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Child Advocates Call On Governor Rauner To Live Up To His Promise And Fully Restore Child Care Assistance

8/30/17

30,000 fewer children have access to child care in Illinois today than in June 2015, when the Governor made dramatic and devastating changes to the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP). A compromise was reached to bring income eligibility up to 162% of the Federal Poverty level – and then return eligibility to the minimum statutory threshold of 185% of FPL when Illinois had a budget. Read more…

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