Rod R. Blagojevich, Governor
Carol L. Adams, Ph.D., DHS Secretary
Marva Arnold, Director, Division of Human Capital Development
Linda Saterfield, Chief, Bureau of Child Care & Development
Thanks to the following individuals for reviewing the contents of this publication:
Gloria Crowder, Gloria’s TLC Family Child Care Home, East St. Louis
Brenda Dobbins Noel, Ounce of Prevention, Chicago
Donna Emmons, Wabash Area Development, Inc., Enfield
Judy Hartley & Staff, Child Care Resource Service CCR&R, Urbana
Ginger McLean, KOALATY Day Care, Family Child Home Provider
Liz O’Donnell, West Central Child Care Connection CCR&R, Quincy
Cathy Reed, SIU-C Head Start, Carbondale
Laurel Walker, Skip-A-Long Child Development Services, Moline
Cindy Wall, IDHS Child Care & Development Bureau, Springfield
The Department of Human Services Head Start State Collaboration Office, a federal-state partnership, funded by U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, produced this Guidebook. Copies can be ordered from (618) 583-2083, gina@ilearlychildhoodcollab.org, or order online at: www.ilheadstart.org.
Executive Summary. Illinois Study of License-Exempt Child Care: Interim Report; Steven G. Anderson, Dawn M. Ramsburg, and Bari Rothbaum; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 2002