In this memo to Rey Gonzalez, Jodi Scott, Robin Steans, Elliot Regenstein, Adequacy, Management & Oversight & Mechanisms Working Group Leads, Illinois’ Commission on Equity in Early Childhood Education and Care Funding, Office of The Governor, J.B. Pritzker, the Sylvia Cotton Center for Research and Policy Innovation powered by Illinois Action for Children outlines the reasons why Family, Friend and Neighbor (FFN) care is essential to racial and economic justice in Illinois and urges the consideration of the following recommendations to FFN funding adequacy, funding mechanisms, and management and oversight. Adequately funding this care will require substantial ...