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Zero. That's the dollar amount "The ARC," received from a state contract for a program that helps people with disabilities live at home.
Jacki Neil Boss, the Executive Director of "The ARC," says, "we don't know what will be paid to do it and so therefore we don't know how to budget."
The ARC usually gets over $100,000 to provide activities and assistance to people in the stateline with developmental disabilities. But those people could be hurt, if the state cuts its services.
"If they loose those services, they may well become homeless and end up on that waiting list of over 20,000 people," says Neil Boss.
On Wednesday, Governor Quinn is expected to sign the state budget. Numerous cuts to education and human services are anticipated. And that has those at The ARC wondering if they'll ever see the money the state owes them.
Neil Boss says, "we are owed money from as far back as December, we have no idea when we'll get that ,if we'll get that or where we'll get that."
Officials from social service agencies say they're in just about the same position with the state as they were last year and they don't expect changes anytime soon.
Donna Addison, the Director of "Brightside Adult Day Services," says, "the state still owes Brightside about $400,000, we haven't received a payment in six months."
Brightside provides daycare services for seniors. Addison says the organization won't be hit as hard as many agencies if they don't receive state dollars. But she's still crossing her fingers, hoping for the best.
"Everyone's just waiting, we'll just do business as usual while remaining in limbo and wait for funds to come in from the state," says Addison.
The Quinn administration says the state will be short about $700,000,000 in the new budget, if Congress doesn't extend stimulus money to Illinois for the Medicaid match program.