Wayne recorded 1 licensed child care facility in 2025

Wayne had 1 licensed child care facility in 2025, data from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services show.

The single child care facility was operated as a Day Care Center.

Providers in Wayne primarily serve children ages 6 weeks to 12 years.

Services are offered in English.

Across Illinois, there were 8,602 licensed child care facilities in 2025.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has suspended some federal child care and family assistance funding for California, Colorado, Minnesota, New York and Illinois due to concerns about fraud and misuse, the agency announced Jan. 6. Nearly $2.4 billion in Child Care and Development Fund grants, $7.35 billion in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds and $869 million in Social Services Block Grants are being held, pending states' submission of required documentation.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker called the action “wrong and cruel” and indicated the state may contest the freeze, stressing that anti‑fraud measures are already in place in Illinois.

State officials say the freeze could impact about 100,000 families and over 152,000 children using the state’s Child Care Assistance Program, along with funding for thousands of licensed child care businesses and 275 human service agencies.

Information in this article was obtained from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. The source data can be found here.