The state will permanently cap family child care payments at 7% of their income and increase reimbursement rates for providers in the state’s child care assistance program by 3.5% to help providers as they recover from the pandemic.
The real issue is why is the government paying for single mothers’ child care? Where are the fathers in all of this? Why isn’t the state making fathers pay for the child care for their own children? These are young children we are talking about – child care is needed only up through 5 years old because elementary schools starts. Have the fathers abandoned their baby mommas and children so young leaving them destitute? Doesn’t this policy encourage single motherhood, government dependency, and permits fathers to abscond on their parental obligations? Doesn’t this policy help contribute to keeping mothers in… Read more »
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
The real issue is why is the government paying for single mothers’ child care? Where are the fathers in all of this? Why isn’t the state making fathers pay for the child care for their own children? These are young children we are talking about – child care is needed only up through 5 years old because elementary schools starts. Have the fathers abandoned their baby mommas and children so young leaving them destitute? Doesn’t this policy encourage single motherhood, government dependency, and permits fathers to abscond on their parental obligations? Doesn’t this policy help contribute to keeping mothers in… Read more »