Illinois Epilepsy Action Network The Governor may have eased up his "Doomsday" rhetoric a bit, but we're not out of the woods. Epilepsy services are still viewed as dispensable and are still in SERIOUS danger of having their funding taken away. Let's keep letting our elected officials know that people with epilepsy matter!
Illinois Epilepsy Action Network Not sure where to send those "Letters to the Editor" in support of statewide epilepsy funding? This should help!
Illinois Epilepsy Action Network Not sure where to send those "Letters to the Editor" in support of statewide epilepsy funding? This should help!
Illinois Epilepsy Action Network Epilepsy services in Illinois are still on the chopping block, and time is running out! Want to help? Letters to the Editor of your local paper can inform the public, as well as help sway editorial boards toward supporting our cause. So let's get writing!
Illinois Epilepsy Action Network What, EXACTLY, will the budget cuts mean to Illinois epilepsy services? Download our Impact Paper (PDF) by clicking the link below.
Source: www.epilepsyfoundation.org
Illinois Epilepsy Action Network Save our Services...Help send 10,000 signatures to the Governor and General Assembly!
Source: www.thepetitionsite.com
Pass a Budget and New Revenue by July 1st that Provides Funding to Sustain Community Services (1696 signatures on petition)
Illinois Epilepsy Action Network The Community Media Workshop in Chicago has some nice links to coverage of the Illinois budget crisis in the blogosphere. One of the blogs noted picks up our epilepsy message, which is very cool.
Source: communitymediaworkshop.org
As friends at social service agencies are getting set to layoff staff in the coming weeks and organizing rallies in the hope that they can stop it, we get the sense of the limits of the power of effective communication.
Illinois Epilepsy Action Network Have you called your Illinois State Rep yet? The July 1 "Doomsday" is approaching... Without a fully-funded FY2010 budget, epilepsy services across Illinois are at risk. Don't let our legislators play politics with peoples' lives: Call TODAY!
Source: capwiz.com
That's the day the state's FY2010 budget goes into effect. And right now, that budget contains NO money for specialized epilepsy care services, such as the kind currently being offered by Epilepsy Foundation affiliates across Illinois.
Illinois Epilepsy Action Network Please help keep funding for vital epilepsy services alive in Illinois! Without your help, dramatic service cuts will begin on July 1. Click the link to take action TODAY!
Source: capwiz.com
That's the day the state's FY2010 budget goes into effect. And right now, that budget contains NO money for specialized epilepsy care services, such as the kind currently being offered by Epilepsy Foundation affiliates across Illinois.
Illinois Epilepsy Action Network There's a budget battle brewing in Springfield...and epilepsy services in the State of Illinois are caught in the middle of it. We're going to need your help...big time! Stay tuned to find out what you can do. In the meantime, here's some reading for you:
Source: www.iacdd.org
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Garett Auriemma, EFGC Vice President of Communications, is featured in an article about the the facts of epilepsy in the Chicago area Suburban Life newspapers:
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/hillside/h
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Interesting story that from the Rockford Register Star related to the rights of employees with epilepsy:
http://www.rrstar.com/communities/x14209
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Story on Camp Roehr, a summer camp sponsored by the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Southern Illinois.
http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/371182
Illinois Epilepsy Action Network posted a Video with YouTube Box
June 3, 2008 at 8:57am
Illinois Epilepsy Action Network posted a Video with YouTube Box
June 3, 2008 at 8:57am
Illinois Epilepsy Action Network Today is D-Day: Deadline Day for the Illinois General Assembly to hammer out an agreement if Illinois is to have a new budget tomorrow. EPILEPSY SERVICES ARE STILL ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK. Take action NOW by calling your state legislators and telling them to REINSTATE SERVICES for people with epilepsy! Find your legislators' phone numbers at the link.