INCCRRA

If you received an invitation by email or postal mail to complete the Salary and Staffing Survey, please follow the appropriate link below. Have your invitation email or letter nearby as you will need to reference the password you were sent for the survey. For more information about the Salary and Staffing Survey, you can review the Frequently Asked Questions below or view the previous Illinois Salary and Staffing Survey report.

If you are a Licensed Child Care Center, click here to go to the Licensed Child Care Center Survey 
(haga clic aquí para ir a la Encuesta de Centros de Cuidado Infantil con Licencia)

If you are a Licensed Family Child Care Home, click here to go to the Licensed Family Child Care Home Survey 
(haga clic aquí para ir a la Encuesta de hogares de cuidado infantil familiar con licencia)

Need Help?

If you would prefer to receive a paper and pencil copy of the survey to complete and return in a postage-paid envelope, or if you have any questions about the survey, please contact Betty Akamani at (309) 430-6380. You can also This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Salary and Staffing Survey?

The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) is required by legislative rule (20ILCS505/5.15) to conduct a survey of child care facilities every two years to assess the wages and fringe benefits earned by child care practitioners in the state. It also measures other factors related to wages and the staffing of child care programs. The results of this survey are submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly. IDHS has contracted with INCCRRA to conduct the survey. Results will be analyzed by an institution of higher education.

Who receives the survey?

All active, licensed providers in the statewide Child Care Resource & Referral provider database as of December 31, 2022 will be contacted inviting them to participate in an online survey. For those providers who cannot access the internet or who would rather complete a paper-and-pencil survey, one can be mailed to them.

When is the survey being conducted?

In April 2023, providers with email addresses will be sent an invitation informing them how to access the survey. Shortly thereafter, invitation letters will be mailed to all providers on the statewide database. These letters will give the survey web address and also include information about how to request a paper survey. Providers are asked to complete surveys by May 31, 2023. Follow-up postcards will be mailed to encourage providers to respond to the survey.

Why are there numbers on the survey?

Each provider's survey responses will be completely confidential, but to help track who has and has not completed surveys, an invitation code will be assigned to each provider. Once a survey is completed, a separate ID will be assigned to the survey (not the provider) for data entry purposes, thus making providers' responses to the survey anonymous.

Why should providers complete the survey?

Provider participation is vitally important to the child care community. Data from previous surveys have been used to support projects such as Great START and the Gateways Scholarship Program. This survey provides information critical to enhancing the field for child care professionals in Illinois.