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CUTS WOULD MEAN CHANGES
Published: 11/29/2008 | Updated: 1/23/2009

Transitions of Western Illinois faces significant cuts in state funding this year. This loss of revenue would mean:

* The developmentally disabled would wait longer than eight months for services, leaving families without daily care for their loved ones. Eight individuals are already waiting for services.

* Parents who have an adult child with a developmental disability may be forced to quit jobs to stay home and care for their child.

* Group homes that provide supervised care to adults with a developmental disability may no longer be available.

* A person who needs mental health treatment today will wait about seven weeks before he or she could be seen for an intake appointment. More than 80 people already are waiting for an appointment at this time.

* A person who needs to see a psychiatrist will wait about two months for a first-time appointment. More than 40 people already are waiting for an appointment with a psychiatrist.

* People who do not have insurance or Medicaid benefits likely would not have access to mental health care, leaving the working poor with no access to needed treatment services.

* People who have mental health problems will become a burden on the court system, emergency room and inpatient treatment facilities because they would no longer have the supports once provided.



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