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The YWCA McLean County and Iron Coyote Challenge Park offer programs for kids during school closures.
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Advocates for early childhood education say that preschool is a critical time in a child's social-emotional development. Programs like universal pre-k could remove barriers to accessing educational programs for young learners.
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Districts last year relied on metrics to determine whether to hold in-person learning. This year, the State Board of Education says schools will not go remote. That has a lot of parents worried.
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Child care programs have fewer restrictions than they did last summer when COVID-19 was fresh and uncertain. But parents could still have a hard time finding somewhere to send their kids.
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Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday that $1.6 billion in federal funding will be allocated toward early childhood education and child care providers in…
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A commission that Gov. JB Pritzker appointed in 2019 will soon issue a report calling for a complete overhaul in the way the state handles its budget for…
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After an executive order from Gov. JB Pritzker that set monthly copayments for child care services to $1 for all families expired last month, a House…
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A Bloomington nonprofit that’s provided affordable child care to low-income families for nearly 50 years is set to close its doors next week.The…
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As Illinois begins to re-open, and people go back to work, they'll need safe and reliable child care.That was the message Wednesday from Gov. JB Pritzker…
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Child care facilities will be able to operate again once Illinois enters the third phase of its reopening plan, which is expected Friday. “I think that…