New State Budget Cuts Job Coaching for 3,000 Developmentally Disabled Workers

Local community-based organization urges public to contact legislators to restore funding to human services programs.

The state budget currently on its way to Gov. Pat Quinn for his signature will eliminate funding for job coaching for 3,000 people with developmental disabilities who are employed in Illinois. That's the assessment of the Illinois Division of Rehabilitation Services, according to the Ray Graham Association, which provides services in DuPage County for people with disabilities. According to Kim Zoeller, president and CEO of the Ray Graham Association, the Division of Rehabilitation Services told RGA that $1 million has been eliminated from the budget for human services programs. Included is funding for job coaching for those with developmental disabilities who are employed. "The budget that passed allocated about $779 million for Community …

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