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In 1975, the General Assembly changed its name to the Dixon Developmental Center. [4] In the 1950s, journalist Jack Mabley ran a series of columns exposing the conditions at Dixon State School. His reporting was part of the reason why the hospital was closed. [5] In 1983, the grounds were repurposed for a state prison, Dixon Correctional Center ...
An outgrowth of a federally funded program which began in 1967, Pilsen Wellness Center was founded by Albert Vazquez in 1975. [3] Since that time, the agency has grown into an organization with a diverse funding base, offering a comprehensive array of social services through several programs. [4]
As of the end of fiscal year 2010, the center had an annual budget expenditure of US$68,111,000. [4] As of the end of fiscal year 2008, the center had 1,119 employees, 587 residents and an annual cost per resident of $175,844. [5] The Shapiro Center was generating and submitting to the state treasury, 65% of its total operational costs.
Chicago-Read Mental Health Center (CRMHC, often called simply Read) is a state-run inpatient JCAHO-accredited facility with between 150 and 200 beds located in the neighborhood of Dunning on the northwest side of the city of Chicago close to O'Hare International Airport in the state of Illinois.
The Lincoln Developmental Center was a state school for people with developmental disabilities in Lincoln, Illinois. It was founded in 1877 as the Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children , became the Lincoln State School in 1954, and adopted its final name in 1975.
The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) is the department [1] [2] of the Illinois state government responsible for providing a wide variety of safety net services to Illinois residents in poverty, who are facing other economic challenges, or who have any of a variety of disabilities. As of 2006, it was the largest administrative agency ...
Elgin Mental Health Center also serves as a training site for Psychiatry Residents from Chicago Medical School and Loyola University. As of the end of fiscal year 2008, Elgin had 759.5 employees and an appropriation of $66,251,900. [24] As of 2002, Elgin had 582 beds, 40 physicians, 163 registered nurses, and 67 medical social workers.
The Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification is a national certifying organization for professional rehabilitation counselors.Based in Schaumburg, IL, it is an independent, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to establish, maintain, and monitor a national certification program for Certified Rehabilitation Counselors, including maintaining a register of all certified ...