SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. Pat Quinn announced Thursday that he plans to
close a Tinley Park mental hospital and a Jacksonville center for
people with developmental disabilities as he ramps up efforts to move people out of state institutions and into group homes or other kinds of
community care.
As the push continues, Quinn hopes to move 600
people out of institutions over the next 2½ years. That would eliminate
the need for up to four hospitals and developmental centers, aides said.
Quinn's
office emphasized that the goal is to improve quality of life for
people who depend on the state for care. But doing away with costly
institutions should also save money. They predicted closing facilities
in Jacksonville and Tinley Park, which together employ about 550 people,
would save nearly $20 million.
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