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Daycare providers more worried after Rauner (IL) fires child care advocate
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local-news/9495980-storyLast week Linda Saterfield called Gov. Bruce Rauner's cuts to child day care "devastating" for the poor. Now, she's been dumped as the longtime chief of those state programs....
Sharron Newsom thought her 7-year-old son would be enrolled by now at a West Side day care center, so she could work more hours at her telemarketing job.
Until last month, the State of Illinois encouraged her and other poor parents to work by paying almost all child care expenses. Well, not anymore.
At $11,000 a year, Newsom's income is far below the poverty line, but exceeds the new $10,000 limit the state's child care agency imposed last month.
Sharron Newsom thought her 7-year-old son would be enrolled by now at a West Side day care center, so she could work more hours at her telemarketing job.
Until last month, the State of Illinois encouraged her and other poor parents to work by paying almost all child care expenses. Well, not anymore.
At $11,000 a year, Newsom's income is far below the poverty line, but exceeds the new $10,000 limit the state's child care agency imposed last month.
