After-school program organizers plead for release of appropriated $50 million fund – WCIA (Champaign)

After the federal funding dried up, the General Assembly allocated $50 million in the budget which was set to begin in July 2024. After nearly nine months, the funds have not been released. Advocacy groups said the delay has caused damage, with more than 27,000 students losing access to the program and more than 2,000 staff members being laid off.
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Felix
1 year ago

Few programs are ALL bad, but this looks like taxpayers providing free babysitting to some of the best-paid babysitters that money can buy. The issue is “whose money?” — and IF it enables parents to work, why can’t parents pay for it?

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