Though Illinois' fiscal year 2012 budget continues the disconcerting trend of decreasing funding to care for our most vulnerable - abused and neglected children - the Department of Children and Family Services' budget suffered about a one-half percent reduction from 2011. Certain line items suffered more than others, and the department will begin the tough decision of managing these cuts in the coming weeks and months.
 
Department of Human Services and contracted agencies across the state cont...
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Friends,

You may recall the brush Kaleidoscope and other child serving organizations had with massive funding cuts less than one year ago.

We undertook the unnerving task of laying off one-third of our staff before funding was ultimately restored to the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS). Though we called back our youth workers and services continued, our children got a real taste of what could have happened.

Over a hundred of our children and youth said goodbye to Ka...

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