It May Get Even Harder To Access Community-Based Services For Those With IDD (03/06/24)
Rose, advocates raise concern over Pritzker's funding proposal for disability services (02/27/24)
The push to invest in disability services in Illinois (02/21/24)
GOP lawmakers push for more group home service hours (01/26/24)
Lawmakers, advocates protest funding cuts for developmental disabilities (01/19/24)
Illinois must provide more funding for people with disabilities (05/24/23)
Letter: State budget short of needs for the disabled via Daily Herald (03/28/22)
Speak Out: My son was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as an infant. via Daily Southtown (03/22/22)
Voice of the People: State must do more to help services like Cornerstone via Daily Journal (03/12/22)
Disability worker pay lags via Illinois Times (03/10/22)
Advocates want $246M for developmental disability services in Illinois via WGEM (03/09/22)
Target raising wages up to $24 an hour for some workers via NBC News (02/28/22)
As Workers Gain Pay Leverage, Nonprofits Can’t Keep Up via New York Times (12/23/21)
Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Deserve More via Northwest Herald (02/01/2022)
Survey Finds Disability Service Providers On The Brink via DisabilityScoop.com (10/01/21)
Letter to the editor: State must resolve under-funding of disabilities services via The Journal-Courier (05/18/2021)
Support providers need competitive wage via Daily Herald (05/17/21)
Letters: How Illinois can better serve adults with disabilities via Chicago Tribune (05/17/21)
Budget seen as failing disabled via Chicago Tribune (05/12/21)
Lawmakers seeking funding for IL programs helping people with disabilities via WAND17 (04/15/21)
Mental health funding proposal too close to call in Milton Township via Daily Herald (04/09/21)
Illinois’ shortchanging of disabled services risks judicial ire, advocate says via The Center Square (04/05/21)
Illinois ‘unlawful’ underfunding leaves thousands with developmental disabilities waiting in line for services via WCIA 3 (03/30/21)
Families of adults with special needs face unique challenges during pandemic via TODAY (06/17/20)
‘Clearly undervalued’ health care support workers in line for a boost in pay via The Daily Southtown (05/30/20)
Meet 3 people who quarantined with clients in group homes via The Herald-News (05/29/20)
Little City Direct Support Professional volunteered to quarantine with resident via Daily Herald (04/11/20)
The Crisis Before This Crisis That Can No Longer Be Ignored via Medium (04/23/20)
Clearbrook Receives Outpouring of Support from Community via Daily Herald (04/20/20)
It’s time to recognize the essential value of direct support professionals via MinnPost (04/17/20)
Home Health Care Workers For Those With Special Needs Face Big Challenges With COVID-19 via CBS (04/09/20)
Coronavirus help: Volunteer moves in to care for COVID-19 patient with disabilities via ABC 7 (04/01/20)
Commentary: Recognizing the unsung heroes of COVID-19 via Peoria Journal Star (03/27/20)
Fixing the disability workforce crisis via The Hill (03/02/20)
Our sorry state via Capitol Fax (12/03/19)
Rebecca Clark Talks Home Services in Illinois via Chicago's Morning Answer (10/09/19)
Higher minimum wage prompts demand from social service providers via Capitol Fax (06/06/19)
Future housing for people with autism discussed by McLean County group via The Pantagraph (05/22/19)
‘I can’t live forever,’ 74-year-old mom of disabled daughter worries via The Chicago Sun-Times (05/10/19)
Joliet disability service workers say they need more funding via The Joliet Herald-News (05/10/19)
Group pushes for bill to pay caretakers $20 an hour via Illinois News Network (02/21/19)
Minimum wage hike necessitates higher wages for skilled workers, groups say via WQAD (02/08/19)
Disability services lag in Illinois via Crain's Chicago Business (01/21/19)
Steans seeks to remedy shortage of direct support workers via Senator Steans News Release (04/27/18)
Reforms promised but group homes still suffering from problems via Chicago Tribune (02/23/18)
Another door closing for disabled adults in Illinois via Chicago Sun-Times (02/09/18)
Pols in Springfield keep letting down disabled people and their families via Chicago Sun-Times (02/01/18)
Easterseals’ adult programs ending in Chicago, Tinley Park via ABC 7 (01/31/18)
Easterseals Closing Down via WGN Morning News (01/31/18)
Day program's closing like a gut punch to family of autistic man via Chicago Sun-Times (01/29/18)
Disabilities need not limit dreams via Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette (01/02/18)
2018: New Year, New Laws in New York State via WWNY TV 7 (12/31/17)
What State Budget Cuts Mean For Montana’s Developmentally Disabled via Montana Public Radio (12/29/17)
Retiring Trinity CEO: ‘I have a heart for people with disabilities’ via Daily Southtown (12/28/17)
Coalition praises Burke for support of wage increase via The Beverly Review (10/31/17)
1 Raise for Illinois Caregivers Approved, Another on Hold via AP (9/11/17)
Raises coming for some state-funded caregivers via The State Journal-Register (9/9/17)
Illinois neglects promised pay increase to caregivers via WAND (9/5/17)
RELEASE: Caregivers for people with disabilities still empty-handed (9/5/17)
Thank you for the state budget via Belleville News-Democrat (7/22/17)
Measure called a must for continuing help to disabled in Illinois via Sangamon Sun (7/21/17)
Voice of the Reader: Continue to make good via The Southern Illinoisan (7/19/17)
Lester: Suburban caregivers get small boost in pay, but fight wages on via Chicago Daily Herald (7/17/17)
Letter: Budget provides much-needed caregiver wage increase via The State Journal-Register (7/15/17)
State budget provides funding for Joliet social service agencies via The Herald-News (7/14/17)
Illinois passes first budget in years, elicits reactions from around the state via WQAD (7/6/17)
Staffing shortages shrink already low supply of housing for disabled via Chicago Sun-Times (6/26/17)
Families Send Distress Call Over State Budget via NPR Illinois (6/8/17)
Impact of the State Budget Situation on Well-being via WTTW-TV (6/8/17)
Illinois Hearing on Citizens in Need via WGN-TV (6/8/17)
The human cost of no Illinois budget (6/6/17)
List: Costs and consequences of Illinois’ budget crisis via Reboot Illinois (6/5/17)
6 examples of how the state budget mess hurts in suburbs via Chicago Daily Herald (6/2/17)
Illinois Caregiver System Hangs By Thread, Provider Warns via CBS Chicago (5/30/17)
Budget Crisis Impacting Disability Services in the Area via 1340 WJOL (5/24/17)
Low wages to blame for shortage of caregivers for people with disabilities via KWQC (5/19/17)
Mahomet house looking for staff via The Mahomet Citizen (5/18/17)
Caregivers to earn higher wage after bill passes state senate via The Chicago Crusader (5/15/17)
Social services declining; Joliet mayor notices via the Herald-News (5/14/17)
Shortage of caregivers for people with disabilities intensifies statewide via The Chicago Tribune (5/12/17)
It’s Just a Bill via CapitolFax (5/11/17)
Illinois Senate passes bill to give caregivers a living wage (Press Release) (5/10/17)
Senate Bill to Raise Minimum Wage for DSPs Advances via Fox 55 Illinois (5/10/17)
Disability Support Professionals Demand Better Pay via WTVO ABC 17 Rockford (5/8/17)