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Chicago Tribune - April 30, 2002
The Children's Place Association, which for three years has run the program for HIV/AIDS-affected children, learned last month that the Illinois Department of Human Services will not renew its $780,000 grant for fiscal 2003, which begins July 1.
The state legislature is expected to pass a final budget next month, and if the cuts survive, the day-care program might not. "It would be devastating," said Cathy Krieger, president of the association, which also offers other forms of specialized child care.
State Sen. Miguel del Valle (D-Chicago) said in a speech at The Children's Place that he supported higher tobacco and casino taxes to pay for social programs threatened by the state's looming $1 billion shortfall.
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