Child care center receives grant for infant/toddler programs

Cox Children’s Center at UIS has received a reimbursement grant of more than $8,000 from Quality Counts 2005-2006, a project sponsored by Community Child Care Connection and the Illinois Department of Human Services.

Center director Stacey Hembrough said the grant will be used to fund purchases of equipment for the infants and toddlers program and may allow the center to enroll more infants in the future. "We have been at 100% capacity in the infant room since we opened and maintain a long waiting list,” she said. Read more>>