Re: lottery system in illinois

April 5, 2004

Kim-

First of all, where in IL are you? We are in west central, about 1 hr west of

Springfield. We have family in Naperville, so we are up that way several times

a year as well.

I got the info on the lotto from my service coordinator at the time. It comes

through the Dept of Human Services. The program is called the IL Family

Assistane Program. The biggie with it is that the chid has to qualify under

mental retardation. I can't recall the exact categories of impairment that

qualified, but I was initially concernced that Aubrie wouldn't fit. We sent in

the initial card, got chosen, and went ahead with the psych eval to see what

would happen. Aubrie was about 2 then. Because of all of her impairments

combined, she tested low enough on the test that the evaluator could not say

that she was not cognitively impaired. She was definitely delayed in all areas.

So we were accepted into the program. Each time we have our review, I wait for

them to tell us she no longer qualifies.

I look it up on the web and found this link:

http://www.illinoislegalaid.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.dsp_content & contentID=\

218

Qualifying disabilities are:

" Severe Autism; Severe or Profound Mental Retardation (IQ of 40 or less);

Severe Emotional Disturbance, which severely impairs the performance of major

life activities; or Severe and Multiple Impairments, with substantial

developmental disability (such as mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy,

or autism), and multiple severe or profound impairments of physical, sensory,

behavioral, or cognitive functioning, and substantial developmental delays in

cognitive, affective or psychomotor behavior. "

The " Multiple impairment " area is where Aubrie falls. Get yourself in the pool

for the lotto -- you never know if you'll be accepted or not.

Michele W

Aubrie's mom

lottery system in illinois

Hi! I'm new to the group I have to children 8 and Blake (CHARGEr) will

be 5 in May. Could someone please give me some info on how you get into the

lottery system in Illinois? What are the qualification's?

Thanks,Kim

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April 6, 2004

Michele,

Thank you for the info. We live in Ottawa Il. Did your Doctor do the psych

eval?

I don't think Blake meet the requirements,but it's worth a try. Thanks Kim

From: Michele Westmaas To:

CHARGE@...: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:37:39 -0500Subject: Re:

lottery system in illinoisKim-First of all, where in IL are you? We are in west

central, about 1 hr west of Springfield. We have family in Naperville, so we

are up that way several times a year as well.I got the info on the lotto from my

service coordinator at the time. It comes through the Dept of Human Services.

The program is called the IL Family Assistane Program. The biggie with it is

that the chid has to qualify under mental retardation. I can't recall the exact

categories of impairment that qualified, but I was initially concernced that

Aubrie wouldn't fit. We sent in the initial card, got chosen, and went ahead

with the psych eval to see what would happen. Aubrie was about 2 then. Because

of all of her impairments combined, she tested low enough on the test that the

evaluator could not say that she was not cognitively impaired. She was

definitely delayed in all areas. So we were accepted into the program. Each

time we have our review, I wait for them to tell us she no longer qualifies. I

look it up on the web and found this link:

http://www.illinoislegalaid.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.dsp_content & amp;conten\

tID=218Qualifying disabilities are: " Severe Autism; Severe or Profound Mental

Retardation (IQ of 40 or less); Severe Emotional Disturbance, which severely

impairs the performance of major life activities; or Severe and Multiple

Impairments, with substantial developmental disability (such as mental

retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, or autism), and multiple severe or

profound impairments of physical, sensory, behavioral, or cognitive functioning,

and substantial developmental delays in cognitive, affective or psychomotor

behavior. " The " Multiple impairment " area is where Aubrie falls. Get yourself in

the pool for the lotto -- you never know if you'll be accepted or not.Michele

WAubrie's mom

lottery system in illinois Hi! I'm new to the group I have to children

8 and Blake (CHARGEr) will be 5 in May. Could someone please give me

some info on how you get into the lottery system in Illinois? What are the

qualification's? Thanks,Kim

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April 7, 2004

No- we had the eval done by a psych in a nearby town. He was recommended by our

service coordinator.

You see Windy, don't you? She's been such an angel for us!