The ABCs of Building Preschools

April 8, 2019

The ABCs of Building Preschools – NPR Illinois

The ABCs of Building Preschools – NPR Illinois

About 200 advocates for early childhood education programs filled the Illinois statehouse recently.

The advocates want  $250 million dollars from an infrastructure spending plan for child care facilities around the state. That’s a big boost from the  $45 million  they got in the last plan a decade ago. 

“Part of the problem is that there’s not enough space to serve all the children that that need those programs,” said Samir Tanna of Illinois Action for Children. “It‘s important that if communities want to apply for funding and provide the services that families need, that’s there’s actually space, physical space, for these programs to happen.”