EXCERPT FROM: Quincy Herald-Whig
By Edward Husar
Officials with agencies that get subsidies from the city of Quincy say the money is vital to their operations, and the agencies would be hurt or threatened if the money was taken away.
EXCERPT FROM: Westchester Suburban Life
By GateHouse News Service
When someone does work for you and sends you a bill, you pay it. If the service is one that you use regularly, you make sure the payment is prompt so that you maintain a good reputation and can rely on the work getting done month after month, year after year.
EXCERPT FROM: CBS 2
By Suzanne Le Mignot
CICERO, Ill. (CBS) ― Through a Child's Eyes preschool is going to shut down after the state cut its funding, but parents and teachers are not giving up without a fight.
CHICAGO – October 20, 2009. Governor Pat Quinn and Michelle Saddler, Secretary of the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS), today announced new policy and administrative changes designed to provide greater assistance to low-income working parents struggling to keep their jobs while coping with child care needs.
BLOOMINGTON -- Liliana Garcia Aguirre is an inquisitive, active 3-year-old, who spends her time in the playground of Kid's Club East searching for cicada shells, serving pretend food from the playhouse and encouraging those around her to "come on" and join her.
It's all happening at a child care center in Chicago's West Loop, where they take the phrase "living green" very seriously. They are making environmentalists out of youngsters who can't even say the word. In this place, they're teaching those lessons -- almost from birth.
The Morrison Public School District will not receive about one hundred thirty one thousand dollars from the Illinois Board of Education. The Board is making cuts, statewide, because of the financial crisis in Illinois.
CHICAGO - Over the river and through the recession to grandmother's house they go. The lingering recession is forcing cash-strapped parents to cancel camp for the kids. Instead, they're being packed off to their grandparents.
FISHER--Day care providers are waiting on checks that pay for food. The federal government says the money is there, but it's up to the state to mail the checks out. The checks were due Monday. Providers can't afford the waiting game. They don't know how they'll put food on the table.