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The poverty rate has inched slightly lower in Illinois but still remains well above the rate that existed before the Great Recession began in 2008.Updated…
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The state has restored funding for one of the programs Children's Home and Aid cut two years ago, the Butterfly Project.Lisa Pieper, the regional CEO of…
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The Baby Fold's Residential Treatment Center for children and teens who suffer emotional difficulties due to abuse and neglect will close at the end of…
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At least one social service director is beginning to wonder if social service agencies are caught in the middle of the state budget crisis or if the…
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Editors Note: During our interview series Stretched Thin, we reported on the impact of the state budget impasse on local social service agencies That was…
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A year ago, when Illinois was hitting it's seventh straight month without a budget, the Baby Fold child care and education agency was about $1.7 million…
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Editors Note: During our interview series Stretched Thin, we reported on the impact of the state budget impasse on local social service agencies That was…
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Several programs operated by the Bloomington-Normal YWCA rely heavily on state funds. Liz German, Vice President of Operations at the YW says the impasse…
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Editors Note: During our interview series Stretched Thin, we reported on the impact of the state budget impasse on local social service agencies and heard…
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The Children's Home and Aid Regional Office in Bloomington received rare good news late last year when it received a $577,000 grant from the Illinois…