Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Rauner Slashes $188.2 Million from Department of Human Services

Chicago, IL – Bruce Rauner’s FY19 budget proposal attempts to “balance” the budget on the backs of working people. With the General Assembly holding budget hearings this week, the Pritzker campaign is highlighting the different communities hurt by this failed governor’s unbalanced budget.

Following his heartless pattern of slashing services that help Illinoisans build better lives and a budget crisis that stripped services from over a million Illinoisans, Bruce Rauner cut over $188 million from the Department of Human Services’ budget in this year’s proposal. Mental health grants, addiction treatment, child care services, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) are all slated to get less support from the state under Rauner’s failed leadership.

“Year after year, Bruce Rauner decimates human services and undermines the tools Illinois families use to reach their full potential,” said Pritzker campaign spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh. “When children living with autism or epilepsy, immigrants, and families seeking housing can’t get the support they deserve, this governor has failed.”

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