Illinois DHS Dismisses Jay Canna as Director of Howe Developmental Center in Tinley Park

May 21, 2007 Illinois DHS Dismisses Jay Canna as Director of Howe Developmental Center in Tinley Park On April 13, 2007, the Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) dismissed Jay Canna as director of the Howe Developmental Center in Tinley Park. The Howe Center serves 380 people. In March 2007, after a series of failed inspections, it was disqualified from federal programs that reimburse the state of Illinois for about half the center’s budget DHS has named Sharon Parker, LCSW, as interim director, and a search is underway for a new director for the center. A key qualification of . . .