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Central Illinois Lawmakers Weigh In On Proposal To Increase Funding For Child Protection Services

With DCFS in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons lately, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has proposed increasing funding for their agency and agencies aimed at protecting the state's most vulnerable. 

 

The proposal also increases training opportunities for professionals in the field and area Republican lawmakers differ on the proposal. State Senator Chapin Rose believes the issues in the social service agencies are not surprising given Illinois is dead last in financial support of those agencies.

 

 

Meanwhile, Republican State Representative Dan Caulkins believes it is a worthy cause but wonders where the money is going to come from to fund an increase for those agencies.

 

 

Sen. Rose believes it is the duty of the State of Illinois to help people that cannot help themselves but want to live life to the fullest.

 

 

An increase in funding for social services is just one of a long laundry list of increases, mandates and tax proposals likely to be up for debate in Springfield this spring legislative cycle that is scheduled to conclude May 31. 

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