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This resolution urges the State of Illinois to address critical issues in the human services sector by increasing reimbursement rates, state grants, contracts, and overhead allowances. The resolution highlights a workforce crisis characterized by insufficient funding, with state funding for human services being 25% lower than 27 years ago, leading to significant challenges such as high caseloads, low wages, and a shrinking workforce. It emphasizes the disproportionate impact on Black, Latiné, and women workers, noting that 92% of single-income households with children do not earn a living wage. The resolution calls for state funding that enables human service employers to provide workers with a "thrivable wage" and annual cost-of-living adjustments without compromising service delivery. Additionally, it seeks to address systemic barriers in funding access for organizations with Black and/or Latiné leadership and smaller budgets. The resolution underscores the essential nature of human services in maintaining community health, stability, and economic productivity, and calls for delivering copies of the resolution to key state leaders and departments to promote action and awareness.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=123&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SR&SessionID=114&GA=104