human services

It's now Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard Mental Health Center

Dr. Betsy Goulet is the Clinical Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the UIS Child Advocacy Studies Program and the Director of the Alliance for Experiential Problem-Based Learning with the Center for State Policy and Leadership. She spoke to Community Voices about the Human Services program at UIS and the use of a Residential Simulation Lab to help prepare students to help people in need.

Illinois’ struggling social-service agencies lost another round in court Thursday. An appellate panel in Chicago says Illinois does not have to pay unless…

A federal judge says Illinois has to prioritize payments for Medicaid providers, but the state doesn't have enough revenue to meet its spending…

Members of the Illinois House on Thursday heard stories of misery resulting from nearly two years without a state budget. Democrats used the opportunity…

Illinois Senate Democrats are hoping to win bipartisan support for a partial government spending plan.The proposal would release more than $800 million…

As public universities face fiscal emergencies and domestic violence shelters are closing, House Democrats approve what they call "lifeline spending."…

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has supported a lawsuit to keep state workers getting paid. But he’s refused to extend that support to a similar case…

A group of social service organizations are suing the state of Illinois over the budget impasse. They were contracted to do work on behalf of Illinois…

The United Way of Illinois surveyed social services providers in the state and found that during the budget impasse, about 1 million of their clients have…