Many Illinois residents likely go about their days, without feeling any direct impact of the state's budget impasse. Some may not even realize there is no budget. Decisions by lawmakers and judges have kept money flowing to certain areas, but agencies left out of those deals are getting increasingly desperate.
Friday afternoon, one of the state's largest social service providers announced that it's eliminating 750 positions and closing 30 programs. Illinois Public Radio's Amanda Vinicky spoke with the President of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois Mark Stutrud about that decision.
That was Lutheran Social Services President , speaking with Illinois Public Radio's Amanda Vinicky. On Friday, Stutrud announced that the budget impasse is forcing the organization to close programs that serve nearly 5 thousand residents.