The Hope Institute Blog
Scarce Resources Require Joint Action
By Joseph E. Nyre, Ph. D. on December 17, 2009
Last year’s fiscal meltdown in state government was alarming, and prospects for this coming spring look worse, not better. If Illinois is to escape from its current economic mess, we need concerted action, with many organizations working together to find more effective and efficient ways to provide service, improve state revenues, and get the important work of serving our most vulnerable populations accomplished.
To that end, we were pleased to cooperate with Rep. Rich Brauer and Sen. Deanna DeMuzio to draft successful legislation creating a commission to assure that Illinois receives all the Medicaid reimbursement to which it is entitled. We are also working with the Illinois Department of Human Services to change our residential programs to allow Illinois to recoup additional federal funds.
Neither of these efforts add anything to our bottom line at Hope, but they are the right and responsible thing to do. Look for more information on these two topics in the weeks to come.
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