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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE RESOLUTION 862
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend Senate Resolution 862 by deleting | 3 | | everything after the heading and replacing it with the | 4 | | following: | 5 | | "WHEREAS, Unlike families with standard work schedules, | 6 | | those with nonstandard schedules often need care for their | 7 | | children outside of the hours when licensed child care | 8 | | programs typically operate; in addition, nonstandard work | 9 | | schedules may conflict with valuable aspects of family life, | 10 | | such as dining together, doing homework, reading, and | 11 | | completing bedtime routines; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In Illinois, there are child care centers and | 13 | | child care homes licensed and regulated by the Department of | 14 | | Children and Family Services (DCFS) as well as Family, Friend, | 15 | | and Neighbor home providers (FFN) that are license-exempt, but | 16 | | limited to care for three children; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In Illinois, we utilize the Child Care Assistance | 2 | | Program (CCAP) at the Illinois Department of Human Services | 3 | | (IDHS) to assist parents with low incomes in paying for child | 4 | | care while they work or while they are in school or training; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Illinois has a vested interest in ensuring that | 7 | | our working parents, regardless of income status, can provide | 8 | | their children with appropriate child care when they are at | 9 | | work; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Illinois Early | 12 | | Learning Council's Community Equity and Access Committee shall | 13 | | be charged with the task of producing recommendations on | 14 | | off-hour child care to build more capacity in Illinois and to | 15 | | better accommodate the needs of children when care is needed | 16 | | during non-standard hours; in addition to the goals stated | 17 | | above, the committee shall consider at a minimum:
| 18 | | (1) Creating working definitions for nonstandard work | 19 | | schedule and off-hour child care;
| 20 | | (2) Determining the availability of and need for | 21 | | off-hour child care in Illinois, with a particular focus | 22 | | on care available to infants and toddlers;
| 23 | | (3) Evaluating the different placement types of child |
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| 1 | | care with the intent to ensure that children are being | 2 | | best cared for in the least restrictive manner and that | 3 | | the parents are not being unduly burdened with accessing | 4 | | this child care during non-traditional child care hours, | 5 | | with attention paid to availability for children with | 6 | | disabilities, English learners, and other relevant | 7 | | priority populations;
| 8 | | (4) Evaluating the demand for off-hour child care and | 9 | | evaluating the current CCAP enrolled families to determine | 10 | | their work schedules and child care timing needs; and
| 11 | | (5) Making recommendations on:
| 12 | | (a) Better alignment of child care assistance | 13 | | policies with the work schedules and employment | 14 | | circumstances of families;
| 15 | | (b) Encouraging expanded hours and variable | 16 | | scheduling options in all types of care;
| 17 | | (c) Enhancing child care quality for children | 18 | | whose parents work nonstandard and unstable schedules; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | (d) How to reduce the need for off-hour care; and | 21 | | be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That the Early Learning Council shall provide | 23 | | administrative support for the Committee; and be it further
| 24 | | 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 a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | delivered to the Early Learning Council."
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