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Arc Quick Budget Summary

The Arc of Illinois

February 16, 2011

Leaders in The Arc:

In this budget, there is a much greater emphasis on community integration,

employment and transitioning people out of institutions.

The proposed Ligas Consent Decree requires the state to provide community

services to 1000 people with developmental disabilities living at home over the

first two years, and thereafter it is 500 per year for the next 4 years. So this

year the Division will be gearing up for the transition of these people.

One of the changes from past years budget is that the administration is now

utilizing a unified budget for long-term care jointly merging the line items of

the Depts of Human Services, Aging and Health Care & Family Services. This

unified budget approach will facilitate the transfer of spending to more closely

match services based upon individual need and reduce unnecessary

institutionalization. It will also eliminate the DD Long Term Care line item.

The Dept of Human Services narrative and budget begins on page 296 on the link

below.

While most of the Division of Developmental Disabilities line items remain the

same as last years, there is a $23 million increase for DDD Grants in AID

Purchase of Care and a $26 million increase for Developmental Disability

Services.

Enrollment for the community waiver remains the same as last year at 18,800

Enrollment for ICFDDs is reduced by 200 from last years 6,400.

Enrollment from the state institutions is expected to be reduced by 200 to

1,722.

Here is a link to Governor Quinns Proposed Operating Budget for Fiscal Year

2012:

http://www.state.il.us/budget/FY2012/FY12_Operating_Budget.pdf

What follows is the primary budget outcomes for DHS in the proposed budget

document.

More to come.

Tony auski

The Arc of Illinois

815-464-1832

PRIMARY BUDGET OUTCOME

Protecting our children, veterans, poor,

disabled, elderly and sick.

MEETING THE OUTCOME

Provide a safety net to meet the basic

needs of the most vulnerable populations.

Make food, shelter, support services and

cash assistance available to Illinois residents

with the greatest need. Ensure children and

pregnant and lactating women receive

proper nutrition by providing supplemental

foods and by increasing the percent of

women who breastfeed.

.. Invest in prevention to enhance outcomes.

Reducing infant mortality and low birth

weight and ensure children eligible for Early

Intervention (EI) services receive services by

the age of one year. Support safe and

healthy learning environments that prepare

children for school. Support low-income

families to stabilize their living

arrangements. Implement a range of

initiatives, including prevention of domestic

violence and promotion of mental health, to

improve the quality of community life across

the state.

.. Promote independence through

employment support and community

integration of people with disabilities and

low-income individuals. Provide education

and employment support to develop

functional and occupational skills and attain

independence for Illinois residents

struggling with economic marginalization.

Offer home-based services, independent

living placements and other opportunities to

enable individuals with physical, mental and

developmental disabilities to reside

independently or in cost-effective community

settings and maximize their ability to fully

participate in their own community. Provide

access to child care, education, training and

employment to help families achieve and

maintain economic stability and reduce

dependence on basic assistance programs.

Ensure support services are available to

assist refugees and immigrants in successful

transition to citizenship, independence and

integration into communities.

.. Provide a wide range of early intervention

and treatment services. Reach children

and adults at earlier stages of illness,

improve access to a wider array of services,

increase cost-effectiveness and decrease the

negative impact of illnesses on individuals,

their communities and the state. Provide a

range of treatment services to Illinois

residents struggling with addiction and

mental illness.

.. Transfer programs from the Division of

Community Health and Prevention to the

Department of Public Health, Department of

Juvenile Justice, Department of Children and

Family Services and the Illinois Violence

Prevention Authority. Move programs to

agencies whose focus is more closely

aligned with the programs being transferred,

including Healthy Families, and juvenile and

delinquency prevention, programs for the

homeless and violence prevention programs.

PROGRAM PROPOSALS

.. Redesign the Family and Community

Resource Center Model. Conduct a pilot

project to redesign the service delivery

system of the Family and Community

Resource Centers to provide timely and

efficient services to clients. Evaluate the

effectiveness of the pilot and assess the

potential for statewide implementation.

.. Rebalance Service Options. Implement a

framework for a comprehensive person centered

service delivery system, rooted in

community-based structures, that meets the

needs of people with physical, mental and

developmental disabilities with increased

targets for community based placements.

.. Implement national health care reforms.

Partner with other state agencies appointed

by the governor to the health care reform

implementation council to implement new

eligibility, verification and enrollment (EVE)

policies and procedures.

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