Illinois DHS Launches Initiative To Transform State-Operated I/DD Developmental Centers

The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) is launching an initiative to transform care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) who live at one of the state’s developmental centers. To support the transformation, in his budget proposal for fiscal year 2023-2023, Governor J.B. Pritzker increased funding for the IDHS home- and community-based system by $800 million, bringing IDHS total funding to $1.7 billion.

The initiative will initially focus on the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center (Choate). IDHS will expand community-based capacity statewide with the goal of reducing the number of . . .