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QUINCY, ILL. -- Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee, of which he is a member, has approved $5,000,000 in federal funding for health and education projects in Illinois.                       

The 2011 Appropriations bill for the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations includes funding for the following project: 

Chaddock, Quincy:  $200,000 in funding to support special education programs for high-risk youth struggling with trauma issues.  Chaddock provides support to students from across Illinois whose educational needs cannot be met by their home public school district.