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The Illinois Budget Crisis Impacts Local AgenciesKWQC
July 2, 2009
The impact of the budget crisis in Illinois is impacting the local community. In Rock Island, Transitions Mental Health Services laid off seven staff members on Thursday. Funding for that agency is also being cut.
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Budget cuts in healthcareby Briana Barner
Chicago Defender
July 2, 2009
The State of Illinois’ plan for budget cuts will affect those who depend on its special medical healthcare programs, among other services. The cuts will involve the closing of various mental health facilities as well as the elimination of substance abuse treatment and prevention services.
It will also bring a 75 percent cut to domestic violence shelters and sexual assault and abuse prevention and a 70 percent cut in child care subsidies.
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Social service agencies see early impact of Illinois budget impasseEd Tibbetts
Quad-City Times
July 2, 2009
Two days into the fiscal year, Illinois social service agencies and the people they work with are beginning to feel the bite from the state's budget impasse.
The Arc of Rock Island County issued layoff notices to 38 people, while Bethany for Children & Families furloughed workers, too.
Meanwhile, other agencies are waiting nervously. Many have developed contingency plans to cut services and staff in the event the stalemate drags on longer.
Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed a proposed budget Wednesday that provided only half the requested funding amounts. That sent the state into the new fiscal year without a spending plan.
Arc of Rock Island County, which works with the developmentally disabled, not only issued layoff notices Wednesday but also told 85 people their services will be terminated July 15.
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At the InTouch Adult Day Care Center, services are still being maintained, said Lynda Vogt, program director.
Asked how they're paying the bills, Vogt said the state usually is behind in reimbursing the agency, anyway. She didn't know for how long it will keep operating, however.
Vogt has put together a contingency plan that includes possible layoffs. Two dozen people work at the agency.
Under the doomsday budget, she said, 94 of its 156 clients would lose services. Their ages range from 20 to 94.
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