Human Services ‘Bridge’ Funding Bill
Yesterday, in a very refreshing show of bi-partisan will, the House and Senate both approved legislation I introduced to send partial emergency funding to human services providers for FY16. I want to thank my colleagues in both Chambers and on both sides of the aisle for sending this to the Governor without a single “no” vote.
The legislation will provide partial funding from available sources to human service agencies who have been delivering services to the community without a budget since the beginning of the year when the Governor vetoed all Human Service budgets.
The source of funds for the payments are the Commitment to Human Services Fund and Other State Funds, which have balances that are dedicated to the provision of human and social services. There are no General Revenue Funds in SB2038. In addition, the legislation has clauses limiting use of these funds only for services rendered in the current fiscal year, and restricts state agencies from diverting funds from the intended use for other internal state or bureaucratic purposes except where specifically authorized (e,g Article 2, Section 5 which authorizes payment to the State of Michigan for the Medicaid Management Information System cloud services).
You can read the legislation SB 2038 here: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/SB/PDF/09900SB2038enr.pdf
I am very grateful to those who worked so hard on this with me including Deputy Republican Leader Patti Bellock, Rep. Tom Demmer, Speaker Mike Madigan, Sen. Heather Steans and Assistant Majority Leader Donne Trotter.
For your use, here is a quick summary chart of what is contained within the bill. We decided to allocate monies from the Commitment to Human Services Fund on an equal, pro-rata basis, to items funded in FY15. There is also language in the legislation that requires that these amounts be in addition to funds being paid pursuant to Court Orders or Consent Decrees.
Here is a quick summary of the items in the bill. For complete item descriptions please check the actual legislative language.
Addiction Prevention Related Services | $1,050,000 |
Addiction Prevention Services | $458,900 |
Addiction Treatment and Related Services | $530,000 |
Addiction Treatment and Related Services | $3,212,200 |
Addiction Treatment Services | $5,105,800 |
Addiction Treatment Services | $23,783,400 |
Addiction Treatment-Special Population | $2,516,100 |
Adult Redeploy | $3,893,000 |
AIDS/HIV Education, Drugs ADAP | $10,534,000 |
ARC of Illinois Life Span Project | $215,900 |
Assistance to the Homeless | $300,000 |
Assistance, Grants, Mortgages, Loans or Savings Bonds Per Affordable Housing Act | $65,000,000 |
Autism Awareness | $100,000 |
Autism Research Checkoff | $100,000 |
Balancing Incentive Program | $1,556,500 |
Benefits, Eligibility, Assistance, and Monitoring | $827,700 |
Best Buddies | $447,700 |
Breast and Cervical Cancer Screenings | $5,038,000 |
CCP Including Prior Year Costs | $189,164,400 |
Children’s Health Programs | $1,229,700 |
Children’s Place | $174,600 |
Community Based Services for Equal Distribution to Each of the 13 Area Agencies on Aging | $336,300 |
Community Health Center HPSAs | $1,364,600 |
Community Services | $2,290,000 |
Comprehensive Case Coordination | $27,201,000 |
Comprehensive Community Services | $6,949,700 |
Compulsive Gamblers Treatment | $1,029,500 |
Dental Grants for Developmental Disabilities | $451,600 |
DHS Community Services | $15,000,000 |
Elder Abuse and Neglect Act | $9,160,000 |
Emergency and Transitional Housing | $9,383,700 |
Emergency Food Program | $98,700 |
Epilepsy Services | $950,400 |
Foster Grandparent Program | $108,100 |
Franklin County Methamphetamine Pilot Program | $410,600 |
Funeral and Burial of Indigent Persons | $4,122,000 |
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Program | $134,300 |
Grant Allocations Through the Federal HOME Investment Partnership Program Administered by IHDA | $15,000,000 |
Grant Allocations Through the Federal HOME Investment Partnership Program Administered by IHDA | $25,000,000 |
Grants Supportive Housing Services | $3,382,500 |
Grants to Area Agencies on Aging | $3,457,100 |
Group Home Loans | $200,000 |
Health and Human Services Medicaid Trust – bridge subsidies only | $7,500,000 |
Healthy Families | $4,494,900 |
Home Delivered Meals (formula/non-formula) | $5,203,700 |
Homeless Youth Services | $1,000,000 |
Homeless Youth Services | $2,083,900 |
Homelessness Prevention | $446,600 |
Homelessness Prevention | $3,000,000 |
Housing for Families | $100,000 |
Illinois Affordable Housing Act | $4,100,000 |
Illinois African American Family Commission | $343,500 |
Illinois Council on Aging | $11,600 |
Illinois Latino Family Commission | $343,500 |
Immigrant Integration Services | $2,764,000 |
Infant Mortality | $15,098,000 |
Information Technonogy – State of Michigan | $5,400,000 |
Lincoln’s Challenge | $1,266,500 |
Long Term Care Ombudsman Fund | $2,600,000 |
Long Term Care Systems Development | $109,100 |
Mental Health Balancing Incentive Programs | $3,592,500 |
Mental Health Grants, C&A, Transitions, and State Operated Facilities | $64,549,800 |
Mental Health Psychotropic Medications | $861,900 |
Mental Health Supportive Housing | $7,289,400 |
Monitoring and Support Services | $81,500 |
Northeast DuPage Special Recreation Assn | $114,500 |
Ombudsman Program | $603,700 |
Other State Agencies for Rental Assistance, Supportive Living and Adaptive Housing | $3,000,000 |
Out-of-State Residential Services | $229,000 |
Parents Too Soon | $3,075,800 |
Pilot Program Opioid Dependents | $223,900 |
Poison Control Center | $916,000 |
Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS | $572,500 |
Private Partnerships Projects | $345,000 |
Project Cornerstone | $194,100 |
Project For Autism | $1,969,400 |
Prostate Cancer Awareness | $67,100 |
Prostate Cancer Research | $30,000 |
Psychiatric Leadership Grants | $12,366,000 |
Rape Victims/Prevention Act | $2,757,700 |
Redeploy Illinois | $1,958,000 |
Rehabilitiation Services | $9,650,000 |
Rental Assistance Per the Rental Housing Support Program Administered by IHDA | $43,000,000 |
Rental Housing Support Program | $1,600,000 |
Respite Care | $4,020,300 |
Retired Senior Volunteer Program | $247,000 |
Safe from the Start | $420,000 |
Save Our Neighborhood – Abandoned Property Program | $15,000,000 |
Save Our Neighborhood – Foreclosure Prevention Fund | $8,500,000 |
Save Our Neighborhood – Foreclosure Prevention Graduated Fund | $11,000,000 |
School Health Centers | $527,200 |
Senior Employment Specialist Program | $85,200 |
Senior Health Assistance Programs | $1,600,000 |
Senior Help Line | $624,000 |
Senior Meal Program. | $13,900 |
Sexual Assault Support Services | $100,000 |
Sexual Assault Support Services and Prevention | $600,000 |
SIDS | $111,900 |
Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitative Facility Community Program | $734,300 |
Specialized Training Program | $22,400 |
Supportive Housing Services | $5,038,000 |
Teen Parents Services | $458,000 |
U of I Sickle Cell | $221,600 |
Welcoming Centers | $686,500 |
Westside Health Authority Crisis Intervention | $134,300 |
Youth Jobs Program | $3,206,000 |
Youth Programs | $5,954,000 |
Youthbuild | $4,375,000 |
$719,860,700 |
As always, if you have questions or comments I can be reached at 217 782 3835 or greg@gregharris.org