SPRINGFIELD, IL – State Representative Charlie Meier (R-Okawville) joined State Representatives Jeff Keicher (R-Sycamore), Patrick Sheehan (R-Homer Glen), and Brad Fritts (R-Dixon) to discuss the failures and mismanagement at several Illinois agencies. Agencies under Governor J.B. Pritzker’s leadership have been riddled with controversy among reports of abuse, neglect, and improper procedures.
Rep. Charlie Meier, who has been a staunch advocate for people with developmental disabilities since taking office, focused on the disasters that have happened at the Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS). Meier pointed to several reported incidents of abuse at Community Integrated Living Arrangements (CILAs), that are not properly reported or investigated.
“Without DHS acknowledging their lack of oversight and the tragic abuse that happens at CILAs and SODCs as a result of their negligence, these tragedies of abuse will continue to be allowed to occur with no responses,” Meier said. “I am glad to help fight abuse anywhere, and it should all be stopped. It seems strange that we don’t follow up on our small CILAs.”…