The RESPONSIBLE BUDGET COALITION is committed to building the support needed to solve Illinois' budget crisis by raising adequate revenue to prevent harmful cuts to essential services and jobs in the public and private sectors.

• We believe Illinois has a moral and legal obligation to protect public safety and health, strengthen our economy, and ensure that every individual has the opportunity to thrive. But by forcing deep and damaging cuts to education, health care, human services and public safety, the current Illinois budget fails to meet those core obligations and undermines our state's chances for economic recovery.
  
  
• In addition, the state's failure to pay its bills in a timely manner has driven its bond rating lower while forcing creditors-including school districts and universities, medical and human services providers, public employees, small businesses and other vendors-to effectively lend the state government billions of dollars.
  
  
• Painful cuts have already been made, substantially reducing general state spending. Despite these cuts and a series of one-time revenue measures, the state continues to run a dramatic and unsustainable deficit.
  
  
• We call on every Illinois elected official and candidate to acknowledge that this fiscal crisis-brought on by the state's long-standing structural budget deficit and a national economic downturn-demands a balanced approach that includes significant new revenue.
  
  
• To protect vital services and jobs and enable economic recovery, at least 32 other states already have raised new revenues in the past year. Illinois must do the same. For the well being of our communities, for economic stability and for our children's futures, we urge Illinois leaders to demonstrate responsible leadership and raise adequate revenue as soon as possible.

RESPONSIBLE BUDGET COALITION ENDORSERS

4-C: Community Coordinated Child Care 8th Day Center for Justice A Safe Haven / A Safe Haven Foundation AARP Illinois Access Living Action Now Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc. AFSCME Council 31 AFSCME Retirees Chapter 31 AIDS Foundation of Chicago Albany Park Neighborhood Council Allendale Association Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County Alpha Learning Center Alternative Schools Network Alternatives, Inc. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308 Anixter Center The ARC of Illinois Arts Alliance Illinois Bethany for Children & Families Bethel New Life Better Funding for Better Schools Coalition Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI) Carole Robertson Center for Learning The Center Center for Economic Progress Center for Tax and Budget Accountability Centers for New Horizons Chestnut Health Systems Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness Chicago Chapter Coalition of Labor Union Women Chicago Coalition for the Homeless Chicago Coalition of Site Administered Child Care Programs Chicago Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Chicago Jobs Council Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women's Network Children's Home + Aid ChildServ Circle Family HealthCare Network Circles of Learning Citizen Action/Ilinois Coalition of African, Arab, Asian, European and Latino Immigrants of Illinois Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities in Illinois Collaboration for Early Childhood Care and Education Community Behavioral Healthcare Association Community Counseling Center of Northern Madison County Community Health Partnership of Illinois Community Organizing and Family Issues / POWER-PAC Community Renewal Society Connections for Abused Women and their Children Cornerstone Services, Inc Counseling Center of Lake View Deborah's Place Delta Center, Inc ED-RED (Education - Research - Development) El Valor Corporation Emergency Fund Equip for Equality Erie Neighborhood House Esperanza Community Services Faculty Advisory Council, Illinois Board of Higher Education Family Focus FCAN (Families' and Children's Aids Network) Featherfist Federation for Community Schools

First Step Learning, Inc. FITE Center for Independent Living Gads Hill Center Good News Community Kitchen Good Shepherd Center Grassroots Collaborative Greene County Health Department Grow Your Own Illinois Health and Disability Advocates Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights Hesed House/PADS, Inc. HMPRG Center for Long Term Care Reform Home of Life M.B. Church The Hope Institute for Children and Families Housing Action Illinois Housing Opportunities for Women Housing Options of Evanston Illinois Facilities Fund Illinois Action for Children Illinois African American Coalition for Prevention Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans Illinois Assistive Technology Program Illinois Association for Gifted Children Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, Inc. Illinois Association of School Nurses Illinois Association of School Social Workers Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health Illinois Center for Violence Prevention Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (ICIRR) Illinois Education Association Illinois Library Association Illinois Library Systems Director's Organization Illinois Maternal & Child Health Coalition Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living Illinois Primary Health Care Association (IPHCA) Illinois Valley Center for Independent Living IMPACT CIL INCCRRA: Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies Inspiration Corporation Interdependent Living Solutions Center (ILSC) Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living Jane Addams Hull House Association Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA) Kiddie Kollege of Fairfield, Inc. Lake County Center for Independent Living Lake County Housing Action Coalition Lakeside Community Development Corporation Large Unit District Association Latino Consortium Latino Organization of the Southwest Latino Policy Forum League of Women Voters Illinois League of Women Voters of Wheaton, IL Legislative Education Network of DuPage (LEND) Lewis & Clark Library System Liberated Inc. LIFE Center for Independent Living Lifelink Corporation LINC INC Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA) Lutheran Advocacy - Illinois Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois Lutheran Social Services Madison County Continuum of Care Marillac Social Center McHenry Co. Latino Coalition

Mujeres Latinas En Accion NAMI Illinois NAMI of Greater Chicago National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Illinois Chapter National Council of Jewish Women IL State Public Affairs New Age Services New Foundation Center, Inc The Night Ministry North Suburban Library System North Suburban Teachers Union (IFT/AFT Local 1274) Northwest Neighborhood Federation (NNF) Oak Park Regional Housing Center Opportunities for Access Ordinary People NFP Ounce of Prevention Fund PACE, Inc. Center for Independent Living ParentsWork Peace and Justice Committee Pediatric Aids Chicago Prevention Initiative Planned Parenthood of Illinois Polish American Association Precious Little Lambs Home Day Care Prevention First Project IRENE Project Oz Protestants for the Common Good Proveedores en Accion para Nuestros Ninos - PANN Quad City Federation of Labor Renaissance Women The Resurrection Project Rosecrance Health Network Safer Foundation Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law SCOPE - South Cooperative Organization for Public Education SEIU Healthcare Illinois and Indiana SEIU Illinois Council Self Advocacy Council of Northern Illinois Sherae's Little Angels Day Care SHORE Community Services, Inc. Society of the Holy Child Jesus South Asian Progressive Action Collective (SAPAC) SouthSTAR Services Southwest Youth Collaborative Springfield Center for Independent Living St. Vincent De Paul Center Statewide Independent Living Council of Illinois Supporting Illinois Brothers and Sisters Supportive Housing Providers Association Target Area Development Corporation TASC, Inc. Test Positive Aware Network Thresholds Through A Child's Eyes Pre-K Program Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice UNITE HERE Local 1 United African Organization United Congregations of Metro-East United Power for Action and Justice Voices for Illinois Children Westside Ministers Coalition Will-Grundy Center for Independent Living Women + Girls Collective Action Network Women Employed Youth Guidance Youth Network Council Youth Organizations Umbrella (Y.O.U.) YWCA Metropolitan Chicago YWCAs Illinois Zion Development Corporation