Illinois child care providers will be able to apply for a stake of $300 million in new relief grants, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced during a Thursday morning press conference. Officials also revealed that $45 million in state funds will go toward previous recipients of the state’s Child Care Restoration Grants, a program that has been extended by six months past the Dec. 15 deadline. With the recent influx of funding, the state has surpassed $1 billion in total pandemic child care relief grants, officials said.