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Looking at the well-being of Illinois’ children through a racial lens … shows big disparities, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual KIDS...
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Illinois lawmakers are trying to make it easier for parents to share diaper changing duty.
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Advocates for children are pushing for expansion of a child care program for lower income families that was cut by former Gov. Bruce Rauner’s...
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A resident at Spero Family Services in Mt. Vernon is in the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center after an incident Monday morning.Mt. Vernon Police…
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has agreed to pay raises and money owed to the state’s more than 40,000 child care workers and home aides.
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The Chicago-based child advocacy group Voices for Illinois Children wants Illinois lawmakers to consider how their policies might worsen racial and...
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Illinois is doing better at improving the lives of children, according to the new 2018 KIDS COUNT Data Book.But the report warns progress could be…
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The problem of finding child care for working families is more than just an inconvenience. According to a recent report by the child–care advocacy group…
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Financial woes have one childcare center in Carbondale considering closing its doors.Since 1975, the PUKA school has provided childcare for families of…
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An Illinois pediatricians’ group is calling on Congress to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP.Jenny Pinkwater is executive…