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IL444-3455B DEC Rev 06.26 Important Parent Co-payment Information State of Illinois Department of Early Childhood IMPORTANT PARENT CO-PAYMENT INFORMATION Page 1 of 7 Printed by Authority of the State of Illinois -0- Copies

Effective July 1, 2026 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).