programming through an application process to DHS.
Illinois Early Childhood Collaborative Web Site
The Illinois Early Childhood Collaborative web site (www.ilearlychildhoodcollab.org) was established to support local collaboration programs with information and resources. The web site contains
various resources, presentations, and matrices in various areas of collaboration, including general process and models, written agreements, fiscal and regulatory, and coalition building. It also houses more than thirty real Illinois early childhood
collaboration profiles, as well as contact information for users if they have more questions.
Collaboration Forums
Collaboration Forums were held in Fiscal Year 2008 to:
- Spotlight promising collaboration practices and strategies to continue addressing opportunities and challenges in Illinois early care and education partnerships;
- Learn more about current successful Illinois community-based coalition strategies and practices;
- Determine next steps and actions to take away with local team members; and
- Inform conveners of additional technical assistance needs and issues.
The Forums were held in Springfield and Lisle with a target audience of early care and education program administrators. Early Learning Council Executive Committee members, local community coalitions, CCRR staff, INCCRRA representatives, and training
and technical assistance contractors were also invited. Participants were given the opportunity to hear and discuss how collaboration is meeting the needs of families with young children.
Preschool for All
Preschool for All (PFA), administered by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), is a voluntary preschool program for three- and four-year-olds. It builds on the 20-year-old State Pre-K program. Fiscal Year 2008 was the fifth year that child
care programs were eligible to respond to ISBE's Request for Proposal (RFP). The CCRRs collaborated with ISBE to promote the availability of the PFA funding and offer other technical assistance to child care providers responding to the RFP.
GOAL 5. Implementing planning and management tools that increase the system's responsiveness to providers and families, and accountability to the public.
Child Care Telephone Billing System
The Child Care Telephone Billing System allows licensed and license-exempt family child care providers to submit their monthly billing certificates for the CCAP over the phone. This system is the first application of speech recognition in a billing
application in the state. The goal is to enable providers to control billing for their child care services and receive payments more quickly. The system is available in English and Spanish and allows keypad, as well as voice entry of information. It is
available 24 hours per day, seven days a week. On average, 13,157 providers used the telephone billing system each month in FY08.
Child Care Tracking System Updates
The Bureau worked in earnest in FY2008 to compile sufficient information to issue an RFP for a technology upgrade to the Child Care Tracking System (CCTS). Bureau management expect to issue this RFP in FY2009.
APPENDICES
Appendix A
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FY08 INCOME GUIDELINES FOR THE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Family
Size |
Maximum Gross
Annual Income |
| 2 |
$28,008 |
| 3 |
$35,208 |
| 4 |
$42,408 |
| 5 |
$49,608 |
| 6 |
$56,808 |
| 7 |
$64,008 |
| 8 |
$71,208 |
Appendix B
CCAP Enrollment Profiles by County
The following table provides information regarding CCAP participation by county for the State of Illinois. The data being reported is from March 2008. It does not include the Chicago Department of Children and Youth Services site administered child
care program.
| County |
# of Families in the CCAP |
% of Families Statewide |
Number of Children |
% of Children |
Average Monthly Payment per Child |
% of Working Families |
% of Famiies with TANF Income |
% of Single Parent Families |
% of Children in Licensed Care |
% of Children with 2 or More Providers |
% of Children in Care of a Relative |
| Adams |
487 |
0.6% |
820 |
0.5% |
$260 |
86.6% |
2.3% |
95.8% |
70.7% |
6.2% |
11.1% |
| Alexander |
116 |
0.1% |
257 |
0.2% |
$264 |
76.7% |
14.7% |
98.3% |
19.1% |
2.7% |
19.1% |
| Bond |
75 |
75% |
116 |
0.1% |
$274 |
81.1% |
2.7% |
94.6% |
62.9% |
5.2% |
10.3% |
| Boone |
212 |
0.2% |
387 |
0.2% |
$371 |
92.9% |
1.9% |
96.7% |
68.2% |
3.6% |
8.8% |
| Brown |
6 |
0.0% |
9 |
0.0% |
$253 |
83.3% |
0.0% |
83.3% |
33.3% |
0.0% |
33.3% |
| Bureau |
92 |
0.1% |
154 |
0.1% |
$313 |
93.4% |
2.2% |
89.0% |
72.7% |
0.6% |
6.5% |
| Calhoun |
2 |
0.0% |
3 |
0.0% |
$369 |
50.0% |
0.0% |
100.0% |
66.7% |
0.0% |
33.3% |
| Carroll |
40 |
0.0% |
69 |
0.0% |
$237 |
92.5% |
10.0% |
97.5% |
52.2% |
5.8% |
20.3% |
| Cass |
36 |
0.0% |
72 |
0.0% |
$221 |
91.4% |
2.8% |
97.1% |
40.3% |
4.2% |
22.2% |
| Champaign |
1,830 |
2.1% |
3,241 |
2.1% |
$342 |
95.0% |
1.3% |
95.1% |
66.4% |
6.2% |
11.5% |
| Christian |
90 |
0.1% |
170 |
0.1% |
$263 |
95.5% |
2.2% |
92.1% |
41.8% |
8.2% |
32.9% |
| Clark |
90 |
0.1% |
159 |
0.1% |
$269 |
89.8% |
3.3% |
77.3% |
79.2% |
6.9% |
10.1% |
| Clay |
58 |
0.1% |
94 |
0.1% |
$242 |
91.2% |
5.2% |
94.7% |
68.1% |
5.3% |
13.8% |
| Clinton |
126 |
0.1% |
212 |
0.1% |
$299 |
82.8% |
6.3% |
92.6% |
77.8% |
5.2% |
5.7% |
| Coles |
297 |
0.3% |
455 |
0.3% |
$267 |
86.1% |
1.3% |
90.2% |
66.8% |
3.7% |
10.8% |
| Cook |
47,729 |
55.6% |
88.673 |
56.7% |
$374 |
91.9% |
5.0% |
97.0% |
48.2% |
2.4% |
17.6% |
| Crawford |
82 |
0.1% |
142 |
0.1% |
$270 |
81.0% |
1.2% |
82.3% |
73.2% |
1.4% |
9.9% |
| Cumberland |
49 |
0.1% |
88 |
0.1% |
$247 |
83.0% |
4.1% |
87.2% |
68.2% |
1.1% |
23.9% |
| De Witt |
50 |
0.1% |
94 |
0.1% |
$291 |
91.7% |
4.0% |
91.7% |
43.6% |
0.0% |
35.1% |
| DeKalb |
612 |
0.7% |
922 |
0.6% |
$432 |
83.1% |
1.5% |
90.3% |
81.1% |
6.9% |
7.3% |
| Douglas |
63 |
0.1% |
121 |
0.1% |
$297 |
95.1% |
3.2% |
95.1% |
47.1% |
5.8% |
24.8% |
| DuPage |
2,011 |
2.3% |
3,441 |
2.2% |
$443 |
94.0% |
1.6% |
94.3% |
74.8% |
2.4% |
6.9% |
| Edgar |
74 |
0.1% |
130 |
0.1% |
$305 |
94.6% |
2.7% |
100.0% |
69.2% |
5.4% |
5.4% |
| Edwards |
13 |
0.0% |
20 |
0.0% |
$213 |
69.2% |
0.0% |
84.6% |
45.0% |
0.0% |
25.0% |
| Effingham |
161 |
0.2% |
273 |
0.2% |
$257 |
86.9% |
1.9% |
91.9% |
82.1% |
4.0% |
6.2% |
| Fayette |
84 |
0.1% |
142 |
0.1% |
$244 |
90.4% |
2.4% |
86.7% |
53.5% |
2.8% |
21.1% |
| Ford |
69 |
0.1% |
114 |
0.1% |
$319 |
89.7% |
1.4% |
98.5% |
78.1% |
10.5% |
15.8% |
| Franklin |
290 |
0.3% |
502 |
0.3% |
$312 |
83.4% |
0.0% |
86.2% |
69.1% |
4.2% |
17.1% |
| Fulton |
107 |
0.1% |
174 |
0.1% |
$281 |
80.2% |
5.6% |
94.3% |
61.5% |
3.4% |
10.9% |
| Gallatin |
19 |
0.0% |
25 |
0.0% |
$323 |
63.2% |
0.0% |
94.7% |
88.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
| Greene |
50 |
0.1% |
84 |
0.1% |
$230 |
90.0% |
0.0% |
92.0% |
64.3% |
2.4% |
20.2% |
| Grundy |
97 |
0.1% |
150 |
0.1% |
$332 |
91.8% |
0.0% |
100.0% |
70.7% |
1.3% |
9.3% |
| Hamilton |
26 |
0.0% |
42 |
0.0% |
$260 |
76.9% |
0.0% |
88.5% |
61.9% |
2.4% |
11.9% |
| Hancock |
38 |
0.0% |
59 |
0.0% |
$249 |
81.1% |
0.0% |
89.2% |
67.8% |
3.4% |
15.3% |
| Hardin |
18 |
0.0% |
41 |
0.0% |
$325 |
88.9% |
0.0% |
83.3% |
80.5% |
4.9% |
4.9% |
| Henderson |
14 |
0.0% |
29 |
0.0% |
$226 |
78.6% |
0.0% |
71.4% |
75.9% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
| Henry |
160 |
0.2% |
257 |
0.2% |
$305 |
82.5% |
3.8% |
92.5% |
66.1% |
10.9% |
15.6% |
| Iroquois |
125 |
0.2% |
211 |
0.1% |
$280 |
93.5% |
1.6% |
91.1% |
50.2% |
0.0% |
19.0% |
| Jackson |
426 |
0.5% |
702 |
0.4% |
$299 |
74.3% |
4.5% |
90.1% |
55.7% |
4.6% |
21.1% |
| Jasper |
34 |
0.0% |
59 |
0.0% |
$229 |
78.8% |
2.9% |
84.8% |
71.2% |
0.0% |
5.1% |
| Jefferson |
277 |
0.3% |
458 |
0.3% |
$262 |
83.0% |
6.5% |
94.8% |
64.6% |
6.6% |
10.9% |
| Jersey |
51 |
0.1% |
75 |
0.0% |
$252 |
76.0% |
0.0% |
94.0% |
73.3% |
2.7% |
9.3% |
| Jo Daviess |
36 |
0.0% |
64 |
0.0% |
$298 |
79.4% |
2.8% |
94.1% |
54.7% |
0.0% |
15.6% |
| Johnson |
37 |
0.0% |
63 |
0.0% |
$280 |
89.2% |
0.0% |
91.9% |
73.0% |
1.6% |
9.5% |
| Kane |
1,709 |
2.0% |
3,087 |
2.0% |
$392 |
93.6% |
1.8% |
95.6% |
61.2% |
1.4% |
12.3% |
| Kankakee |
915 |
1.1% |
1,788 |
1.1% |
$340 |
90.4% |
2.6% |
97.1% |
55.3% |
4.8% |
15.7% |
| Kendall |
187 |
0.2% |
332 |
0.2% |
$416 |
89.7% |
4.8% |
95.1% |
65.7% |
2.7% |
8.4% |
| Knox |
267 |
0.3% |
453 |
0.3% |
$248 |
82.7% |
2.6% |
94.0% |
50.6% |
8.2% |
16.6% |
| La Salle |
246 |
0.3% |
419 |
0.3% |
$299 |
89.8% |
1.6% |
94.7% |
56.6% |
3.3% |
15.3% |
| Lake |
3,330 |
3.9% |
6,137 |
3.9% |
$438 |
95.7% |
1.7% |
90.3% |
76.6% |
3.6% |
10.0% |
| Lawrence |
51 |
0.1% |
87 |
0.1% |
$270 |
80.0% |
0.0% |
82.0% |
72.4% |
5.7% |
4.6% |
| Lee |
117 |
0.1% |
191 |
0.1% |
$305 |
93.0% |
8.5% |
93.0% |
77.0% |
3.7% |
8.4% |
| Livingston |
101 |
0.1% |
168 |
0.1% |
$301 |
87.1% |
1.0% |
91.1% |
64.3% |
6.5% |
23.2% |
| Logan |
111 |
0.1% |
179 |
0.1% |
$285 |
92.7% |
2.7% |
97.3% |
48.0% |
0.6% |
13.4% |
| Macon |
1,111 |
1.3% |
2,038 |
1.3% |
$290 |
96.9% |
1.7% |
98.1% |
50.2% |
4.6% |
18.8% |
| Macoupin |
140 |
0.2% |
222 |
0.1% |
$308 |
87.0% |
1.4% |
92.0% |
61.7% |
3.2% |
13.1% |
| Madison |
1,487 |
1.7% |
2,514 |
1.6% |
$331 |
83.0% |
5.2% |
94.6% |
60.3% |
4.0% |
11.9% |
| Marion |
306 |
0.4% |
545 |
0.3% |
$274 |
81.5% |
7.8% |
93.7% |
70.8% |
5.5% |
14.9% |
| Marshall |
20 |
0.0% |
35 |
0.0% |
$300 |
90.0% |
0.0% |
80.0% |
65.7% |
0.0% |
31.4% |
| Mason |
44 |
0.1% |
83 |
0.1% |
$273 |
88.6% |
4.5% |
97.7% |
48.2% |
3.6% |
16.9% |
| Massac |
61 |
0.1% |
109 |
0.1% |
$256 |
77.0% |
0.0% |
93.4% |
48.6% |
5.5% |
2.8% |
| McDonough |
126 |
0.1% |
188 |
0.1% |
$272 |
78.6% |
3.2% |
85.7% |
64.9% |
4.8% |
13.3% |
| McHenry |
685 |
0.8% |
1,093 |
0.7% |
$457 |
92.5% |
2.3% |
91.9% |
84.6% |
1.5% |
3.6% |
| McLean |
1,072 |
1.2% |
1,766 |
1.1% |
$401 |
87.3% |
1.8% |
92.3% |
72.9% |
2.8% |
15.3% |
| Menard |
39 |
0.0% |
64 |
0.0% |
$287 |
92.1% |
0.0% |
86.8% |
51.6% |
6.3% |
20.3% |
| Mercer |
57 |
0.1% |
96 |
0.1% |
$302 |
84.2% |
1.8% |
80.7% |
78.1% |
3.1% |
10.4% |
| Monroe |
73 |
0.1% |
124 |
0.1% |
$435 |
87.1% |
4.1% |
88.6% |
95.2% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
| Montgomery |
103 |
0.1% |
157 |
0.1% |
$285 |
87.4% |
1.0% |
87.4% |
66.2% |
3.2% |
14.6% |
| Morgan |
252 |
0.3% |
481 |
0.3% |
$304 |
91.1% |
2.8% |
90.2% |
69.4% |
5.6% |
8.7% |
| Moultrie |
71 |
0.1% |
124 |
0.1% |
$301 |
94.2% |
2.8% |
88.4% |
73.4% |
0.8% |
12.9% |
| Ogle |
306 |
0.4% |
509 |
0.3% |
$325 |
85.9% |
1.6% |
90.5% |
71.7% |
4.9% |
11.8% |
| Peoria |
1,856 |
2.2% |
3,312 |
2.2% |
$346 |
91.0% |
2.9% |
96.1% |
56.2% |
5.2% |
16.6% |
| Perry |
101 |
0.1% |
177 |
0.1% |
$289 |
84.2% |
3.0% |
92.1% |
54.8% |
4.5% |
15.8% |
| Piatt |
41 |
0.0% |
61 |
0.0% |
$315 |
100.0% |
4.9% |
92.5% |
67.2% |
4.9% |
3.3% |
| Pike |
56 |
0.1% |
97 |
0.1% |
$244 |
85.7% |
1.8% |
91.1% |
69.1% |
5.2% |
14.4% |
| Pope |
21 |
0.0% |
31 |
0.0% |
$309 |
47.6% |
9.5% |
85.7% |
54.8% |
12.9% |
9.7% |
| Pulaski |
66 |
0.1% |
139 |
0.1% |
$259 |
83.1% |
7.6% |
96.9% |
37.4% |
4.3% |
20.9% |
| Putnam |
5 |
0.0% |
7 |
0.0% |
$329 |
100.0% |
0.0% |
100.0% |
57.1% |
0.0% |
42.9% |
| Randolph |
107 |
0.1% |
204 |
0.1% |
$269 |
90.5% |
2.8% |
95.6% |
43.1% |
6.4% |
19.6% |
| Richland |
81 |
0.1% |
124 |
0.1% |
$272 |
85.0% |
4.9% |
83.8% |
68.5% |
8.9% |
15.3% |
| Rock Island |
1,209 |
1.4% |
1,983 |
1.3% |
$363 |
84.6% |
2.2% |
94.1% |
75.2% |
13.1% |
7.5% |
| Saline |
220 |
0.3% |
396 |
0.3% |
$302 |
83.1% |
1.4% |
88.1% |
68.7% |
2.0% |
12.1% |
| Sangamon |
1,862 |
2.2% |
3,288 |
2.1% |
$338 |
92.7% |
4.1% |
94.3% |
51.9% |
6.1% |
15.4% |
| Schuyler |
29 |
0.0% |
49 |
0.0% |
$241 |
75.9% |
0.0% |
89.7% |
69.4% |
0.0% |
18.4% |
| Scott |
12 |
0.0% |
17 |
0.0% |
$312 |
91.7% |
8.3% |
91.7% |
76.5% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
| Shelby |
58 |
0.1% |
103 |
0.1% |
$219 |
85.7% |
5.2% |
82.1% |
58.3% |
1.9% |
21.4% |
| St. Clair |
2,972 |
3.5% |
5,548 |
3.5% |
$328 |
87.5% |
6.9% |
97.1% |
58.7% |
4.3% |
11.4% |
| Stark |
16 |
0.0% |
21 |
0.0% |
$256 |
62.5% |
0.0% |
100.0% |
57.1% |
0.0% |
14.3% |
| Stephenson |
316 |
0.4% |
614 |
0.4% |
$276 |
87.1% |
5.7% |
93.5% |
53.1% |
4.6% |
18.6% |
| Tazewell |
668 |
0.8% |
1,042 |
0.7% |
$387 |
90.6% |
2.4% |
93.2% |
73.8% |
2.8% |
8.0% |
| Union |
42 |
0.0% |
83 |
0.1% |
$222 |
81.0% |
2.4% |
90.5% |
44.6% |
2.4% |
25.3% |
| Vermillion |
664 |
0.8% |
1,305 |
0.8% |
$267 |
92.0% |
2.1% |
95.2% |
45.4% |
4.4% |
22.9% |
| Wabash |
30 |
0.0% |
42 |
0.0% |
$262 |
73.3% |
0.0% |
93.3% |
76.2% |
0.0% |
7.1% |
| Warren |
68 |
0.1% |
116 |
0.1% |
$244 |
89.7% |
2.9% |
97.1% |
70.7% |
2.6% |
19.0% |
| Washington |
36 |
0.0% |
55 |
0.0% |
$270 |
77.1% |
2.8% |
85.7% |
60.0% |
3.6% |
18.2% |
| Wayne |
87 |
0.1% |
125 |
0.1% |
$276 |
73.6% |
2.3% |
79.3% |
80.0% |
16.0% |
7.2% |
| White |
58 |
0.1% |
84 |
0.1% |
$300 |
70.7% |
1.7% |
91.4% |
78.6% |
4.8% |
2.4% |
| Whiteside |
273 |
0.3% |
477 |
0.3% |
$311 |
96.2% |
3.7% |
93.6% |
63.9% |
2.1% |
9.2% |
| Will |
2,417 |
2.8% |
4,449 |
2.8% |
$353 |
90.6% |
3.1% |
97.3% |
55.7% |
2.9% |
15.2% |
| Williamson |
439 |
0.5% |
738 |
0.5% |
$297 |
80.9% |
1.1% |
86.4% |
66.4% |
2.7% |
12.5% |
| Winnebago |
2,680 |
3.1% |
5,038 |
3.2% |
$340 |
91.5% |
1.4% |
96.7% |
56.8% |
4.0% |
15.1% |
| Woodford |
79 |
0.1% |
124 |
0.1% |
$370 |
82.1% |
1.3% |
100.0% |
66.9% |
8.1% |
12.1% |
Appendix C
Child Care Resource and Referral Agency Contact Information
| SDA |
PROGRAM NAME & ADDRESS |
PHONE PUMBERS |
COUNTIES SERVED |
|
Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies(INCCRRA)
1226 Towanda Plaza
Bloomington, IL 61701 |
(877) 20-CHILD
(877) 202-4453
(309) 829-5327
TTY (800) 649-1884 |
All Counties in Illinois |
| 1 |
YWCA Child Care Solutions
4990 East State Street
Rockford, IL 61108 |
REF (815) 484-9442
REF (888) 225-7072
PROV (815) 484-9442
CCAP (800) 872-9780
CCAP (815) 484-9448
TTY (815) 484-9442 |
Boone, JoDaviess, Stephenson, Winnebago |
| 2 |
4C:Community Coordinated Child Care CCR&R
155 North 3rd Street, Suite 300
DeKalb, IL 60115
4C: McHenry County
667 Ridgeway Drive
McHenry, IL 60050 |
REF (815) 758-8149 x 287
REF (800) 848-8727 x287
PROV (815) 758-8149 x286
PROV (800) 848-8727 x286
REF & PROV (815) 344-5510
REF & PROV (866) 347-2277
CCAP (815) 758-8149 x225
CCAP (800) 848-8727 x225 |
Carroll, Dekalb, Lee, Ogle, Whiteside, McHenry,
Carroll, DeKalb, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Whiteside |
| 3 |
YWCA Child Care Resource & Referral
YWCA of Lake County
2133 Belvidere
Waukegan, IL 60085 |
REF & PROV (800) 244-5376
REF & PROV (847) 662-4247
CCAP(847) 662-6129 |
Lake |
| 4 |
YWCA Child Care Resource & Referral
739 Roosevelt Road, Bldg. #8,
Suite 210
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 |
REF & PROV (630) 790-8137
REF & PROV (630) 790-3030
CCAP (630) 790-8009
TTY (630) 790-8137 |
Dupage, Kane |
| 5 |
Child Care Resource & Referral
801 North Larkin, Suite 202
Joliet, IL 60435 |
REF (815) 741-1179
REF (800) 552-5526
PROV (815) 741-1163
CCAP (815) 741-4622
CCAP (800) 641-4622 |
Grundy, Kankakee, Kendall, Will |
| 6 |
Illinois Action for Children
Cook County CCR&R
4753 North Broadway
Suite 1200
Chicago, IL 60640 |
REF & CCAP (312) 823-1100
FAX (312) 823-1200 |
Cook |
| 7 |
Community Child Care Resource & Referral
Community Action of Eastern Iowa
500 East 59th Street
Davenport, IA 52807 |
REF (563) 324-1302
REF (800) 369-3778
CCAP (563) 324-7844
CCAP (800) 923-7844 |
Henderson, Henry, Knox, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren |
| 8 |
Child Care Connection
Illinois Central College
5407 N. University
East Peoria, IL 61635-0001 |
REF (309) 690-7300
REF (800) 421-4371
CCAP (309) 690-7300
CCAP (800) 301-3304 |
Bureau, Fulton, LaSalle, Marshall, Peoria, Putnam, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford |
| 9 |
Child Care Resource & Referral Network
207 West Jefferson, Suite 301
Bloomington, IL 61701 |
REF & CCAP (309) 828-1892
REF & CCAP (800) 437-8256 |
DeWitt, Ford, Livingston, McLean |
| 10 |
Child Care Resource Service
University of Illinois
314 Bevier Hall
905 S. Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801 |
REF & CCAP (217) 333-3252
REF & CCAP (800) 325-5516
TTY (217) 244-9660 |
Champaign, Douglas, Iroquois, Macon, Piatt, Vermillion |
| 11 |
Child Care Resource & Referral Eastern Illinois University
Klehm Hall, Room 1325
600 Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, IL 61920 |
REF (217) 581-6698
REF (800) 545-7439
PROV (800) 545-7439
CCAP (217) 581-7081
CCAP (800) 643-1026 |
Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, Moultrie, Shelby |
| 12 |
West Central Child Care Connection
510 Maine Street, Room 610
Quincy, IL 62301 |
REF & CCAP (217) 222-2550
REF & CCAP (800) 782-7318 |
Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Hancock, Jersey, Pike, Schuyler |
| 13 |
Community Child Care Connection, Inc.
1004 North Milton Avenue
Springfield, IL 62702-4430 |
REF & CCAP (217) 525-2805
REF & CCAP (800) 676-2805 |
Christian, Logan, Macoupin, Mason, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott |
| 14 |
Children's Home & Aid Child Care Resource & Referral
2133 Johnson Road, Suite 100A
Granite City, IL 62040 |
REF & PROV (800) 467-9200
REF & PROV (800) 847-6770 |
Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, St. Clair, Washington |
| 15 |
Project CHILD - CCR&R
327 Potomac Boulevard
P.O. Box 827
Mt. Vernon, IL 62864 |
REF & CCAP (800) 362-7257
REF & CCAP (618) 244 2210 |
Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Jefferson, Lawrence, Marion, Richland, Wabash, Wayne |
| 16 |
Child Care Resource & Referral
John A. Logan College
700 Logan College Road
Carterville, IL 62918 |
REF & CCAP (800) 548-5563 |
Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Perry, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac, Pulaski, Pope, Saline, Union, White, Williamson |
Appendix D
Fiscal Year 2008 Contracted Child Care Site Providers
| Site Provider Name |
Address |
City |
State |
Zip Code |
| People for Child Care, Inc. |
610 SW 2nd Street |
Aurora |
IL |
60507-2636 |
| First Step Day Care Center |
1300 Pearl Street |
Belvidere |
IL |
61008 |
| Bloomington Day Care Center, Inc. |
2708 East Lincoln |
Bloomington |
IL |
61704 |
| Heartland Head Start |
206 Still Well, P.O. Box 1585 |
Bloomington |
IL |
61702-1585 |
| Carole Robertson Center for Learning |
2020 West Roosevelt Road |
Chicago |
IL |
60608-1148 |
| Casa Central, Inc |
1343 North Carolina Avenue |
Chicago |
IL |
60622-2803 |
| Chicago State University |
9501 South King Drive-RUC 101 |
Chicago |
IL |
60628 |
| Chicago Urban Day School |
1248 West 69th |
Chicago |
IL |
60636 |
| Child Services |
8765 West Higgins Road, #450 |
Chicago |
IL |
60631 |
| Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinois |
125 South Wacker Drive, Floor 14 |
Chicago |
IL |
6060-4475 |
| City of Chicago Dept of Children & Youth Services |
1615 West Chicago Avenue |
Chicago |
IL |
60622-5127 |
| Community & Economic Development Assoc/Cook Co |
208 South LaSalle, Suite 1900 |
Chicago |
IL |
60604-1119 |
| Community College District 508 |
226 West Jackson, Room 912 |
Chicago |
IL |
60606 |
| Ezzard Charles School |
P.O. Box 208079, 7946 South Ashland |
Chicago |
IL |
60620-8079 |
| Fifth City Child Development Institute, Inc. |
3411 West 5th Avenue |
Chicago |
IL |
60624-3239 |
| First Congregational Church |
1305 North Hamlin |
Chicago |
IL |
60651 |
| Hull House Association |
1712 South Prairie |
Chicago |
IL |
60616 |
| Improved Child Care Management Services, Inc. |
1130 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 304 |
Chicago |
IL |
60605 |
| Marillac Social Center |
212 South Francisco Avenue |
Chicago |
IL |
60612-3618 |
| Mary Crane League |
2905 North Leavitt Street |
Chicago |
IL |
60618-8105 |
| Northwestern University Settlement |
1400 West Augusta Boulevard |
Chicago |
IL |
60622-3939 |
| Ounce of Prevention Fund |
122 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 2050 |
Chicago |
IL |
60603-6191 |
| Puerto Rican Cultural Center |
2739-41 West Division Street |
Chicago |
IL |
60622 |
| St. Vincent De Paul Center |
2145 North Halsted |
Chicago |
IL |
60614 |
| YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago |
180 North Wabash Avenue, Lobby 3 |
Chicago |
IL |
60601-3627 |
| Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center, Inc. |
233 West Joe Orr Road, North Building |
Chicago Heights |
IL |
60411 |
| Children's Center of Tazewell County |
210 North Thorncrest Drive |
Creve Coeur |
IL |
61610-3960 |
| Center for Children's Services |
702 North Logan Avenue |
Danville |
IL |
61832-4323 |
| 4C: Community Coordinated Child Care |
155 North 3rd Street, Suite 300 |
DeKalb |
IL |
60115-3365 |
| Northwest Suburban Day Care Center |
1755 Howard |
Des Plaines |
IL |
60018 |
| Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House |
1200 North 13th Street |
East St Louis |
IL |
62205 |
| East Moline Citizens for Community Center |
489 - 27th Street |
East Moline |
IL |
61244 |
| Child Care Center of Evanston |
1840 Asbury Avenue |
Evanston |
IL |
60201 |
| Child Care Network of Evanston |
1416 Lake Street |
Evanston |
IL |
60201 |
| Kiddie Kollege of Fairfield |
2226 Mt. Vernon Road, P.O. Box 362 |
Fairfield |
IL |
62837 |
| Geneseo Development & Growth, Inc. |
P.O. Box 172, 541 East North Street |
Geneseo |
IL |
61524 |
| Human Development Corporation |
142 East 154th Street |
Harvey |
IL |
60426-3326 |
| Highland Park Community Nursery School & Day Care |
1850 Green Bay Road |
Highland Park |
IL |
60035-3110 |
| Tri-Con Child Care Center, Inc. |
425 Laurel Avenue |
Highland Park |
IL |
60035-2652 |
| Educational Day Care Center |
330 West Michigan Avenue |
Jacksonville |
IL |
62650-3223 |
| YWCA of Kankakee |
1086 East Court Street |
Kankakee |
IL |
60901-4255 |
| Kid's Hope United, Inc. |
P.O. Box 1128 |
Lake Villa |
IL |
60046-1128 |
| McDonough County Council for Child Development |
425 North Prairie |
Macomb |
IL |
61455-1882 |
| Community Mennonite |
3215 West 162nd Street |
Markham |
IL |
60426-5401 |
| Just Kids Child Care |
P.O. Box 410 |
Milan |
IL |
61264 |
| Skip-A-Long Child Care Center, Inc. |
4800 - 60th Street |
Moline |
IL |
61265-8104 |
| Oak Park/River Forest Day Nursery |
1139 Randolph Street |
Oak Park |
IL |
60302-3422 |
| Paxton Day Care Center |
200 North Elm Street |
Paxton |
IL |
60957 |
| Rockford Day Nursery |
208 South Rockton Avenue |
Rockford |
IL |
61102-2256 |
| Thornton Township High School District 205 |
465 East 170th |
South Holland |
IL |
60473-3481 |
| Stickney Township |
6721 West 40th Street |
Stickney |
IL |
60402 |
| Streator Child Development Center |
405 Chicago Street |
Streator |
IL |
61364 |
| The Pillars Community Services |
8020 W. 87th Street |
LaGrange |
IL |
60525 |
Appendix E
Child Care Payment Rates for Child Care Home Providers, effective July 1, 2007
The rates listed below are the maximum rates that the Department will pay per day.
- For care provided less than 5 hours per day, use part-day rate.
- For care provided 5 through 12 hours per day, use full-day rate.
- For care provided more than 12 hours but less than 17 hours in a day, use the full-day rate for the first 12 hours and the part-day rate for the remainder.
- For care provided from 10 through 24 hours in a day, use the full-day rate for the first 12 hours and the full-day rate for the remainder.
LICENSED DAY CARE HOME OR LICENSED GROUP DAY CARE HOMES (762, 763) effective 7/1/07
GROUP 1A COUNTIES: Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, and McHenry
| Age of Child |
Full-Day |
Part-Day |
| Under Age 2 |
$25.00 |
$12.50 |
| Age 2 |
$24.00 |
$12.00 |
| Age 3 and Older |
$22.65 |
$11.33 |
GROUP 1B COUNTIES: Boone, Ogle, Whiteside, Champaign, Peoria, Will, Kankakee, Rock Island, Winnebago, Madison, Sangamon, Woodford, McLean, St. Clair, Monroe, and Tazewell
| Age of Child |
Full-Day |
Part-Day |
| Under Age 2 |
$21.70 |
$10.85 |
| Age 2 |
$21.30 |
$10.65 |
| Age 3 and Older |
$15.95 |
$7.98 |
GROUP 2 COUNTIES: All other counties not listed above
| Age of Child |
Full-Day |
Part-Day |
| Under Age 2 |
$19.00 |
$9.50 |
| Age 2 |
$18.30 |
$9.15 |
| Age 3 and Older |
$15.95 |
$7.98 |
LICENSE-EXEMPT DAY CARE HOME, NON-RELATIVE IN CHILD'S HOME OR RELATIVE (764, 765, 766, 767) effective 7/1/07
ALL COUNTIES
| Age of Child |
Full-Day |
Part-Day |
| All Children |
$11.29 |
$5.65 |
LICENSED AND LICENSE-EXEMPT DAY CARE CENTER (760, 761) effective 7/1/07
GROUP 1A COUNTIES: Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, and McHenry
| Age of Child |
Full-Day |
Part-Day |
School-Age Day |
| Under Age 2 |
$37.61 |
$18.81 |
N/A |
| Age 2 |
$32.01 |
$16.01 |
N/A |
| Age 3 and Older |
$26.20 |
$13.10 |
$13.10 |
GROUP 1B COUNTIES: Boone, Peoria, Winnebago, Champaign, Rock Island, Woodford Kankakee Sangamon, Madison, St. Clair, McLean, Tazewell, Monroe, Whiteside, Ogle, and Will
| Age of Child |
Full-Day |
Part-Day |
School-Age Day |
| Under Age 2 |
$37.61 |
$18.81 |
N/A |
| Age 2 |
$29.90 |
$14.95 |
N/A |
| Age 3 and Older |
$22.06 |
$11.03 |
$11.85 |
GROUP 2 COUNTIES: All other counties not listed above
| Age of Child |
Full-Day |
Part-Day |
School-Age Day |
| Under Age 2 |
$27.13 |
$13.57 |
N/A |
| Age 2 |
$23.23 |
$11.62 |
N/A |
| Age 3 and Older |
$19.06 |
$9.53 |
$10.74 |
Providers cannot charge the State of Illinois rates that exceed the maximum allowed by the State and rates that are higher than those charged by the provider to the general public for similar services. This includes discounts such as multiple child
discounts, staff discounts, full-week discounts, pre-pay discounts, and sliding fee scales.
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APPENDIX E (continued)
Child Care Payment Rates for Child Care Home Providers, effective January 1, 2008
The rates listed below are the maximum rates that the Department will pay per day.
- For care provided less than 5 hours per day, use part-day rate.
- For care provided 5 through 12 hours per day, use full-day rate.
- For care provided more than 12 hours but less than 17 hours in a day, use the full-day rate for the first 12 hours and the part-day rate for the remainder.
- For care provided from 10 through 24 hours in a day, use the full-day rate for the first 12 hours and the full-day rate for the remainder.
LICENSED DAY CARE HOME OR LICENSED GROUP DAY CARE HOMES (762, 763) effective 1/1/08
GROUP 1A COUNTIES: Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, and McHenry
| Age of Child |
Full-Day |
Part-Day |
| Under Age 2 |
$25.83 |
$12.92 |
| Age 2 |
$24.86 |
$12.43 |
| Age 3 and Older |
$23.30 |
$11.65 |
GROUP 1B COUNTIES: Boone, Ogle, Whiteside, Champaign, Peoria, Will, Kankakee, Rock Island, Winnebago, Madison, Sangamon, Woodford, McLean, St. Clair, Monroe, and Tazewell
| Age of Child |
Full-Day |
Part-Day |
| Under Age 2 |
$22.92 |
$11.46 |
| Age 2 |
$21.94 |
$10.97 |
| Age 3 and Older |
$20.97 |
$10.49 |
GROUP 2 COUNTIES: All other counties not listed above
| Age of Child |
Full-Day |
Part-Day |
| Under Age 2 |
$20.97 |
$10.49 |
| Age 2 |
$20.00 |
$10.00 |
| Age 3 and Older |
$19.03 |
$9.52 |
LICENSE-EXEMPT DAY CARE HOME, NON-RELATIVE IN CHILD'S HOME OR RELATIVE (764, 765, 766, 767) effective 1/1/08
ALL COUNTIES
| Age of Child |
Full-Day |
Part-Day |
| All Children |
$12.37 |
$6.19 |
LICENSED AND LICENSE-EXEMPT DAY CARE CENTER (760, 761) effective 1/1/08
GROUP 1A COUNTIES: Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, and McHenry
| Age of Child |
Full-Day |
Part-Day |
School-Age Day |
| Under Age 2 |
$37.61 |
$18.81 |
N/A |
| Age 2 |
$32.01 |
$16.01 |
N/A |
| Age 3 and Older |
$26.20 |
$13.10 |
$13.10 |
GROUP 1B COUNTIES: Boone, Peoria, Winnebago, Champaign, Rock Island, Woodford Kankakee Sangamon, Madison, St. Clair, McLean, Tazewell, Monroe, Whiteside, Ogle, and Will
| Age of Child |
Full-Day |
Part-Day |
School-Age Day |
| Under Age 2 |
$39.27 |
$19.64 |
N/A |
| Age 2 |
$33.17 |
$16.59 |
N/A |
| Age 3 and Older |
$27.66 |
$13.83 |
$13.83 |
GROUP 2 COUNTIES: All other counties not listed above
| Age of Child |
Full-Day |
Part-Day |
School-Age Day |
| Under Age 2 |
$28.33 |
$14.17 |
N/A |
| Age 2 |
$24.07 |
$12.04 |
N/A |
| Age 3 and Older |
$20.12 |
$10.06 |
$10.74 |
Providers cannot charge the State of Illinois rates that exceed the maximum allowed by the State and rates that are higher than those charged by the provider to the general public for similar services. This includes discounts such as multiple child
discounts, staff discounts, full-week discounts, pre-pay discounts, and sliding fee scales.
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