St James AME Church, Elgin, Illinois

Illinois Budget Cuts Impacting Women, Children and Families

Posted on Wed, Jun 17, 2009

Urgent: Stop Illinois Budget Cuts Impacting Women, Children and Families

HERE'S THE YWCA Elgin IMPACT: 2,800 Child Care Providers would close, leaving thousands of parents and young children without care in Kane, Cook and Dupage counties.   1,992 adults would Lose access to Literacy Education next year in the Elgin District alone.   Cuts would creat dire economic consequences in Elgin.   YWCA Elgin can keep providing child care and Adult Education IF the State of Illinois does its job!    Now, Here's What You Can Do:  Call goverment officials  1. John Cullerton, Senate President  Springfield:(217) 782-2728  District Office:(773) 883-0770  [email protected]   2. Michael Madigan, Speaker of the House  Springfield: (217) 782 - 5350  District Office: (773) 581 - 8000  [email protected]  3. Tom Cross, House Minority Leader  Springfield: (217) 782 - 1331  District Office: (815) 254 - 0000  [email protected]  4. Pat Quinn, Governor  Springfield: (217) 782-0244  District Office: (312) 814-2121  http://www.illinois.gov/gov/contactthegovernor.cfm  Say:My name is X, and I'm calling on behalf   of the YWCA Elgin about the FY10 budget. Please  protect human services in Illinois including the  59,022 children who would lose their childcare  placement, and the 59,022 adults who would  lose access to Adult Education across the state  next year.

YWCA Elgin
220 E. Chicago St.
Elgin, IL 60120
email: [email protected]
Phone: 847-742-7930
Fax: 847-742-8217

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