Thursday, March 1, 2012
A March 12 hearing announced earlier this month has been postponed. The forum was to offer more community members a chance to speak on the closing of the Mental Health Center. It would have been the second such meeting since November.
Lawmakers have postponed a meeting that was to be held tonight on the potential closure of the Tinley Park Mental Health Center. A public hearing scheduled for March 12 at Lincoln-Way East High School in Frankfort has been pushed back, according to the website for the Illinois Commission of Government and Accountability. It has not yet been rescheduled. The commission acts as an advisory panel to Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, who is not legally obligated to uphold its recommendations. However, he has done so with eight of its recommendations since he took office, officials have said. The hearing would have been the second on the issue since November, when the advisory group voted against closing the local health center. READ: The Commission …
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Friday, November 4, 2011
The Illinois Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability announced Thursday a formal time that it will decide next week on what its recommendation to Gov. Pat Quinn will be. Want to put in your 2 cents? Answer our poll in this story.
The date has been set for the next step in deciding the fate of the Tinley Park Mental Health Center. The Illinois Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability announced Thursday that it will vote Nov. 10 on the proposed closure of the center. READ: Quinn Moves to Close Tinley Mental Health Center The bipartisan group of 12 General Assembly members will make the decision in Springfield, where it's scheduled to convene at 8 a.m. It's at that time that commissioners will also vote on the other two facilities that remain on the chopping block—the Jacksonville Developmental Center in Jacksonville and the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln. The group already opted to keep four other Illinois centers open that were included in Gov. …
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
In the last hearing to be held on a plan to close the facility, concerned family members, hospital officials and state politicians expressed doubt and fear over the lack of alternatives to the Tinley Park Mental Health Center.
As of Tuesday morning, Nancy Jones' 42-year-old mentally ill son was out on the street. And there's really nothing she could do about it. "We're just in agony right now because we love him and we want to help him and there's no help," said the Shorewood resident Tuesday. "Nobody cares in this state. It's just heartbreaking for us." Jones was among several hundred people gathered in Orland Park Tuesday at a hearing on Gov. Pat Quinn's decision to close the Tinley Park Mental Health Center. READ: Public Hearing: Weigh in Next Week on Quinn's Plan to Close the Mental Health Center Many in attendence at the Georgios Banquets hall wore bright orange "Save the Tinley Park Mental Health Center" T-shirts. About 50 people from advocacy groups, …
Heather S.
3:45 pm on Monday, March 12, 2012
You know, there are better ways to close a budget gap in Illinois rather than closing down several needed facilities. Seems Quinn is just not ready to stop reckless and unnecessary spending to do that. I am also sure that TP's Mayor is seeing nothing but Dollar signs for that land as well. I just don't think TP needs another failed stripmall cluttering up the village more ›