Contractor is to provide services for 1) statewide quality improvement and workforce professional development programs for child care providers and practitioners, 2) supports the work of IDHS contracted child care resource and referral agencies (CCR&Rs), 3) develops maintains, enhances and supports data systems that track comprehensive data related to #1 and #2, and 4) produces the Illinois Salary and Staffing Survey of Licensed Child Care Facilities and the Market Rate Survey of Licensed Child Care Programs In Illinois. CCR&R agencies are permanent, local, adaptable structures through which public and private groups can work together to enhance the accessibility, improve the quality, and increase the availability of affordable child care. For parents/guardians and families, CCR&Rs offer the information on options, quality indicators, and costs necessary to make informed child care choices. They also offer information, and provide eligibility determination and provider reimbursement for the Child Care Ass

Social Security Act, as amended, Title IV, Section 418.42, 42 US Code 618 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, as amended (42 USC 9857,et seq) American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2)

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11/3/2021

FY 2017 : $12,868,226
FY 2018 : $12,918,226
FY 2019 : $12,918,226