Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children play outside at Our World of Learning Child Development Center in Alexander County in December 2024. (Julia Rendleman) ...
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin was in Rockford on Wednesday meeting with childcare leaders and families. Peter Medlin has more on ...
With a court-ordered pause on a federal funding freeze set to expire this week, local governments in five states face the ...
CHICAGO (WGN) — Illinois parents and child care providers say they are worried a federal funding freeze could disrupt child care and social service programs for thousands of families across the state.
A judge has granted five states’ request for a temporary restraining order that will prevent freezing $10 billion for child care and family services programs.
The Trump administration's threat to withhold $1 billion in federal funding meant for Illinois social services and child care programs has families worried about their finances and child care ...
Thousands of families, children and child care programs in Illinois are at risk of losing billions of dollars in federal federal funds, Gov. J.B. Pritzker warned, after the Trump Administration on ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Trump administration announced late Tuesday that it was freezing distribution of about $10 billion in federal child care and family assistance funds to five Democratic-led ...