Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2021-2128

• Record #: O2021-2128
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 5/26/2021
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Budget and Government Operations
• Final action: 5/24/2023
• Title: Call for establishment of Chicago Child Care Assistance Program
• Sponsors: Martin, Matthew J. , Scott, Jr. Michael, Sadlowski Garza, Susan, La Spata, Daniel , Rodriguez Sanchez, Rossana , Osterman, Harry, Sigcho-Lopez, Byron
• Topic: CITY DEPARTMENTS/AGENCIES - Family & Support Services
• Related files: R2023-766

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2023		City Council	Failed to Pass
8/9/2021		Committee on Budget and Government Operations	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
6/16/2021		Committee on Budget and Government Operations	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
6/3/2021		Committee on Budget and Government Operations	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
6/1/2021		Committee on Budget and Government Operations	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
5/26/2021	31450	City Council	Referred

Committee on Budget & Government Operations
May 26, 2021 City Council Meeting
ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, The City of Chicago is a home rule municipality as described in Section 6(a), Article Vll of the 1970 Constitution ofthe State of Illinois, and as such may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs, including protecting the public health, safety, and welfare of its citizens; and

WHEREAS, The Department of Family & Support Services ("DFSS") is an executive department of the City established pursuant to Chapter 2-50 of the Municipal Code of Chicago, to, among other things, develop, administer, and coordinate programs and projects to assist in the healthy growth, development, and socialization of children and adolescents and to promote their well-being and school readiness; and

WHEREAS, Beginning in late 2019, a new and highly communicable type of coronavirus, now commonly known as COVID-19, emerged and began to spread rapidly across the globe, with the first known case being reported in Illinois in January 2020: and

WHEREAS, Despite efforts to contain COVID-19, it continued to spread throughout many parts of the State of Illinois including the City, resulting in an unprecedented public health crisis and related economic slowdown; and

WHEREAS, The Brookings Institution recent observed that "[fjamilies with children, and specifically single mother households, have experienced high levels of material hardship over the past year"; and

WHEREAS, The University of Illinois recently published a report entitled Women and Child Care in Illinois: A Survey of Working Mothers During the COVID-19 Pandemic, which concluded that "[pjandemic-related child care demands created additional economic and career hardships for mothers who continued to work, particularly for women of color"; and

WHEREAS, As COVID-19 mitigation efforts and vaccine distribution continue to lower COVID-19 rates statewide, and the City and State proceed to reopen workp...