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The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a type of United States federal assistance provided by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to states in order to provide a daily subsidized food service for an estimated 3.3 million children and 120,000 elderly or mentally or physically impaired adults [1] in non-residential, day-care settings.
The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS), formerly the Department of Public Aid, [1] is the code department [2] [3] of the Illinois state government that is responsible for providing healthcare coverage for adults and children who qualify for Medicaid, and for providing child support services to help ensure that Illinois children receive financial support from both parents.
Child care assistance helps families succeed financially. [1] When families receive child care assistance they are more likely to be employed and to have higher earnings. Approximately 1.8 million children [2] receive CCDBG-funded child care in an average month. Yet, only one in seven eligible children receives child care assistance. [3]
If you're an Illinois resident and you've been approved for cash assistance -- or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) -- then your benefits will be issued monthly via the Illinois...
The Department of Human Services (DHS) administers SNAP in Illinois, which helps low-income households purchase food they need for good health. Illinois SNAP recipients can expect their benefit ...
SNAP is a U.S. Department of Agriculture anti-hunger program that boosts the food budget of low-income households. The Department of Human Services administers SNAP in Illinois, and participants ...
The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) is the department [1] [2] of the Illinois state government responsible for providing a wide variety of safety net services to Illinois residents in poverty, who are facing other economic challenges, or who have any of a variety of disabilities. As of 2006, it was the largest administrative agency ...
Link Cards are issued once approved for benefits from the Illinois DHS. The Illinois Link Card is accepted at most grocery stores and at over 9,000 retailers in Illinois. Look for a display of the ...