Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka is asking Illinois not-for-profit agencies to contact her office if state payments are putting their operations in peril.  She's directed her staff to prioritize payments for day programs, child group homes, community living facilities and other programs for serving the developmentally disabled.

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Topinka stopped by Transitions of Western Illinois this morning.  Transitions receives about 85 percent of its business from the state, according to Executive Director Mike Rein, and the state owes the agency about two million dollars.  Illinois still has nearly eight billion dollars in unpaid bills sitting on Topinka's desk.  Agencies can contact the comptroller's office at IllinoisComptroller.com for more details.