Illinois Budget Cuts Impacting Women, Children and Families

Posted on Tue, Jun 16, 2009:

Urgent: Stop Illinois Budget Cuts Impacting Women, Children and Families

 
 

HERE'S THE YWCA Elgin IMPACT:
  • 2,800 Child Care Providers would close, leaving thousands of parents and young children without care in Kane, Cook and Dupage counties.
 
  • 1,992 adults would Lose access to Literacy Education next year in the Elgin District alone.
 
  • Cuts would creat dire economic consequences in Elgin.
 
YWCA Elgin can keep providing child care and Adult Education IF the State of Illinois does its job!
             
            Now, Here's What You Can Do:
               Call goverment officials
               1.      John Cullerton, Senate President
                        Springfield:(217) 782-2728
                        District Office:(773) 883-0770
                        [email protected]                               
                2.      Michael Madigan, Speaker of the House
                         Springfield: (217) 782 - 5350
                         District Office: (773) 581 - 8000
                        [email protected]
                3.      Tom Cross, House Minority Leader
                         Springfield: (217) 782 - 1331
                         District Office: (815) 254 - 0000
                         [email protected]
                4.      Pat Quinn, Governor
                         Springfield: (217) 782-0244
                         District Office: (312) 814-2121
                   http://www.illinois.gov/gov/contactthegovernor.cfm
            Say:My name is X, and I'm calling on behalf 
                of the YWCA Elgin about the FY10 budget. Please
                protect human services in Illinois including the
                59,022 children who would lose their childcare
                placement, and the 59,022 adults who would
                lose access to Adult Education across the state
                next year.



YWCA Elgin
220 E. Chicago St.
Elgin, IL 60120
email: [email protected]
Phone: 847-742-7930
Fax: 847-742-8217

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