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State lawmakers are starting to move on the remap. Democratic caucus members are looking at their individual districts and regions and discussing how boundary lines could look like based on early census numbers.
ELDORADO (WSIL) -Egyptian Health Department now has a program for first time mothers called the Nurse Family Partnership. Nurse Family Partnership is a home visiting program specifically for first time pregnant moms, that starts early in the pregnancy and continues until the child turns two years old, said Nurse Supervisor Alyssa Oglesby.
The program is already in 41 states, and is now in southern Illinois due to funding from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. So we see moms who get their own free personal nurse to help guide them through their pregnancy, said Oglesby.
The nurses provide information on whatever moms want to learn about with topics including labor and delivery, breastfeeding support, and parenting skills.
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This story is part of a special episode of Sound Ideas airing March 12, marking the one-year anniversary of COVID s arrival in McLean County. Find more stories in the series.
For the past year the pandemic has aggravated many drivers of domestic violence substance abuse, financial worries, being stuck at home. But it’s also muffled the true scope of the problem, with researchers just beginning to understand if COVID caused a spike in domestic violence.
But one message is crystal clear: There are a lot of resources in McLean County to get help, and those on the front lines see several new options for attacking one of society’s most invisible crimes.
January 27, 2021
Consumers who buy cannabis products in Illinois may help reduce the number of carjackings, shootings and other forms of violence that occur in parts of Chicago, the south suburbs and other areas of the state.
That’s the theory behind a groundbreaking program billed as the nation’s first of its kind. The innovative concept in restorative justice is about to get its first infusion of cash, more than a year after Illinois began allowing people to buy cannabis for recreational use.
“No other state has done this,” said Christian Perry, community development manager for Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. “No other state has said, ‘We’re going to take a portion of this revenue and put it right back into the community.’”