Illinois Department of Human Services

The Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in southern Illinois will lay off staff and undergo several operational changes in the coming months, including the elimination of the state-run facility’s entire general residential program for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

An Illinois hotline that supports people addicted to opioids and other substances has received 10,000 calls since it was set up in late 2017.The Illinois…

The state of Illinois says federal food assistance money will be provided through the end of February during the government shutdown.The Illinois…

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn says he was disturbed by media reports of dozens of cases of alleged abuse against disabled people uninvestigated by the…