CREST HILL – State Senator Meg Loughran Cappel (D-Shorewood) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the freezing of $10 billion in federal funding for social services and child care, including $1 billion for Illinois:

“The federal administration’s actions speak volumes about their priorities. Freezing federal dollars for our state is not only an insult to working families, but it will have a lasting effect on our child care system. It's not only local daycares that will close, but after-school programs like Girls and Boys Club or the local YMCA also rely heavily on this funding and may be forced to close their doors if the Trump administration gets their way. 

“As a state senator, lifelong Illinois resident and a former educator, I will never turn my back on our children, working families, seniors and people with disabilities.”