Illinois DHS Responses to Illinois Commission on Governmental Forecasting and Accountability About Closing Howe Developmental Center
January 9, 2009 This document has responses from the Illinois Divisions of Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health to questions regarding the closure of Howe Developmental Center and the transformation of the Tinley Park Mental Center, respectively. DHS answered questions about its rationale for closing Howe Developmental Center. Topics included its efforts to regain Medicaid certification for the facility, federal policies preferring community-based care to residential care, and DHS' understanding of why neglect or abuse has occurred at the facility. DHS also explained its plans for transitioning Howe residents to other facilities or to community placements . . .
