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Our children may be returning back to school, but we're not going back to normal. This year in Illinois, families and educators are teaming up to collect our #RightToCare. We demand early childhood care families can afford, access and trust and fair pay to educators that dedicate their lives to our children. Our children may be returning back to school, but we're not going back to normal. This year in Illinois, families and educators are teaming up to collect our #RightToCare. We demand early childhood care families can afford, access and trust and fair pay to educators that dedicate their lives to our children. Our children may be returning back to school, but we're not going back to normal. This year in Illinois, families and educators are teaming up to collect our #RightToCare. We demand early childhood care families can afford, access and trust and fair pay to educators that dedicate their lives to our children. Our children may be returning back to school, but we're not going back to normal. This year in Illinois, families and educators are teaming up to collect our #RightToCare. We demand early childhood care families can afford, access and trust and fair pay.

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Fighting for Adequate, Sustainable, Reliable Funding for Early Childhood Education and Care in Illinois

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In total, parents are spending $42 billion on early child care — that’s more than federal and state spending combined.

Source: Megan Leonhardt x CNBC

At no other time in your child's life will their brain develop faster than from birth to age 5.

Source: The Origins of Secure Attachment, Ounce of Prevention

Children who receive a quality early childhood education are more likely to enter school ready to learn and prepared to succeed.

Source: The Origins of Secure Attachment, Ounce of Prevention

In total, parents are spending $42 billion on early child care — that’s more than federal and state spending combined.

Source: Megan Leonhardt x CNBC

At no other time in your child's life will their brain develop faster than from birth to age 5.

Source: The Origins of Secure Attachment, Ounce of Prevention

Children who receive a quality early childhood education are more likely to enter school ready to learn and prepared to succeed.

Source: The Origins of Secure Attachment, Ounce of Prevention

In total, parents are spending $42 billion on early child care — that’s more than federal and state spending combined.

Source: Megan Leonhardt x CNBC

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