This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois. Sign ... the state allocated $100 million for early childhood facilities.

Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center ... Illinois’ developmental disability service system, and this is a critical, once-in-a-generation opportunity to create real, lasting change ...

state-run facilities. Among the biggest criticisms from advocates was that Illinois persisted in sending people with intellectual or developmental disabilities to large facilities like Choate ...