LOCAL IMPACT OF GOVERNOR RAUNER S PROPOSED FY 16 BUDGET ON CENTRAL ILLINOIS

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1 LOCAL IMPACT OF GOVERNOR RAUNER S PROPOSED FY 16 BUDGET ON CENTRAL ILLINOIS April 29, 2015 Background Despite warnings from bond houses that a failure to extend 2014 income tax rates would cause serious harm to Illinois families, politicians failed to act. Failure to extend the tax rates resulted in a $5-6 billion revenue gap for the upcoming budget year, and as a result, Governor Rauner has been pressing lawmakers to pass a budget with $6 billion in cuts to vital programs. The cuts are entirely the result of expiring tax rates, which are primarily going to corporations and upper- income individuals. The Responsible Budget Coalition (RBC) gathered and analyzed publicly available data and interviewed with local human service providers and clients to determine the real impact of Governor Rauner s proposed FY 2016 budget. The report summary below shows families in Central Illinois will suffer due to steep reductions in services for seniors, persons with disabilities, children with autism, youth and after- school programs, the homeless, higher education, public safety, public transit, and economic development. The full report, which details the impact of cuts throughout the state, can be viewed here. In- Home Services for Seniors and People with Disabili>es Governor Rauner's proposed budget would deny people with disabilities and seniors access to needed in- home services by restricting eligibility to the Home Services Program and the Community Care programs. The Home Services Program provides a range of in- home services to enable individuals with disabilities (aged 18 to 59) to live at home with dignity and independence, while the Community Care Program provides similar in- home services for seniors age 60 and older for the same purpose. Both programs save the state money by reducing the need for much costlier nursing home care. Cuts contained in Governor Rauner s proposed FY 16 budget would likely mean:

2 Home Services Program Region Counties Included Active Cases as of April 2015 (Ages 18-59) Risk of Losing Services North Central East Central West Central Central Fulton, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, and Woodford 1, Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois, Livingston, McLean, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby, and Vermilion 1, Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Hancock, Pike, and Schuyler Cass, Christian, Greene, Jersey, Logan, Macoupin, Mason, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Sangamon, and Scott 1, Total 4,609 1,635 Community Care Program Region Counties Included Active Clients Total Impacted Clients % Impacted North Central East Central West Central Central Fulton, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, and Woodford % Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois, Livingston, McLean, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby, and Vermilion 3,857 1, % Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Hancock, Pike, and Schuyler % Cass, Christian, Greene, Jersey, Logan, Macoupin, Mason, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Sangamon, and Scott 2,747 1, % Total 7,893 4, %

3 The Au>sm Program (TAP) The Autism Program (TAP) is a statewide service network that works in collaboration with 17 agencies to operate 19 centers around Illinois. These centers provide a variety of services to children, families, educations, childcare providers, and medical professionals. It is the largest network in the country. Cuts contained in Governor Rauner s proposed FY 16 budget with its elimination of the TAP program resulting would likely mean: 656 Families Lose Services (North Central IL) Including Services Provided by Easter Seals Peoria Bloomington, The Hope Institute in SpringVield, and CTF Illinois in Charleston 203 Families Lose Services (South Central IL) 1,767 Families Lose Services (Statewide) Public Safety and Other Services Provided By Local Governments Governor Bruce Rauner proposed a 50 percent cut in the share of state income taxes for counties and municipalities known as the Local Government Distributive Fund (LGDF). Central Illinois local governments would have $90 million less to provide police, dire, economic development, and other vital services to their citizens under Rauner s proposal. Region Counties Included Aid Lost North Central East Central West Central Central Fulton, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, and Woodford $(20,570,180) Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois, Livingston, McLean, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby, and Vermilion $(41,147,973) Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Hancock, Pike, and Schuyler $(6,048,178) Cass, Christian, Greene, Jersey, Logan, Macoupin, Mason, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Sangamon, and Scott $(22,701,166) Total $(90,467,497) *Includes aid to municipalities within the county. Municipalities that are in more than one county were assigned to one county in order to avoid double- counting.

4 Public Transit The Governor s budget also reduced Amtrak's state funding from $42 million to $26 million, which Amtrak ofdicials say will result in services reductions. Budget Item FY 2015 Appropriation* FY 2016 Governor's Proposed Change Fulton County 266, ,700 (72,500) Hancock County 193, ,100 (50,000) Jersey County, also serving Greene & Calhoun - 330, ,000 Macoupin County 399, ,200 56,900 Marshall County, also serving Stark County - 126, ,000 Sangamon County, also Serving Menard County 440,000 48,400 (391,600) Bloomington 8,624,900 6,530,500 (2,094,400) Champaign 30,213,300 21,599,300 (8,614,000) Champaign County 635, ,600 (271,800) CRIS Rural Mass Transit (Formerly Vermilion County) 743, ,900 (187,000) Danville 2,746,900 1,855,600 (891,300) Decatur 7,552,100 4,043,400 (3,508,700) Galesburg 1,716, ,200 (822,700) Henry County 405, ,700 (7,800) Macomb 2,370,300 1,942,800 (427,500) Madison County Mass Transit District 22,410,300 13,737,900 (8,672,400) McLean County 1,652,100 1,430,200 (221,900) Peoria County 503, ,400 (23,000) Peoria, also Serving Pekin 23,396,800 16,694,700 (6,702,100) Piatt County 483, ,500 (12,100) Quincy 3,776,300 2,140,500 (1,635,800) RIDES Mass Transit (Including Service Payments for Edgar and Clark Counties) 7,364,600 6,771,000 (593,600)

5 South Central Mass Transit 5,739,700 5,152,000 (587,700) Springdield Mass Transit District 15,377,100 8,788,400 (6,588,700) Tazewell County (Formerly Tazewell/ Woodford) 743, ,200 (275,600) West Central Mass Transit District, Serving Cass and Schuyler Counties 1,282,800 1,215,700 (67,100) Woodford County 326, ,600 (27,900) (42,234,300) * Original FY 2015 appropria2on. Does not include midyear cuts. Higher Educa>on Ofdicials at Southern Illinois University say the Governor s proposed FY 16 budget cuts - which would set the school's budget back to levels unseen since the school year - forced them to raise tuition by 5% for incoming freshman next year. School County FY 2015 Appropriation* FY 2016 Governor's Proposed Cut % Change EIU Coles $43,964,800 $30,116,100 - $13,848,700-31% ISU McLean $73,889,200 $50,614,500 - $23,274,700-31% SIU (Carbondale) Jackson $103,948,900 $71,205,565 - $32,743,335-31% SIU (Edwardsville) Madison $58,311,000 $39,943,354 - $18,367,646-31% SIU (School of Medicine) Sangamon $38,248,100 $26,200,158 - $12,047,942-31% University Of Illinois (UIUC) Champaign $236,174,107 $161,780,562 - $74,393,545-31% University Of Illinois (UIC) Cook $238,634,108 $163,465,676 - $75,168,432-31% University Of Illinois (UIS) Sangamon $18,620,008 $12,754,808 - $5,865,200-31% Southern Illinois University System $204,151,800 $139,845,100 - $64,306,700-31% University Of Illinois System $662,083,300 $453,530,700 - $208,552,600-31%

6 *Original FY 2015 appropria2on. Does not include midyear cuts. Note: For FY 2015, allocation of SIU and UofI systemwide appropriation among respective campuses is based on each system's FY 2015 adopted budget. For FY 2016 proposed budget, each campus is assumed to get same percentage of total system appropriation as in FY Amounts for systemwide administration and programs are excluded from campus amounts for both years Teen REACH Teen REACH (Responsibility, Education, Achievement, Caring, and Hope) is an after- school group that helps youth (6-17 years old) by participating in activities that improve the likelihood for future success, provide positive choices, reduce at- risk behaviors, and develop career goals. Cuts contained in Governor Rauner s proposed FY 16 budget with its elimination of the Teen REACH program ($13.8 million) would likely mean 14,000 youth denied access to afterschool opportunities statewide. The following Central Illinois locations would lose funding for their Teen REACH after- school programs: Agency Name Site Name City County Cass County Health Department Beardstown Houston Memorial Library Teen REACH Beardstown Cass Cass County Health Department Virginia Unit School #64 Virginia Cass Boys and Girls Club Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club Champaign Champaign Champaign Ford Regional Office of EducaVon Sankofa Pride at Franklin Middle School Champaign Champaign Champaign Ford Regional Office of EducaVon Sankofa Pride Leadership at Sankofa Outreach Center Champaign Champaign Champaign Ford Regional Office of EducaVon StraYon Elementry School Champaign Champaign Boys and Girls Club of Prairie Central Chatsworth Chatsworth Livingston Boys and Girls Club of Prairie Central Fairbury Fairbury Livingston Boys and Girls Club of Livingston County Boys and Girls Club of Livingston County PonVac Livingston Homework Hangout Club, Inc. Homework Hangout Decatur Macon Youth With a PosiVve DirecVon Youth With a PosiVve DirecVon Decatur Macon Boys and Girls Club of Alton, Inc. Boys and Girls Club of Alton, Inc. Alton Madison Boys and Girls Club of Bethalto Boys and Girls Club of Bethalto Bethalto Madison Reaching for Kids and Youth of Massac County, Inc. Metropolis Elementary School Metropolis Massac Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington- Normal Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington- Normal Bloomington McLean

7 Boys and Girls Club of Greater Peoria, Inc. Grinnell Street Unit Peoria Peoria Boys and Girls Club of Greater Peoria, Inc. Kansas Street Unit Peoria Peoria Children's Home AssociaVon of Illinois Common Place Teen Reach Peoria Peoria Children's Home AssociaVon of Illinois Dream Center Peoria Peoria Peoria Children's Home AssociaVon of Illinois Greater Peoria Family YMCA Teen REACH at Carver Center Peoria Peoria Tazewell County Health Department Washington Pekin Tazewell Tazewell County Health Department Central East Peoria Tazewell Tazewell County Health Department Rogers/Georgetowne MarqueYe Heights Tazewell Boys and Girls Club of Pekin Boys and Girls Club of Pekin Pekin Tazewell Tazewell County Health Department Wilson Pekin Tazewell Boys and Girls Club of Danville, IL Mervis Unit Danville Vermilion Project Success of Vermillion County, Inc. Danville Family YMCA Danville Vermilion Project Success of Vermillion County, Inc. Danville Housing Authority Danville Vermilion Project Success of Vermillion County, Inc. Georgetown Ridge Farm High School Georgetown Vermilion Project Success of Vermillion County, Inc. Hoopeston MulV Agency Hoopeston Vermilion Foster Care Transi>on Services for Young Adults Young adults aged 18, 19 and 20 would lose access to all services provided by the Department of Child and Family Services that help them make the transition from foster care to independence under Governor Rauner's proposed FY 2016 budget. This impacts: Es>mated Year Olds Losing Services 1A - Northwest Illinois (including Rockford) 3A - West Central (including Springfield) 3B - East Central (including Champaign)

8 Homeless Preven>on Rauner s FY 16 proposed budget cuts the Homeless Prevention PROGRAM by 25% ($1 million) and the Permanent Supportive Housing program by 53% ($14.1 million). The Homeless Prevention Program provides rental assistance, utility assistance, and supportive services directly related to the prevention of homelessness to eligible individuals and families who are in danger of eviction, foreclosure or homelessness or are currently homeless. The Permanent Supportive Housing is a program that helps eligible people dind a permanent home and also get local mental health services but only if and when they need that help. The cuts contained in Governor Rauner s proposed budget could mean: Homeless Prevention Program Homeless Preven>on "Con>nuum of Care" Area Coun>es Served Es>mated Families Denied Homeless Preven>on Services Es>mated Individuals Denied Homeless Preven>on Service Central Illinois ConVnuum of Care DeWiY, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, Logan, Mason, Menard, McLean, PiaY, Vermilion Champaign/Urbana ConVnuum of Care Champaign Decatur ConVnuum of Care Macon 9 21 Heart of Illinois ConVnuum of Care (Peoria) Peoria, Fulton, Tazewell, Woodford Heartland ConVnuum of Care Sangamon 8 27 West Central IL ConVnuum of Care Adams, Brown, Cass, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Morgan, Pike, Schuyler, ScoY, Warren

9 South Central IL ConVnuum of Care Calhoun, ChrisVan, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, FayeYe, Greene, Jasper, Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery, Moultrie, Shelby CENTRAL IL TOTAL Permanent Supportive Housing Central Illinois Champaign County Coles County Knox County City of Macomb Macon County McLean County Peoria County Sangamon County Shelby County Vemilion County Conclusion As detailed above, the unprecedented budget cuts contained in Governor Bruce Rauner s FY 16 budget proposal would cause great harm to Central Illinois families and families throughout Illinois. Lawmakers have alternative to these harmful cuts: to provide adequate revenue. The Responsible Budget Coalition is a large and diverse coalition of approximately 200 organizations concerned about state budget and tax issues. It includes organizations that serve children, families, veterans, seniors and people with disabilities; education groups concerned about early learning, K- 12 and higher education; labor unions; faith-

10 based and civic organizations; and many others. The individual organizations that belong to the RBC represent a diverse range of interests but are united by these three common principles: Adequate revenue to support state priorities and make smart investments No more cuts to vital programs and services Fairness in raising revenue and making any cuts caused by failure to raise adequate revenue