Affordable childcare options in Chicago - 7 months and counting

My hours will change when I find a job and childcare is my biggest worry. There are 11 people counting on me, so I am trying to be careful. I looked into subsidies but the forms are long. How long did subsidies take?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 7 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.