Illinois Child Support
State of Illinois - Learning in Illinois Section
For these reasons, leaders in Illinois and nationwide have advocated more collaboration and fewer regula-tory conflicts among early education and care pro-grams. Collaboration across programs has begun in many Illinois communities. Many Head Start and child care providers who operated separately in the past are now working together to make full-day, year-round serv-ices available; these programs serve more than 6,000 children in poverty. School districts are increasingly delivering State Prekindergarten services, with certified teachers, to children in child care and Head Start pro-grams, as well as offering before-and after-school care to children in school-based Prekindergarten programs. Some programs share space, staff training, transporta-tion costs, and specialized personnel such as social workers and speech therapists. Others collaborate with family child care providers to bolster the quality of early education. ... [Read More]
State of Illinois - Rod Blagojevich, Governor
Illinois has a strong history of systems building efforts and support for families with young children. Governor Rod Blagojevich took a major step toward establishing a statewide early childhood system by signing Senate Bill 565 - creating the Illinois Early Learning Council. The Council will build on recent and ongoing early childhood planning efforts and initiatives as well as lessons learned and input from parents and local communities. Key recommendations and priorities already identified through the following initiatives related to families with children under five provide a foundation for the important work of the Illinois Early Learning Council: Illinois Preschool Task Force Report, Illinois Child care Strategic Plan, Illinois Children's Mental Health Task Force, Professional Development Advisory Committee, Born Learning, Chicago Partners for Children, License-Exempt Home Child Care Conference and the Birth to Five Project (Build Initiative), among others. ... [Read More]
Illinois Attorney General - Safeguarding Children - Child Support Awareness
The Child Support Enforcement Division of the Attorney General’s office works closely with the Department of Public Aid and other agencies and advocacy organizations to ensure that families throughout the state receive the support they need to raise their children. The Office of the Attorney General, in conjunction with the Department of Public Aid, handles child support enforcement in 89 counties across the state of Illinois. ... The work we do in this area is critical to giving children the opportunities they need and deserve. Studies show that children who receive support are more likely to finish high school and even go on to college. By holding accountable those who are required to pay child support, we can improve the lives of Illinois children and create a more stable and successful future for all of us. ... [Read More]
Child Support Report - January 1997
Now comes Laura M. Argys et al., "Contributions of Absent Fathers toChild Well-Being: The Impact of Child Support Dollars andFather-Child Contact" (1996) to lend further support to the argumentthat child support payments benefit families beyond increasingincome. ... Sumati Dubey, a researcher at the University of Illinois Chicagocampus has recently published the results of a study on reasons givenby noncustodial parents for failure to pay child support. The study,conducted in six Illinois counties, consisted of 150 questionnairesreturned by noncustodial fathers who owed child support. Thesefathers appeared before the court between February and June of 1994to respond to a summons of the State's Attorney General's Office fornonpayment.The reasons they gave for not paying support: No money to pay 38 percent Not allowed to visit 23 percent No control of spending 14 percent Did not want child 13 percent Not the father 12 percent ... [Read More]
Best Practices and Good Ideas in Child Support Enforcement 2001
Introduction to the Office of Child Support Enforcement Compendium of State Best Practices and Good Ideas in Child Support Enforcement -- 2001 Sixth Edition ... Best Practices and Good Ideas in Child Support Enforcement 2001 ... Administration for Children and Families • 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W. • Washington, D.C. 20447 ... [Read More]
Best Practices and Good Ideas in Child Support Enforcement 2002
Introduction to the Office of Child Support Enforcement Compendium of State Best Practices and Good Ideas in Child Support Enforcement - 2002 Seventh Edition ... Best Practices and Good Ideas in Child Support Enforcement 2002 ... Administration for Children and Families • 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W. • Washington, D.C. 20447 ... [Read More]
Chapter 8. Illinois
Perhaps the most important result is that the collaboration has helped families and children while breaking down the fears of many of the Head Start organizations in working with the Division of Child Support Enforcement. An ongoing system has been forged for providing paternity and child support information to Head Start families. Training needs to be repeated regularly because of the constant turnover of Head Start staff and families. DCSE has discovered that many Head Start and child care families have great difficulty in navigating the child support system to obtain an order or to have it enforced. They lack time and, in some cases the skills, to manage their child support cases. Many Head Start families wanted support, yet did not realize they already had open child support cases as a result of receiving public assistance or Medicaid. Helps: a support group for parents with DCSE cases, staff liaisons at both the Head Start site and DCSE to track individual cases. ... [Read More]
State Agencies Administering the Child Nutrition Programs
Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education ... Child Nutrition Program Administration ... Child Nutrition Section ... [Read More]
State of Illinois - Rod Blagojevich, Governor
Illinois has consistently averaged approximately 185,000 births annually. There are currently 876,549 children under five years of age in Illinois, one quarter of whom live within the City of Chicago. Children birth to five years of age comprise 7.1 percent of the state's population and 35 percent of the child population (under 18 years of age). Illinois has an increasingly diverse child population: ... Community Services for Families with Young Children: Park districts (preschool, mom and tots groups), Libraries (lap sits and programs), Communities of faith (support groups, child care, preschool) ... [Read More]
|