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DeWitt County Human Resource Center Announces Closure

A local entity officially cannot carry on after a long battle to try to overcome the woes of the State of Illinois.

 

DeWitt County's Human Resource Center has announced they will close their doors and end their services June 30. Executive Director Lynn Scovill (right) emphasizes they are committed finding alternative programs for their clients.

 

 

According to Scovill, the Center has received money through court orders and consent decrees, and that has allowed them to barely remain open but they are owed nearly 150-thousand dollars in grant payments, and that has been the biggest loss.

 

 

Scovill indicates HRC has been extremely outgoing in being transparent with their clients about what is happening so as to not give them the wrong idea. She says at this point it's all about making sure the clients needs are met.

 

 

With the closure, the Human Resource Center will lose their license. Scovill says there's a short time HRC could be saved, but once certain things fall into place as they begin to prepare for the end of the organization, the likelihood the organization could reopen becomes less and less.

 

 

Scovill says HRC's services impact almost all aspects of life in DeWitt County. She says they have sat down with law enforcement and the hospital locally.

 

 

Scoville indicates HRC chose June 30 as their closure date because that is when their fiscal year ends and to continue past that point would bring more costs associated with the new fiscal year and would costs the organization cannot afford. 

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