IL Legislative Alerts

Action on Monday Towards Ending the Subminimum Wage for People with Disabilities Hearing Monday, November 18 at 10 am at City Hall, 121 LaSalle Street The hearing will start at… Read more »

Rate Increase Delay – Due to Paperwork Friday afternoon, DHS released a letter that indicated that the 3.5% rate increase for service providers of I/DD is expected to be delayed because… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 3, 2019 CONTACT: The Arc of Illinois Meg Cooch, Executive Director meg@thearcofil.org / 815.464.1832 The Arc of Illinois Thanks the Legislature and Governor for Supporting People… Read more »

Last Day of Session! The budget is going to be debated today.  We are analyzing it now and will have more information once it has passed.  The BIMP bill which… Read more »

We just got back from meeting with Deputy Governor Sol Flores and her staff regarding many of the priorities listed below and DD Services transformation efforts such as the HCBS… Read more »

This is a busy week in Springfield!   CALLS TO ACTION: Support Sexual Health, Sexual Safety Education Call your legislators to support HB 3299, which requires access to sexual health, sexual… Read more »

State Updates Homebased Service Agreement – Thanks to those who offered insight to the draft service agreement for those in homebased.  Based on the concerns raised through the stakeholder input… Read more »

We have been in Springfield this week talking about the many bills that could impact the lives of people with disabilities.  Next week is committee deadlines for the House (this… Read more »

This is a huge week to raise your voice as people with disabilities, families and community organizations in Springfield.  We have two more weeks until the committee deadline where bills… Read more »

Call Your Legislators and Submit Witness Slips Today We are deep into the first part off the legislative session where there are a lot of bills to support and potentially… Read more »