Rockford CBS: New Innovation Illinois Study: Home Care & Child Care Create Jobs, Drive Local Economy
Rockford CBS 23 Innovation Illinois Report 5pm 07 24 15
State Senator Steve Stadelman and Representative Litesa Wallace Release New “Innovation Illinois” Study Showing the Dramatic Economic Impact and Jobs Created By Illinois’ Vital Programs for Working Families
As Gov. Rauner’s Government Shutdown Persists, Working Families Urge State Lawmakers to Work Together to Pass a Responsible Budget that Protects Child Care and Home Care Services
When:
Friday, July 24th, 2015, 12:15pm – 12:45pm
Where:
Ken Rock Community Center
3218 11th St, Rockford, IL 61109
Who:
Senator Steve Stadelman, 34th District
Representative Litesa E. Wallace, 67th District
Elizabeth Austin, Innovation Illinois, study author, “Caregiver Impacts Report”
Child care providers and home care workers who care for seniors and adults with disabilities
What: Press Conference at Rockford Child Care Program
State Senator Steve Stadelman and Representative Litesa Wallace will join child care providers and home care workers at the Ken Rock Community Center’s child care program to release a new statewide research study from Innovation Illinois that found that the state’s vital services generates enormous economic benefits and creates thousands of jobs. Child care providers and home care workers will speak about why these programs are so essential to their livelihoods and communities and how their services support working parents, single moms, seniors and adults with disabilities.
For example, some of the dramatic research from the new Innovation Illinois statewide report found that:
• Every dollar of spending on the programs generated $3.74 in economic activity.
• The $1.4 billion invested in child care and home care programs in 2013 generated $5.3 billion in economic activity throughout Illinois.
• Illinois’ child care and home care programs created more than 144,000 jobs directly and 67,000 jobs indirectly.
Child Care Assistance Program
The report found that the CCAP program:
• Directly created 77,000 jobs in Illinois, with 43,000 jobs indirectly created.
• Generated $7.96 in economic activity for every dollar of general revenue spent.
source
