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Illinois child care providers on edge amid ongoing uncertainty around federal funding

NPR | By Andrea Hsu

Published February 16, 2026 at 4:43 AM EST

Illinois is one of five Democrat-led states fighting the Trump administration's freeze on child care funding. Child care providers in the state say they will be forced to close if funding is halted.

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