Huge, Blind Reliance on State Exposed by Illinois Fiscal Crisis – WP Original

  By: Mark Glennon*   Did you know Catholic Charities is Illinois’ largest social service provider and gets 70% of its funding from the state? I didn’t. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of Illinois’ financial crisis is the depth of its impact on social services commonly thought to be privately funded or otherwise not heavily reliant on state money. Same, to some extent, for higher education.   Was the plight most of them face today foreseeable? Definitely. Avoidable? Not so clear.   Major cutbacks loom for groups like Catholic Charities, or have been made already. Catholic Charities, with a budget

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