State agencies
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. | Most state agencies would see spending increases under Gov. Rod Blagojevich's budget proposal. Here is a look at the budget for each agency and the percentage change from the previous year, along with some spending highlights:
AGING: $562.8 million; 10.5 percent increase
AGRICULTURE: $108.9 million; 0.3 percent decrease
CENTRAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES: $953.7 million; 1.1 percent decrease
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES: $1.33 billion; 0.3 percent increase
COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: $648.6 million; 11.2 percent decrease
CORRECTIONS: $1.30 billion; 6 percent increase
-- expand Sheridan Correctional Center from 950 inmates to full capacity at 1,300 inmates.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: $474.7 million; 0.3 percent decrease
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY: $279.9 million; no increase or decrease
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: $286.4 million; 14.9 percent decrease
FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION: $104.1 million; 5.3 percent increase
HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY SERVICES: $17.1 billion; 6.3 percent increase
-- rate increases for health care practitioners.
HUMAN RIGHTS: $11.9 million; 26.8 percent increase
HUMAN SERVICES: $5.65 billion; 4 percent increase
--$1 an hour wage increase for home health care workers.
--3 percent cost-of-living wage increase for various workers, including early intervention, domestic violence and family case management.
--rate increases for child care providers.
LABOR: $6.8 million; 3.9 percent decrease
NATURAL RESOURCES: $232.1 million; 7.7 percent increase
PUBLIC HEALTH: $432.9 million; 7.6 percent increase
--$3 million increase in breast and cervical cancer screening for low-income women.
--$20 million increase in stem cell research funding.
REVENUE: 1.2 billion; 4.9 percent increase
STATE POLICE: $410.9 million; 5.5 percent increase
TRANSPORTATION: $2.2 billion; 1.1 percent decrease
VETERANS AFFAIRS: $104.1 million; 10.5 percent increase
--opening of 80-bed veterans home in LaSalle.
Posted in Local on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:00 am Updated: 10:31 pm.
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