Illinois, Illinois, Illinois

Changing the Illinois System of DD SupportIllinois residents who have family members with developmental disabilities are getting some welcome support from the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities (ICDD). They have created a 72 page Blueprint for System Redesign, a massive seven-year overhaul to provide long-term solutions for all individuals with developmental disabilities in Illinois. But now they need our help to push this through. Why is this important for you?Illinois ranks first in institutionalizing individuals and ranks last in the percentage of people with a developmental disability living in a setting of 1-6 people. As much as 15,000 people with developmental disabilities are currently on waiting lists for services. This will only increase. Do we want our family members to continue marching into this broken system?