We serve these six east central Illinois counties: Champaign, Douglas, Iroquois, Macon, Piatt, and Vermilion
Serving Champaign, Douglas, Iroquois, Macon, Piatt and Vermilion, IL Counties
// Our Agency Child Care Resource Service is located in Room 314 Bevier Hall in the Department of Human and Community Development (HCD) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
A staff of 33 people work inhouse along side 2 community liaisons, to serve the child care needs of our six counties where the total 2000 Census population is 56,688 children under the age of nine. Out of this population of children, 27,606 children are under the age of five years and 29,082 children are from age six to nine years old.
According to this 2000 Census, across our six counties, an average of 65 percent of working families with children under the age of 9 need access to childcare. In our region, as many as 36,847 children have a possible need for child care. CCRS maintains detailed information for 22,294 spaces which may be licensed and/or licensed exempt family home and centers in East Central Illinois. Other children are being served in the homes of relatives and friends which is 31% of the cases processed through the Child Care Assistance programs.
To effienciently manage the work required in providing the volume and quality of services needed in our local Child Care Resource and Referral agency, the following departments are structured to carry out our mission.
These friendly faces are here to serve you by phone or in person. We hope you get to know us by our first name.
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