illinois budget who needs our help

Who Needs Your Help?Who Needs Your Help?

Who will get hurt if proposed cuts in Illinois funding take place?

Who needs your help now?

People with disabilities People with disabilities who:who:

Are from your Are from your communitycommunity

Live in your Live in your communitycommunity

Shop in your Shop in your communitycommunity

Visible Visible membersmembers of of your community who your community who

participateparticipate and and contributecontribute with the with the help they receive.help they receive.

People with disabilities

What the State Pays

Illinois public school student: $10,470 (2008)

Per person, per year:

What the State Pays

Illinois public school student: $10,470

Illinois prison inmate: $21,911 (2010)

Per person, per year:

What the State Pays

Illinois public school student: $10,470

Illinois prison inmate: $21,911

Per person, per year:

Person with disabilities living in a group home in the community receiving 24

hour help: $13,500

What the State Pays

Illinois public school student: $10,470

Illinois prison inmate: $21,911

Per person, per year:

Person with disabilities living in a group home in the community receiving 24

hour help: $13,500Person with disabilities living in a state-operated facility: $192,000

People with disabilitieswho live in the community:

Are more likely to have a job

Are more likely to have a job

Have more choice about how they live

People with disabilitieswho live in the community:

Are more likely to have a job

Have more choice about how they liveHave more friends and social support

People with disabilitieswho live in the community:

Are more likely to have a job

Have more choice about how they liveHave more friends and social supportAre more able to contribute to the community

People with disabilitieswho live in the community:

Are more likely to have a job

Have more choice about how they liveHave more friends and social support

Are more able to contribute to the communityAre able to participate in community life

People with disabilitieswho live in the community:

Are able to participate in community lifeCost Illinois taxpayers less than ¼ as much as someone with the same disability living in a state-operated facility

Are more likely to have a job

Have more choice about how they liveHave more friends and social support

Are more able to contribute to the community

People with disabilitieswho live in the community:

Are able to participate in community lifeCost Illinois taxpayers less than ¼ as much as someone with the same disability living in a state-operated facility

Are more likely to have a job

Have more choice about how they liveHave more friends and social support

Are more able to contribute to the community

Are in Are in DANGER

DANGER of losing all o

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of losing all o

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this if proposed cuts take place.

this if proposed cuts take place.

People with disabilitieswho live in the community:

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