Proposed cuts to Illinois mental health providers' funding will severely restrict access to treatment and recovery services for the people we know. Cuts to grants and Medicaid rates will cripple some agencies and eliminate others. Why enact a solution now that results in greater system and human costs nearly immediately?
Use the following (or your own words) to tell your senator and state representative that mental health funding should be continued at current levels:
Mental health consumers, their families and our communities have disproportionally suffered the burden of continued budget cuts and service reductions over the past several years. Community mental health centers in Illinois provide critical services for tens of thousands of citizens every year, often to those who cannot receive care anywhere else.
I expect you to support maintaining full capacity grant funding for community mental health centers at current levels. This is critically important for the provision of vital treatment for Illinois' most vulnerable populations and in the best interest of Illinois taxpayers.
Thank you.
Susan Shimon, Executive Director
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