Advocates are also calling for child care workers to be paid a living wage, saying that goes hand-in-hand with ensuring child care is affordable for all.
, a group of community organizations and labor unions representing parents and child care workers, that outlines the challenges parents and providers face.
“Gov. Pritzker is a lifelong advocate for early childhood education and has worked to increase funding and expand access for child care and early childhood education,” a spokesperson for Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in a statement. Starting Friday, income eligibility requirements for CCAP will be increased to include families with incomes below 225% of the federal poverty line , or up to $62,437.50 for a family of four, and increases the eligibility limit at redetermination to 275% of the federal poverty line , or up to $76,312.50 for a family of four.
Copays have also been eliminated for families experiencing homelessness and are capped at no more than 7% of a family’s income, according to Patten.
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