These moves undercut the stability of today's #workforce (parents who need #childcare) & undermine skills-building for tomorrow's workforce (young children). #twill

#HeadStart provides #childcare for working parents as well as a skills-building base to help young children enter school (& eventually careers) better prepared for success. We should preserve these services that help 28,000+ IL kids! #twill

Further #HeadStart cuts would leave 28,000 IL children less prepared for school & eventually careers, undermine #childcare for working parents & upend their employers & local economies. Federal policymakers: Defend this vital program. #twill tinyurl.com/9esj7wnh

Young children w/developmental disabilities deserve our support, but underfunding has nearly doubled the delays in their #EarlyIntervention services. Our network of IL business leaders backs the call for increasing EI resources in the FY26 state budget. tinyurl.com/bddv9n2u

Home-based care is a critical component of the #childcare puzzle for many families. Our business-leader network backs efforts to support and strengthen these services for the good of children, their working parents, & our entire economy. #twill tinyurl.com/4wfd2acv

We're grateful for our discussion w/the Orland Park Area Chamber of Commerce re: #childcare & #earlylearning programs as vital business infrastructure. Business-leader voices are crucial to strengthening #earlychildhood supports for working parents & their kids, the workforce of tomorrow! #twill

Our membership of IL business leaders similarly values these #afterschool programs for helping young people develop skills for success in school, jobs & careers. Let's protect & strengthen 21st Century Community Learning Centers! #twill

Trauma can hurt children’s development well into adulthood, a longtime concern of our business-leader network. A new report & index track a number of adversity factors throughout IL, to better inform policy responses & solutions. #twill isbe.net/Pages/children….

College students w/kids drop-out of school at twice the rate of their peers, juggling classes & parenting duties & often jobs. We support efforts to help "student parents" access #childcare, including CCAMPIS, & we ask Congress to protect it. #twill tinyurl.com/4k7wc6t3

Employers & managers support #earlylearning as a proven investment in helping young children do well — both in school today & the workforce tomorrow. Read more about the economic significance of #preK & #childcare in our survey of IL business execs: tinyurl.com/ykv49kd5 #twill

A lack of accessible, affordable #childcare is not helping this trend depressing workforce participation — one reason our business-leader network presses for greater public investments in such priorities for children, working parents, & our economy. #twill tinyurl.com/44jw642m