State of Illinois Department of Human Services IL444-3455B (R-07-25) Important Parent Copayment Information Printed by Authority of the State of Illinois -0- Copies Page 1 of 7 IMPORTANT PARENT COPAYMENT INFORMATION Effective July 1, 2025 Parents who have been approved for child care benefits are required to help pay for the cost of their child care.

You MUST make a payment, called the Parent Co-Payment, to your child care provider each month. The amount of your parent co-payment is shown on the Approval Notice.

The State will deduct the parent co-payment from the total charges paid to your provider up to the maximum child care rate. If the co-payment is more than the total charges, the parent pays the lesser amount to the provider and no payment is made by the state. The Department will not pay for any child care charges over the maximum rate.

Your provider will tell you when to pay the parent co-payment, each week or once a month.

If you have more than one provider, only one provider will be assigned to collect the parent co-payment. The amount of the parent co-payment will be shown on the Approval Notice for the provider assigned to collect the parent co-payment. The Approval Notice will show if the provider is not assigned to collect the parent co-payment.

The amount of your parent co-payment is based on gross monthly income and family size.

The parent co-payment amounts are listed below. If all the children in care are school age and approved for part day care for any month September through May, the amount of the parent co-payment will be reduced by one-half for that month (See “Co-Pay Indicator B” below).

June 16, 2025

Greetings to families, providers, and stakeholders of the Illinois Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP). This memo is to provide information on recent changes to the program for your reference.

Updates to Income Eligibility Guidelines As required by Federal and State regulations, all income eligibility levels will be re-indexed to the current Federal Poverty Level (FPL) amounts effective July 1. The initial eligibility level will remain at 225% of the Federal Poverty Level, and 275% FPL for redeterminations.

The new guidelines can be found at the following web address -

https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=173299

Income Guidelines Effective July 1, 2025

Family Size New Application 225% FPL Redetermination 275% FPL 85% SMI 2 $3,966 $4,847 $5,883 3 $4,997 $6,107 $7,267 4 $6,028 $7,368 $8,651 5 $7,059 $8,628 $10,036 6 $8,091 $9,889 $11,420 7 $9,122 $11,149 $11,679 8 $10,153 $11,733 $11,939 9 $11,184 $11,930 $12,198 10 $12,216 $12,458 $12,458

Family Child Care Home Reimbursement Rate Increase Per the SEIU home child care collective bargaining unit contract, the daily CCAP rates for licensed homes, licensed group homes, and license-exempt home providers will increase effective July 1, 2025. The new rates will be listed for all CCAP children on the monthly billing certificate for care provided in July.

Providers do not need to take any action to receive the new rates. Current CCAP rates may be found at the following web address -