How Trump’s $1 Billion Federal Aid Freeze Could Impact Child Care in Chicago: ‘The Kids Suffer’

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Original Load Date Jan. 23, 2026, 10 a.m.
Last Updated Jan. 23, 2026, 10 a.m.
Original URL https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/23/how-trumps-1-billion-federal-aid-freeze-could-impact-child-care-in-chicago-the-kids-suffer/

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CHICAGO — The budget at The Mary Crane Center, a Chicago-based day care, has always been tight. But a [ freeze ][78] on Illinois’ access to $1 billion of federal funding for childcare and family assistance has put the center’s ability to stay open in jeopardy, according to teacher Alice Dryden “We...