Parents: make your voices heard!

Dear parent, thank you for volunteering to fill this survey. As you know and experience everyday, child care in Illinois is in crisis. There isn't enough child care available and what's available can be extremely expensive. Child care workers, providers, and parents are coming together to improve and transform our child care system for the better. In order to make it the best possible, we want to hear from you and your experience with child care.

First, let's learn a little about your family and how your family has access to child care.
1.Name
2.Zip code
3.Email address
4.How many of your children under 5 years-old are in regular care by someone other than parents?
5.What type of child care facility/service does your family use? Check all that apply.
6.For what times of the day does your family need child care? Check all that apply.
7.If some or all of children in your family do not receive care from a home provider or center, what's the main reason such child(ren) do not have child care?
8.Does your family use any type of assistance for child care such as CCAP (state child care assistance), Head Start, or Preschool for All?
9.If you do or did receive any type of assistance for child care, have you ever lost it due to small increases in your paycheck?
10.What kind of support did your home provider or child care worker teacher provide you besides taking care of your children? Did they help you and your family in a significant way?
11.How hard has it been to find child care?
12.Can you share a bit about your experience in trying to find child care for your child(ren)? Please provide a few details such as: if you had any help getting child care; who or what institution helped you; what you had to do to secure child care; and other information about your search.
13.How long did it take for you to secure child care from the moment you started searching for it?
14.Did you have to change jobs or make significant adjustment in your work schedule to accommodate child care? If yes, can you briefly explain what change you did?
15.We know there is a major workforce crisis affecting centers and home providers. Have you and/or your child(ren) been affected by staff leaving and/or understaffing at your child care program? If Yes, please provide a brief explanation.
16.Is there anything else you would like to add about your experience with child care?
17.Now that you reflected on your experience with child care, we would like to ask you some questions about a different vision for child care in Illinois -- one that would benefit all working families in the state.

Do you believe child care should be an universal right such as K-12 school?
18.Do you believe Illinois should be responsible for providing affordable, high-quality child care to families?
19.Which of the following changes in the child care system would you support?
20.What other change(s) would you like to see in the child care system?
21.Do you believe billionaires and large corporations such as Walmart, McDonald's, and Amazon should pay their fair share in taxes to fund the child care Illinois families need and deserve?
22.Briefly, please describe how would the ideal child care system look like to you.
23.If you want to learn more about the IL CC4A and ways to get involved in fighting for a better child care system in Illinois, please click below to receive information on meetings, events, activities, and actions. Thanks again for filling the survey!
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