Legislation is being proposed to avert a two-month break in state funding for 40,000 Illinois child-care providers.
The State Journal-Register reports that a House bill was introduced Friday that would transfer $73.6 million within the state budget to prevent a halt in subsidy payments.
The threatened financial letdown sparked complaints from providers and low-income parents who depend on affordable child care to be able to go to work.
Earlier this week, the Illinois Department of Human Services had sent out letters to child-care providers apprising them that the agency has run out of funding for the $896 million-a-year program.
The agency said that may not change until the new fiscal year that begins July 1st.
