NWA Optimum Wrestling is conducting an event as a fundraiser for Streator Unlimited.  Tickets are $10.00 and can be bought here at the main building through March 17.

The Center for Tax and Budget Accountability has issued a report on human services funding.  FINAL CTBA Human Services Report 2.24.2010

The first draft of the FY11 Illinois Budget is online.  Not surprisingly it contains many cuts and still shows a deficit.  There is no detail available until the Governor's budget address, but you can comment on what's important to you here.

Attorney Mike Gulo will present on guardianship and special needs trusts at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, March 24, here at Streator Unlimited.  Any family member of a child or adult with a developmental disability is welcome to attend.  There is no charge.

Streator Unlimited can certainly empathize with the agencies in this article.  While we haven't gotten as close to not being able to meet a payroll, we also had to do a hardship payment request in November.

Here's a post from the University of Illinois that gives a comprehensive view of our state's financial situation and the ax that hangs over our heads for the coming fiscal year.  March 10 will mark the official opening of what we call "budget season," when the Governor makes his budget address.  Information on the states finances is expected to be posted a couple of weeks in advance of that.

Another scary story here.

Here's an article from the Times on the beginning of Phase 2 of our Customized Employment Project.  We're working in collaboration with Horizon House of Peru and Friendship House of Ottawa.

This story from Bloomington.

The Civic Federation's Institute for Illinois' Fiscal Sustainability released a report on Illinois' budget, describing results over the past year.