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Residents urge Manteno to find funding after special-recreation access changes
Summary
Parents and advocates said Manteno residents with special needs were shut out of several Kankakee Valley Special Recreation programs after rule changes; trustees described funding constraints tied to park-district levies, said the village offered roughly $24,000–$25,000 and staff noted rebates and other short-term options.
Parents and advocates told the village board that several Manteno residents with disabilities were unable to access multiple sessions of Kankakee Valley Special Recreation programming after the co-op changed priority rules, and they urged the village to identify funding or other options to restore participation.
Faith Spivey, who described family members who have relied on the program for years, said the village’s decision not to fund the program left people without social outlets. "Without these programs, my brother sits at home and he has nowhere to go," Spivey said, describing the programs as essential to participants’ social interaction and skill development.
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