Thank You from Redeploy Illinois
Participants from Children’s Home + Aid’s Madison County Redeploy Illinois program and the 20th Judicial Circuit Redeploy Illinois program recently gathered together to express their gratitude to local legislators for their votes to end the Illinois budget crisis. Redeploy Illinois is a court mandated program that serves youth who are being considered for an evaluation or a […]
Homeless and Hopeless
At 15-years-old, Kiara was hopeless and homeless. After her father suffered a medical emergency that left him in a coma, both her mother and grandmother turned her away. With nowhere to go, Kiara was referred to Children’s Home + Aid’s Comprehensive Community Based Youth Services (CCBYS) program, which provides crisis intervention services. The crisis worker […]
Funding for Healthy Families Illinois
Last week, Jaime Russell, Program Manager of Children’s Home + Aid’s Family Support Services in the Central Region, testified at a Senate Appropriations I Committee hearing. Jaime spoke in support of funding the Healthy Families Illinois and Parents Too Soon home visiting programs in the Illinois Department of Human Services’ budget at the $16.9 million level […]
National Social Work Month – Leah Ristow
In honor of National Social Work Month, we’re highlighting a handful of the many dedicated social workers who stand up every day for the children, youth and families we serve. Becoming a social worker offers you the opportunity to pursue a variety of career paths, from direct clinical practice to administration to advocacy and policy roles. As […]
State of the Budget at Stake: Take Action Today
Many of you may have seen the Responsible Budget Coalition’s call to contact legislators today to pass a budget that fully funds human services. The RBC action alert can be seen here. Our own call to action is at the bottom of this post. Today at 2 p.m., the Senate Appropriations I Committee will hear […]
Children’s Home + Aid and the Responsible Budget Coalition Calls on Illinois’ Leaders to Propose a Complete Budget
As members of the Responsible Budget Coalition, we wanted to share a statement from John Bouman, President of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law and Chair of the Responsible Budget Coalition’s Executive Committee, released on the Tuesday, December 27th, regarding the expiration of the stopgap spending plan and the continued lack of a state […]
