Child Care Collaboration is defined as any braiding of Illinois child care subsidy funds or programs with other early childhood funds or programs to create higher quality full day, full year services for eligible families with young children. The purposes of the Department’s Child Care Collaboration Program are:
- To facilitate collaboration between Illinois child care and other early childhood programs; and
- To increase the quality and quantity of early care and education for families in Illinois, who are working and/or participating in an approved training/education program.