University of Illinois
Institute on Government and Public Affairs

The State of the State of Illinois 2006
by Cedric Herring

The Institute on Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois, Champaign, has published its first volume of essays devoted to important government and policy issues affecting Illinois. 

Chapter 1, authored by Cedric Herring, covers the "Critical Issues facing Illinois".

Chapter 2, by J. Fred Giertz, talks about the "Illinois State Budget and Pensions".

Chapter 3, by Robert Rich and Christopher Erg, highlight "Critical Health Policy Issues".

Chapter 4, covers "Long-term Care Reform in Illinois", by Naoko Muramatsu.

Chapter 5 of their 2006 report is titled "Public Financing of Mental Health and Developmental Disability Services".  The author, Lorens Helmchen, provides a summary of recommendations for Illinois' funding of DD/MH services. 

Chapter 6 is on "Children's Health Care in Illinois:  Where we are and where we are going", by Robert Rich and Cinthia Elkins. 

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