Full Text of SR0862 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Unlike families with standard work schedules, | 3 | | those with nonstandard schedules often need care for their | 4 | | children outside of the hours when licensed child care | 5 | | programs typically operate; in addition, nonstandard work | 6 | | schedules may conflict with valuable aspects of family life, | 7 | | such as dining together, doing homework, reading, and | 8 | | completing bedtime routines; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In Illinois, there are child care centers and | 10 | | child care homes licensed and regulated by the Department of | 11 | | Children and Family Services (DCFS) as well as Family, Friend, | 12 | | and Neighbor home providers (FFN) that are license-exempt, but | 13 | | limited to care for three children; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In Illinois, we utilize the Child Care Assistance | 15 | | Program (CCAP) at the Illinois Department of Human Services | 16 | | (IDHS) to assist parents with low incomes in paying for child | 17 | | care while they work or while they are in school or training; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Illinois has a vested interest in ensuring that | 20 | | our working parents, regardless of income status, can provide | 21 | | their children with appropriate child care when they are at | 22 | | work; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Illinois Early | 3 | | Learning Council, in consultation with the Governor's Office | 4 | | of Early Childhood Development and the Department of Human | 5 | | Services Child Care Advisory Council, shall convene an | 6 | | advisory committee comprised of the members, selected by the | 7 | | Governor, currently serving on these councils that shall be | 8 | | charged with the task of producing recommendations on off-hour | 9 | | child care to build more capacity in Illinois and to better | 10 | | accommodate the needs of children when care is needed during | 11 | | non-standard hours; in addition to the goals stated above, the | 12 | | committee shall consider at a minimum:
| 13 | | (1) Creating working definitions for nonstandard work | 14 | | schedule and off-hour child care;
| 15 | | (2) Determining the availability of and need for | 16 | | off-hour child care in Illinois, with a particular focus | 17 | | on care available to infants and toddlers;
| 18 | | (3) Evaluating the different placement types of child | 19 | | care with the intent to ensure that children are being | 20 | | best cared for in the least restrictive manner and that | 21 | | the parents are not being unduly burdened with accessing | 22 | | this child care during non-traditional child care hours, | 23 | | with attention paid to availability for children with | 24 | | disabilities, English learners, and other relevant | 25 | | priority populations;
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| 1 | | (4) Evaluating the demand for off-hour child care and | 2 | | evaluating the current CCAP enrolled families to determine | 3 | | their work schedules and child care timing needs; and
| 4 | | (5) Making recommendations on:
| 5 | | (a) Better alignment of child care assistance | 6 | | policies with the work schedules and employment | 7 | | circumstances of families;
| 8 | | (b) Encouraging expanded hours and variable | 9 | | scheduling options in all types of care;
| 10 | | (c) Enhancing child care quality for children | 11 | | whose parents work nonstandard and unstable schedules; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | (d) How to reduce the need for off-hour care; and | 14 | | be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That the Committee shall convene within 60 days | 16 | | of the adoption of this resolution and shall select a | 17 | | chairperson at its first meeting; the Committee shall | 18 | | thereafter meet on a regular schedule and no fewer than three | 19 | | times before submitting its recommendations; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That the Governor's Office of Early Childhood | 21 | | Development shall provide administrative support for the | 22 | | Committee; and be it further
| 23 | | RESOLVED, That the Committee shall submit its final report |
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| 1 | | to the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2022 and, | 2 | | upon the filing of the report, is dissolved; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That if the Committee is unable to conclude | 4 | | their work within the 102nd General Assembly, notice shall be | 5 | | provided to the General Assembly before any special sessions | 6 | | or veto session after the regular spring session that an | 7 | | extension is needed to ensure that all the necessary research | 8 | | and evaluation has been completed satisfactorily; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 11 | | delivered to the Department of Children and Family Services, | 12 | | the Governor's Office of Early Childhood Development, the | 13 | | Illinois State Board of Education, and the Department of Human | 14 | | Services.
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