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Report 2025
Approximately 790,000 children under the age of 13 live in Cook County.1 A large proportion, and perhaps a majority, of these children receive regular care from someone other than their parents or guardians:
Prepared by: • Research Department Illinois Action for Children
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Do You Have Lead in Your Water?
LeadCare Cook County provides both licensed and license-exempt child cares in suburban Cook County with free lead service line replacement. Getting started is simple: just fill out the enrollment form. A LeadCare Specialist will then visit your child care facility to inspect your water service line. If it’s made of lead, we’ll schedule a date for a licensed plumber to replace it at no cost to you. Don’t wait—ensure safe drinking water for the children in your care.
Virtual Peer Learning Sessions
Connect with other license-exempt child care providers in our peer learning sessions.
Peer Learning Sessions provide child care providers and educators with a safe space to share, learn, and support one another in a pressure-free environment. Peer Learning Sessions are one-hour sessions held virtually every week over the course of three weeks.
Tuesday Sessions in May
begins at 5 P.M.
- May 13
- May 20
- May 27
Thursday Sessions in March
begins at 12 P.M.
- May 15
- May 22
- May 29
