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FY
2008
2011
Gubernatorial
Platform
Invest
for
Success
•
Increase
funding
for
community
services
10%
every
year
for
the
next
four
years
to
build
the
community
infrastructure
through
rates
and
reimbursement
review
and
enhancement,
increases
to
staff
wages
and
benefits
to
market
levels,
and
expansion
of
the
system
for
those
who
wait.
This
action
will
begin
to
bring
Illinois
to
the
median
of
states
nationally
in
terms
of
funding
for
community
services.
It
is
also
necessary
to
protect
the
capital
investments
made
by
community
agencies
to
support
persons
with
disabilities
by
providing
$50
M to
help
fund
renovations,
maintenance,
new
residences,
equipment,
and
vehicle
needs.
Services
are
eligible
for
federal
Medicaid
matching
funds.
•
Support
legislation
that
provides
an
annual
increase
for
all
Developmental
Disabilities,
Mental
Health,
Alcohol
and
Substance
Abuse,
Rehabilitation
Services,
and
Early
Intervention
reimbursements
to
keep
pace
with
economic
pressures
(e.g.
Employment
Cost
Index)
and
prevent
erosion
in
quality
and
availability
of
services
and
supports.
•
Direct
the
Department
of
Disability
Services
to
appoint
a
commission
within
the
first
six
months
of
the
term
with
representation
from
the
Department,
the
General
Assembly,
consumers,
community
providers,
and
trade
associations
to
develop
rate
and
reimbursement
methodologies
that
reflect
the
cost
of
providing
services
and
supports,
recognize
individual
disability
needs,
consider
geographic
differences,
transportation
costs,
required
staffing
ratios
and
mandates
not
currently
funded.
The
Return
on
This
Investment
of
Leadership
and
Resources
•
Increase
in
the
stability
and
quality
of
community
services
provided.
Less
staff
turnover
and
increased
continuity
of
supports/services.
•
Increased
community
capacity
through
a
continual
investment
in
rates
and
reimbursements
that
reflect
the
cost
of
providing
quality
services.
•
Decrease
in
the
waiting
list
for
those
with
urgent
needs
through
properly
funded
expansion
of
the
system.
•
Increase
in
community
integration
consistent
with
the
spirit
of
Olmstead.
Urgency
in
Community
Services
Coalition,
consumers,
family
members,
board
of
directors,
staff,
and
communities
across
Illinois
are
2.2
million
voters
that
need
your
immediate
attention
to
the
platform
issues-
at
stake
is
not
just
people’s
votes
or
politics,
but
rather
the
quality
of
daily
life
for
people
with
disabilities.
Statewide,
2.2
million
voters
are
touched
by,
and
care
about
disability
issues
and
believe
that
you
cannot
talk
about
core
government
services
like
education,
healthcare,
housing,
jobs,
and
human
rights
without
talking
about
community
services
for
people
with
disabilities.
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