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Ellen Garber Bronfeld

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Calls to Prevent Cuts to Community Services

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Calls to Prevent Cuts to Community Services

It probably doesn’t as a surprise to anyone by now that Governor

Quinn’s proposed state fiscal year 2012 budget includes deep cuts to community

services for kids and adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities and/or

mental illnesses. This is the third budget proposal in as many years that has

proposed cuts to these programs. When is enough enough?

From today through Monday, May 2nd our Illinois State Senators are

back in their local communities doing in-District work, which means many of them

will be working out of their District offices and/or attending local events,

speaking engagements, etc. This week is a great time for all of us to contact

our State Senators and remind them of the importance of community services to

healthy communities in Illinois.

At least once this week, all of us need to call our State Senators

at their District offices and deliver three very clear messages:

Community services are important to the over 200,000 individuals

with intellectual/developmental disabilities and/or mental illnesses currently

receiving them and important to local economies by employing thousands of

professionals;

Don’t vote for an FY12 budget that disproportionately cuts

community services; and

Only vote for an FY12 budget that preserves funding for community

services at current levels and provides for a timely payment cycle.

If you don’t know who your State Senator is or what his/her

District office phone number is, you can take the link here and input your home

address. This will then give you the list of your elected officials. Click on

the name of your State Senator and call the phone number associated with the

District Office.

Also, if you interested in getting up to speed on information

related to Governor Quinn’s proposed budget and how it impacts community

services, take a look at the information on the “Get Informed†page of the

Push for Access website. The Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities

(IARF) has compiled useful information for our advocacy efforts. If your

Senator asks for more information, go ahead and send it to them!

Remember, each of us can make a difference if we take some time out

of our week and try!

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