Showing posts with label human services. Show all posts
Showing posts with label human services. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Budget "middle road" paved with short-term fixes

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By Jamey Dunn The House passed what some have dubbed a “middle of the road” budget, which keeps many areas of state government funded at c...
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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Illinois Senate approves more budget bills

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By Jamey Dunn Illinois Senate Republicans supported legislation today to spend unexpected tax revenue on the state’s old bills but rejecte...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

House passes the bulk of its budget

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By Jamey Dunn and Meredith Colias Illinois House Democrats passed several pieces of their budget today as Republicans bemoaned being cut o...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

House plans human services cuts

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By Jamey Dunn The Illinois House is planning to fund human services in its budget at a lower level than Gov. Pat Quinn proposed in his bud...
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Friday, April 19, 2013

Legislative roundup

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By Jamey Dunn  The Illinois General Assembly had a busy week, as the House worked toward its Friday deadline for final votes on bills that...
Thursday, April 11, 2013

DHS bogged down by big caseloads

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By Jamey Dunn The Illinois Department of Human Services is struggling to provide services as some workers face caseloads of more than a th...
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Home health care providers lobby for funding to cover shortfall

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By Meredith Colias Social service advocates say agencies providing in-home care for seniors could be at risk if additional state money is ...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Quinn adviser sees "serious problems" with how DHS handled abuse and neglect allegations

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By Jamey Dunn A House panel took members of Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration to task today over recent reports that the Illinois Department...
Tuesday, May 08, 2012

TANF recipients may be cut off from benefits

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By Ashley Griffin As lawmakers look to cut billions from the state’s Medicaid liability, other programs geared at helping Illinoisans in p...
Monday, April 16, 2012

As autism grows, funding for programs shrinks

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By Ashley Griffin  The number of autism cases is on the rise, but funding for autism-related programs in the state has been dropping and c...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

Quinn plans to close Jacksonville and Tinley Park facilities

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn today announced plans to close the Tinley Park Mental Health Center and the Jacksonville Developmental Center...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Human services spending restored as part of larger budget deal

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By Ashley Griffin As part of legislation that will keep some state institutions open through the current fiscal year, the Illinois General...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Lawmakers say budget deal fixed mistakes

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By Jamey Dunn A plan the General Assembly approved yesterday to shift money to and from various fund s would correct what some lawmakers s...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Advocates support closures if handled with care

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By Jamey Dunn While some see Gov. Pat Quinn’s plan to close several state facilities as tinged with partisan politics or as a headline gr...
Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Quinn: "I’m prepared to do what has to be done"

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn says he may have to make drastic cuts and violate an agreement made with public unions to stretch the state b...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Budget deal reached to keep construction going

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By Jamey Dunn Lawmakers have reached a deal in an impasse over spending that threatened to stall construction projects throughout Illinois...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Plans for session, but no agreement

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By Jamey Dunn Illinois lawmakers will return to the Statehouse next week in hopes of hashing out a plan to keep the state’s capital constr...
Monday, June 06, 2011

Quinn calls for special session to keep projects rolling

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By Jamey Dunn Calling for a special legislative session, Gov. Pat Quinn said today that lawmakers must approve spending for capital projec...