Spanish: Payment Rates for Child Care Providers - Effective July 1, 2020 Spanish (pdf)
Effective: July 1, 2020
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 the part-day rate.
- For care provided from 5 through 12 hours per day, use the 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 17 through 24 hours in a day, use the full-day rate for the first 12 hours
and the full-day rate for the remainder.
Group 1A Counties
Group 1A includes Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, and McHenry counties.
| Age of Child |
Full-Day |
Part-Day |
| Under Age 2 |
$56.00 |
$28.00 |
| Age 2 |
$45.00 |
$22.50 |
| Age 3 and older |
$38.84 |
$19.00 |
Group 1B Counties
Group 1B includes Boone, Champaign, Kankakee, Madison, McLean, Monroe, Ogle, Peoria, Rock Island, Sangamon, St. Clair, Tazewell, Whiteside, Will, Winnebago, and Woodford counties.
| Age of Child |
Full-Day |
Part-Day |
| Under Age 2 |
$54.00 |
$27.00 |
| Age 2 |
$42.00 |
$21.00 |
| Age 3 and older |
$35.00 |
$17.50 |
Group 2 Counties
Group 2 includes all counties not listed in Group 1A or 1B.
| Age of Child |
Full-Day |
Part-Day |
| Under Age 2 |
$26.85 |
$13.43 |
| Age 2 |
$25.62 |
$12.81 |
| Age 3 and older |
$24.39 |
$12.20 |
License-Exempt Day Care Home, Non-Relative in Child's Home or Relative 764, 765, 766, 767
License-Exempt Day Care Home, Non-Relative in Child's Home or Relative 764, 765, 766, 767 includes all counties.
| Age of Child |
Full-Day |
Part-Day |
| All Children |
$15.86 |
$7.93 |
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.
