Child Care & Early Learning

Rep. Gordon sees how child care budget cuts impact kids, families

Jehan Gordon works as a home child care provider

State Rep. Jehan Gordon learned what life is like as a home child care provider when she worked alongside Antonia Cotton-- getting t a firsthand look at what a proposed $50 million budget cuts will mean for Illinois' children, working parents and home child care providers like Antonia.

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Child care contract negotiations have just begun

Our fight for a strong, new contract is just beginning. Find out how to do your part to win a contract that benefits providers, children and parents.

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Healthcare victory for child care providers!

Thousands of home child care providers in the Illinois Child Care Assistance Program are eligible to receive healthcare through our new union fund!

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Community demands to Bain Capital: Put Kids Before Profits

Parents, child care providers, community leaders and children rallied in downtown Chicago today to protest Bain Capital’s buyout of Bright Horizon’s Family Solutions—the country’s third-largest for-profit child care provider—as part of a national day of action urging quality care over profits.

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Higher rates for home child care providers effective July 1

On July 1st, home child care providers in the Illinois Child Care Assistance Program celebrated the fourth raise of our historic first contract with the state.

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Who We Are

Every day, home child care providers in the Illinois Child Care Assistance Program care for tens of thousands of children while their parents work or attend school. Together in the Child Care & Early Learning Division of SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana, they are a strong voice for quality, affordable child care for all.

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Latest Child Care News

Recent Research on Quality Care

SEIU report on how Illinois can ensure quality early care & education by investing in the home child care workforce. (Download PDF)