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IDHS: Pritzker Administration Partners with Illinois Primary Health Association on 2020 Census Outreach Efforts
All 102 counties now represented by Illinois 2020 Census organizers
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Daniel Dyslin nominated to Illinois Department of Human Services
Daniel Dyslin was nominated in the Senate to be inspector general of the Illinois Department of Human Services on Monday, Oct. 28, according to the official Illinois General Assembly website.
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IDHS: Pritzker Administration Awards $20 Million to Local Organizations for the 2020 Census
Illinois provides largest census investment of any state this year to encourage full participation in the 2020 Census
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IDHS: Celebrates National Disability Employment Month
IDHS and providers host events to raise awareness for disability employment
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ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES: IDHS Launches New Video Campaign to Promote Illinois Helpline for Opioids and Other Substances
Illinois shares stories of hope and recovery for individuals suffering from substance use disorder
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ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES: Illinois Launches $20 Million Funding Opportunity for 2020 Census
IDHS seeks eligible community organizations and local governments to encourage full participation in the 2020 Census in Illinois
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ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES: IDHS Commemorates Mental Health Awareness Month by Lighting Skylines Green Across the State
The cities of Chicago, Decatur, and Quincy light up green to raise awareness for mental health
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ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES: Illinois receives additional $15 million to fight opioid crisis; Illinois on track to receive $29 million more in 2020
IDHS secures $15 million in federal funding to expand opioid use disorder treatment in Illinois
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ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES: Recognizes Alcohol Awareness Month
IDHS, Prevention First and community partners from across the state raise awareness for alcohol use disorder
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ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES: Illinois' Helpline for Opioids and Other Substances hits 10,000 calls as state expands access to opioid treatment for hospital patients
10,000 calls have been answered at the Illinois Helpline for Opioids and Other Substances and Illinois expands the Hospital Warm Hand-off Program
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ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES: IDHS and the Greater Chicago Food Depository distributing free milk to low-income families and individuals
The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) and the Greater Chicago Food Depository have partnered to distribute free milk to families at local IDHS offices. Milk will be distributed from October 23 through March 2019.
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ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES: Illinois awarded $29 million to fight opioid crisis
The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) is receiving nearly $29 million in new federal funding to help the state fight the opioid crisis.
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Human services would receive $4M for capital projects under Rauner budget
Only 0.05 percent of the governor's 2019 capital budget request would fund Illinois Department of Human Services projects, according to a state analysis.
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Analysis: 15% of Illinois residents enrolled in food stamps program
Approximately 1.9 million Illinoisans – or about 15 percent of the state’s population – were on food stamp rolls in January 2017, according to a Prairie State Wire analysis of 66 Illinois welfare offices.
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Analysis: State SNAP participation costs fell 11 percent over two years
Welfare offices in Quincy, Blue Island and Calumet Park saw food stamp costs drop the most from January 2015 to January 2017, according to a Prairie State Wire analysis of 66 Illinois welfare offices.
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Analysis: 150,000+ Illinoisans left food stamp rolls as Trump entered office
The number of food stamp recipients fell over two years at 54 of 66 Illinois welfare offices analyzed by Prairie State Wire.
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Rauner bucks national trend by extending costly welfare waiver for the able-bodied
Under Gov. Bruce Rauner, Illinois has again extended a welfare waiver covering able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) when other states, with their economies expanding, are reverting to the cost-saving reforms enacted in 1996 under then-President Bill Clinton.