Say No to Any Budget Cut over 8% to Social and Human Services in Illinois Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/say-no-to-any-budget-cut-over-8-to-social-and-human-services-in-illinois.html Online petition signatures en-us Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:42 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Abbey Fitzgerald [Signature #195] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10401916?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 May 2011 10:04:38 UTC 10401916 Anonymous [Signature #194] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6268076?utm_medium=rss Don't kill my mom!!!!!!! Don't cut Human Services budget.
My mom-in-law's husband died this year. So she lives alone. She is 76 and does not speak English well. She is attending "Forever young" program paid for by Illinois Human Services program. There she meets with other mostly Russian speaking old people like her. It gives her an opportunity to communicate with other people. Actually it is her life support line that keeps her alive. If this program is cut she'll be locked at her home and like

]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:45:27 UTC 6268076 Mrs. Rhonda Kizer [Signature #193] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5896705?utm_medium=rss Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:12:00 UTC 5896705 Mr. Jeff Fourdyce [Signature #192] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5879442?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:50:05 UTC 5879442 Sheena Shukla [Signature #191] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5869678?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:42:13 UTC 5869678 Sara Bush [Signature #190] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5807610?utm_medium=rss Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:33:44 UTC 5807610 Mr Benjamin Rosenthal [Signature #189] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5806699?utm_medium=rss This is not the right solution. There are other areas of the budget that can be cut. A lot of these people have no other place to go.

]]> Thu, 2 Jul 2009 01:36:14 UTC 5806699 Mrs. Diana Shane [Signature #188] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5804644?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:12:10 UTC 5804644 Mrs Melissa Futrell [Signature #187] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5803859?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Jul 2009 09:46:29 UTC 5803859 Linette Ramos de Soto [Signature #186] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5803642?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:28:01 UTC 5803642 Gina Neil [Signature #185] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5803475?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Jul 2009 07:14:18 UTC 5803475 Charlene Lee [Signature #184] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5802656?utm_medium=rss Stop cutting services to people who need them the most! Please see the long term consequence of turning your backs on the disabled and how morally and UNAMERICAN this is. Anyone who doen't support the funding, consider finding a new job cause IL citizens will not stand for this cut. It is a disgrass to IL that your pensions are saved and funding for the disabled is cut!

]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:15:21 UTC 5802656 Mrs. Michelle Doody Block [Signature #183] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5802045?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:06:32 UTC 5802045 Ms. Anonymous [Signature #182] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5801332?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:50:45 UTC 5801332 Anonymous [Signature #181] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5800851?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:30:07 UTC 5800851 Stefanie Engstrom [Signature #180] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5800659?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:35:31 UTC 5800659 Anthony Conley [Signature #179] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5800416?utm_medium=rss We demand that Pat Quinn and the Elected officials of Illinois re-evaluate the budget. We demand that cuts to social services and human services to the developmentally disabled population DO NOT EXCEED MORE THAN 5%.

We believe that we have an obligation to advocate and be the voice of the population who can not speak for themselves. We are tired of the mistreatment and neglect of the developmentally disabled adults and children in our communities by the state government.

We will not allo

]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:29:02 UTC 5800416 Bailey Brady [Signature #178] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5800213?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:35:53 UTC 5800213 Mr Eran Cohen [Signature #177] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5798656?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:34:33 UTC 5798656 Marian Vernon [Signature #176] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5798117?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:34:00 UTC 5798117 Anonymous [Signature #175] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5797909?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:32:33 UTC 5797909 Mr. Scott Perry [Signature #174] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5797740?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:50:40 UTC 5797740 Mr. Geoffrey Davis [Signature #173] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5797700?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:36:24 UTC 5797700 Mr Jason Silverman [Signature #172] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5797684?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:31:54 UTC 5797684 Sam Shanahan [Signature #171] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5797057?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:02:06 UTC 5797057 mr michael wells [Signature #170] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5796663?utm_medium=rss say NO! to a tax cut for social service!

]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:47:28 UTC 5796663 Mrs Laura Webb [Signature #169] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5795918?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:55:29 UTC 5795918 M s Rose Garner [Signature #168] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5795907?utm_medium=rss I work with wards of the state (foster parent). My children all require therapy to help them cope with their past abuses. If I choose to provide for them by working two jobs, then quess what...the state funds for daycare will no longer exist...So that's out of the question. if these funds are cut, then I will not be able to feed, cloth, and shelter them...therefor I will have no other choice but to return all of them back to the State. This state will have a land slide of destruction.

]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:51:35 UTC 5795907 Anonymous [Signature #167] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5795819?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:29:29 UTC 5795819 Valerie Taylor [Signature #166] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5795721?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:11:35 UTC 5795721 Jessica Aldridge [Signature #165] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5795618?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:45:56 UTC 5795618 Phillip Aldridge [Signature #164] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5795614?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:45:26 UTC 5795614 Vicki Prochnow [Signature #163] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5795578?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:37:50 UTC 5795578 Arielle Basile [Signature #162] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5795548?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:32:31 UTC 5795548 MS DAWN TWYFORD [Signature #161] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5795531?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:28:30 UTC 5795531 Mr Douglas Clemons [Signature #160] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5795474?utm_medium=rss A shame.

]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:16:35 UTC 5795474 Lori Aldridge [Signature #159] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5795417?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:06:21 UTC 5795417 Ms Joy Huggins [Signature #158] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5795241?utm_medium=rss This is getting ridiculous.

]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:30:27 UTC 5795241 Mr. Mitch Ost [Signature #157] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5794855?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:15:33 UTC 5794855 Miss Cara Doyle [Signature #156] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5793160?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:10:29 UTC 5793160 Mr. Daniel Haymes [Signature #155] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5793018?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:44:52 UTC 5793018 Arina Kligman [Signature #154] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5792992?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:30:46 UTC 5792992 Kirsten Pasia [Signature #153] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5792930?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:50:30 UTC 5792930 Jael Goldstein [Signature #152] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5792730?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:06:07 UTC 5792730 Mr Zachary Murstein [Signature #151] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5792662?utm_medium=rss That is not a good way to cut budgeting, and the government should know better that cutting these funds will only ruin this country. I have aspergers syndrome and I speak for my brothers how important group homes can be.

]]> Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:33:33 UTC 5792662 Anita Kumar [Signature #150] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5792482?utm_medium=rss I live next to a group home for mentally challenged adults and they are the sweetest neighbors in the world! The people who help care for them, get them jobs, and make sure they are not forgotten by friends and family work hard and deserve all the funding they can get. I know times are tough and to cut taxes we need to cut spending...but this is a cut we can't handle in this society.

]]> Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:27:59 UTC 5792482 Anonymous [Signature #149] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5792329?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:32:25 UTC 5792329 Ms Kiana Salameh [Signature #148] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5792101?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:28:05 UTC 5792101 Mr Anonymous [Signature #147] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5792017?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:05:15 UTC 5792017 Joseph Boersma [Signature #146] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5791554?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:18:33 UTC 5791554 Heather Courtney [Signature #145] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5791230?utm_medium=rss As a person who works with individuals with severe autism, I understand how devastating this cut could be to schools, group homes, families, and the individuals it will affect.

]]> Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:52:21 UTC 5791230 Ms Anonymous [Signature #144] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5791172?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:34:08 UTC 5791172 Mrs. Kimberly Boatman [Signature #143] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5790643?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:20:49 UTC 5790643 Mr. Dustin THomas [Signature #142] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5790232?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:22:47 UTC 5790232 Julia McKinney [Signature #141] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5790209?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:19:06 UTC 5790209 mrs. Julia Kravetz [Signature #140] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5790142?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:04:36 UTC 5790142 Laura Sturm [Signature #139] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5790083?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:55:19 UTC 5790083 Sam Button-Harrison [Signature #138] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5788645?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:45:02 UTC 5788645 Ms Briana Wright [Signature #137] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5788565?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:10:19 UTC 5788565 Corey Lubowich [Signature #136] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5788463?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:14:25 UTC 5788463 Clayton Fox [Signature #135] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5788447?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:08:02 UTC 5788447 Miss Erin Jones [Signature #134] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5788423?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:54:15 UTC 5788423 Kelly Pierce [Signature #133] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5788218?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:10:54 UTC 5788218 Ms Lauren Knutson [Signature #132] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5788138?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:36:14 UTC 5788138 Kate Gilmartin [Signature #131] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5787851?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:57:16 UTC 5787851 Mr Ari Kravetz [Signature #130] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5787746?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:08:06 UTC 5787746 Mr Jason Block [Signature #129] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5787705?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:43:07 UTC 5787705 Ms Rachel Goldfarb [Signature #128] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5787654?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:18:02 UTC 5787654 Ms. Elizabeth Ondich-Batson [Signature #127] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5787581?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:50:16 UTC 5787581 Cayla Wolpers [Signature #126] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5787546?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:39:41 UTC 5787546 Mr. Mykal Merrill [Signature #125] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5787457?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:13:16 UTC 5787457 Anonymous [Signature #124] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5787426?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:05:19 UTC 5787426 Elizabeth Hakimi [Signature #123] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5787383?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:50:36 UTC 5787383 Mr. Ben Raanan [Signature #122] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5787345?utm_medium=rss My brother is profoundly autistic and is currently living in PACTT group home for developmentally disabled students. If PACTT is closed, I will have to drop out of college (where I am studying special education), and my mother will have to pay for full time service to help protect her. Stop this bill

]]> Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:34:01 UTC 5787345 Ms. Patricia Brown [Signature #121] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5782827?utm_medium=rss Pat Quinn needs to re-evaluate the budget so that the disabled can get and keep the help that they need. My disabled son lives in California and thank God not Il. At least they have and keep the promises they made.

]]> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:09:40 UTC 5782827 Mrs. Nancy McCollum [Signature #120] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5777648?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:36:38 UTC 5777648 Melody Mutehart [Signature #119] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5772831?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:30:12 UTC 5772831 Kaye Dick [Signature #118] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5772571?utm_medium=rss Please keep the homes for developmentally handicap children/adults open and operating. These homes are absolutely necessary. The residents benefit from socializing with others who share their disabilities. I have visited these homes in Monticello, IL. and I see how they interact with one another. It gives them a feeling of belonging. Please, Please do not cut funding to these homes.

]]> Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:25:56 UTC 5772571 Samantha Reed [Signature #117] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5771427?utm_medium=rss A cut to these programs will just cost more in the long run!

]]> Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:44:33 UTC 5771427 robert sommers [Signature #116] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5770290?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:45:21 UTC 5770290 Anonymous [Signature #115] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5770219?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:24:09 UTC 5770219 Mrs. Rida Rizvi [Signature #114] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5769394?utm_medium=rss Please do not cut funding to these programs. My uncle has down syndrome and is heavily dependent on state aid. Please do not punish those who cannot help themselves

]]> Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:23:20 UTC 5769394 Dawn Bryant [Signature #113] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5769034?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:15:51 UTC 5769034 Darryl J Smith [Signature #112] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5768620?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:01:05 UTC 5768620 Kevin M Smith [Signature #111] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5768616?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:59:39 UTC 5768616 Ms. Donna R Smith [Signature #110] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5768609?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:58:14 UTC 5768609 Dustin Chesnut [Signature #109] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5767098?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:12:20 UTC 5767098 Amy Chesnut [Signature #108] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5767086?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:08:11 UTC 5767086 Mr. Christopher Ruscher [Signature #107] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5766633?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:26:12 UTC 5766633 Mr Carl Boatman [Signature #106] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5766486?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:29:29 UTC 5766486 Mrs Janice McKenzie [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5766455?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:14:40 UTC 5766455 ms Alayne Lacy [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5766391?utm_medium=rss This is not an area where we can afford to cut off funds. We need to take care of our
developmentally disabled population.

]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:46:07 UTC 5766391 linda leblanc [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5766258?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:01:22 UTC 5766258 mr joe dewall [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5765899?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:51:14 UTC 5765899 Ms. Sandra Hight [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5764765?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:38:04 UTC 5764765 Mr. Kevin Paxton [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5764643?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:15:56 UTC 5764643 Mrs. Lisa Disclafani [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5764605?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:06:11 UTC 5764605 MS DORIS CHARLESWORTH [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5764506?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:46:08 UTC 5764506 Cheryl Thompson [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5764457?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:36:54 UTC 5764457 Sandra Murphy [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5763772?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:18:45 UTC 5763772