Service providers are awaiting what will happen at work this week after Gov. Bruce Rauner trimmed $26 million in state grants. Some of the cuts GovRauner made late Friday include $3.4 million for immigrant assistance programs and $3.1 million to help school age children. The cuts are part of the effort to help close the current year budget deficit of $1.6 billion. Spokeswoman Catherine Kelly says Rauner is trying to make ends meet without raising taxes or borrowing. BreandanMagee is program director for the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. He says English classes, citizenship-application assistance and more will end.
Social service providers brace for cuts
