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		<title>Illinois Pension, Medicaid Costs to Top Illinois Budget Problems in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dan Rutherford]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Springfield, IL) – Illinois will be facing an $800 million deficit within three years, despite tax revenue projected to grow by more than $1 billion a year. “These projections clearly demonstrate that action must be taken to control not only Medicaid &#8230; <a href="http://iltasc.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/illinois-pension-medicaid-costs-to-top-illinois-budget-problems-in-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iltasc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5786272&amp;post=882&amp;subd=iltasc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Pat Quinn OK’s Restoration of Illinois Substance Abuse Treatment Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Drug Treatment Funding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Springfield, IL) – Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation Monday that restores $28 million to Illinois substance abuse treatment services that were cut inadvertently earlier this year. The legislation, Senate Bill 2412, reallocated money within the current Illinois budget to reinstate &#8230; <a href="http://iltasc.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/gov-pat-quinn-oks-restoration-of-illinois-substance-abuse-treatment-funding/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iltasc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5786272&amp;post=878&amp;subd=iltasc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ABTC, TASC Open Renovated Reentry Home for Juveniles in Douglas Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Chicago, IL) – Alternative Behavior Treatment Centers (ABTC) and Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC) have opened the Douglas Park Transitional Living Program for youth. The program is designed to facilitate safe community reentry for youth who have been in &#8230; <a href="http://iltasc.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/abtc-tasc-open-douglas-park-transitional-living-program-for-youth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iltasc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5786272&amp;post=861&amp;subd=iltasc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois Lawmakers Vote Overwhelmingly to Restore Illinois Substance Abuse Treatment Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Drug Treatment Funding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Chicago, IL) – The Illinois legislature on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to restore nearly $30 million to community substance abuse treatment providers throughout Illinois, drawing praise from advocates. &#8220;This supplemental budget immediately restores substance abuse treatment money to community care providers &#8230; <a href="http://iltasc.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/illinois-lawmakers-vote-overwhelmingly-to-restore-illinois-substance-abuse-treatment-money/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iltasc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5786272&amp;post=854&amp;subd=iltasc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois Lawmakers OK Funding to Keep Illinois Prisons, Mental Health Facilities Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Benjamin Yount]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Springfield, IL) – Illinois&#8217; seven endangered prisons and mental health facilities will stay open for at least the next six months after lawmakers gave Gov. Pat Quinn the power to shift nearly $300 million inside the state budget. But more &#8230; <a href="http://iltasc.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/illinois-lawmakers-ok-funding-to-keep-illinois-prisons-mental-health-facilities-open/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iltasc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5786272&amp;post=852&amp;subd=iltasc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Restores Second Chance Act Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Chicago, IL)&#8211; Federal funding for Second Chance reentry programs, which had been cut by the Senate in September (see Sept. 16 post), has been restored. The House originally had approved $70 million for the Second Chance Act, but the Senate had eliminated the &#8230; <a href="http://iltasc.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/congress-restores-second-chance-act-funding/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iltasc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5786272&amp;post=846&amp;subd=iltasc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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