Illinois Association of Rehabilitation
Facilities
206 South 6th St.,
Springfield, IL 62701
voice: (217) 753-1190
fax: (217) 525-1271
e-mail:
jstauter@hso.net
Illinois Association
of Rehabilitation Facilities
Spring Session
June 2, 2003
FOUR PERCENT GOES TO GOVERNOR
The Illinois General Assembly passed
the state’s FY 2004 with a four percent increase in funding for community
agencies. Given the state’s current fiscal crisis this is a tremendous
victory for developmental disability and mental heath services in Illinois.
It is expected that
Governor
Blagojevich will sign the bill.
You should take this increase as a
great compliment to your tenacity educating lawmakers. Your message was
obviously received by the General Assembly and the
Governor’s Office.
The total impact of the increase is
unknown. Legislation restoring the 1.25 percent cut has been sent to the
Governor too. However, it is unknown if community providers will still
be covered by the two percent reserve requirement.
There were many key legislators who
worked to make this increase happen. We will get a detailed list to you
later in the week. They made your agencies a priority in this budget and
deserve a great deal of thanks. The Democratic leadership listened and four
percent is the result.
Thank you again for all your hard work
and look for more details soon. |
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