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Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) has announced that due to the Illinois budget stand-off, they will have to permanently close their Intouch Home Care in DeKalb, which provides in-home care services. They say this will leave 360 seniors without an in-home caregiver and 80 some people will lose thier jobs later this month. The office at 324 North Third Street in DeKalb will close down on February 22nd.
LSSI has had to rely on credit and foundation resources to make up for the money not received from the state and after seven months, can no longer provide services it is not being paid for.
In all, over 30 LSSI programs will be closing down; these range from alcohol and drug rehab and mental health counseling, to respite services, youth services and re-entry services for former prisoners. Some 750 LSSI employees will be losing their jobs across the state, representing 43 percent of their total work force.
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Way to Rauner
This is disgraceful & so sad! ð¢ð¢
So sad, our state reps should be embarrassed there is still no budget solution
sad
Great Governor we have
This will hurt. Thanks Illinois
Sad! Cindy Worsley!
Thanks Rauner.
Terrible
Horrible
Luthern Social Services was bought by Help At Home… The clients have the choice to continue with services through Help At Home or another agency. The employees will become Help At Home employees. Yes it’s sad they’re closing, but no one is being left high and dry, not as of yet anyway. Yes something needs to be done with the budget or these closings will continue, but no one seems to realize that these people are not being left without service at this time.
Rauner and Madigans mother’s will not suffer
Make the rich pay their share!
This is shameful!
What idiot honestly believes this has anything to do with breaking the unions? This has everything to do with a State government that has been out of control for years. Refusing to take care of its responsibilities and just choosing to spend recklessly. If the democrats took care of the pension obligations like they were suppose to, there would be no issue with teachers pensions.
Just think about how much worse this would have been if we kept Quinn. Ignoring the problem doesn’t make it go away. Thankfully, Bruce Rauner is trying to address the problem, while Madigan and democrats want to play politics with people’s lives.
Born and raised,not to mention 3rd generation in Dekalb county. Lived there 48 yrs, this month is my 49th birthday and it will be celebrated at my new home in AZ. I have had enough of IL!
Our state has no budget for these types of services. Call the state Representatives!
Why do the elderly, infirm and children have to suffer? Come on Illinois wake up.
Our state politicians are heartless
this is HEARTBREAKING….come on dekalb city council, you can do something bout this..these seniors paid your bread and butter sense day 1 in office…………FOR ONCE CITY COUNCIL, COULD YOU STAND UP FOR WHAT IS MORALLY RIGHT …PULL TOGETHER AND DO SOMETHING
Don’t back down Bruce! These damn poor people are ruining our state! Note, this is sarcasm.
Bleeping politicians.
And that is a direct result of actions our Governor has taken. It is the poor and the elderly who are suffering because of politics. We are better than this.
Tragic, just tragic! 🙁
Don’t they qualify for help thru other agencies, helping hands, peak..etc.
SAD!!
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That’s sad