§50.1110. Eligible Child Care Provider

To qualify for a Strengthen and Grow Child Care Grant, the applicant must meet all five of the following requirements:

 

a)         be a licensed child care provider holding a valid day care license from DCFS (see 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406, 407, or 408) as of March 11, 2021 and ongoing;

 

b)         regularly provide year-round child care services;

 

c)         have, for at least one month any time after December 31, 2019, enrolled a number of children equal to or greater than 10% of its total licensed capacity subsidized through DHS' Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) (see 89 Ill. Adm. Code 50);

 

d)         typically rely on payments through Preschool for All, Prevention Initiative, Head Start, and/or Early Head Start for no more than 75% of its revenues;

 

e)         be open and receiving children at the time of application, not including temporary closures of no more than two weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

(Source:  Amended at 47 Ill. Reg. 11466, effective July 13, 2023)