Item listed under State Reports have been received by the Documents Unit, Illinois State Library, Springfield, and are usually available from public libraries in the state through inter-library loan. Issuing agencies may have copies available. For items listed under Other Reports, write to the publisher as noted.

State Reports

— Illinois Forum on Welfare Reform, Illinois Department of Public Aid, 100 S. Grand Ave. East, Springfield 62762 (February 1989), 62 pp.

This final report of the Illinois Forum on Welfare Reform contains 74 recommendations for improving child care, employment and educational opportunities for people receiving public assistance in this state. They include administrative changes, new partnerships between government and private enterprise and legislation for the General Assembly to consider. The recommendations were developed out of discussions held in Peoria, Carbondale, Rockford, Springfield, Champaign, East St. Louis, Chicago and River Grove, which were attended by over 1,000 people.

— Employee Child Care, Illinois Department of Central Management Services, 715 Stratton Blg., Springfield 62706, 8 pp.

This report shows some options that employers might consider for employer-supported child care, describes a model program in the Willard Ice Building in Springfield, discusses the Illinois Dependent Care Assistance Program as well as three proposed employee child care sites (in the 160 North LaSalle Bldg. in Chicago, at the Shapiro Developmental Center in Kankakee and at the Quincy Veterans' Home). It also lists three recommendations: the establishment of a task force, conducting a survey to identify other potential sites, and creating a resource and referral program for state employees.

— FY90-94 Proposed Airport Improvement Program, Department of Transportation, Rm. 300, 2300 Dirksen Parkway, Springfield 62764 (May 1989).

Illinois currently has 129 airports designated for public use, of which 12 are classified as primary airports, indicating that they enplane at least 10,000 passengers annually. During the past eight years, airline ridership has increased by 81 percent. The Illinois Department of Transportation's proposed five-year improvement program calls for spending over $576 million; of this amount, $142.8 million in improvements are planned for fiscal year 1990.

— Employee Ownership: ESOPs, Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, Office of Urban Assistance, 620 E. Adams, Springfield 62701 (February 1989), 23 pp.

The two most popular forms of employee ownership are the employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) and the worker cooperative. While Congress and a number of states have passed laws to encourage employee ownership, there are advantages and disadvantages to both forms. This guide describes the steps involved in creating an employee-owned organization and provides information about technical and financial assistance that is available as well as other books that can be used.

— Air Toxics Discussion Paper, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, P.O. Box 19276, Springfield 62794 (May 1989), 22 pp.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Act requires the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to submit a list of toxic air pollutants to the Illinois Pollution Control Board. This discussion paper describes the IEPA's development of both an emissions criterion and a human health criterion and their application in arriving at the final list of chemicals to be included. Public comments on the document were solicited in July and August 1989. The list will continue to be updated in the future.

— Trends and Issues 89: Criminal and Juvenile Justice in Illinois, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, 120 S. Riverside Plaza, Chicago 60606 (March 1989), 226 pp.

Drug arrests in general — and arrests specifically for serious drug crimes involving trafficking and controlled substance offenses —have increased sharply in this state since the early 1980s. If this trend continues, adult drug arrests could reach almost 62,500 by the year 2000, compared with fewer than 25,400 in 1983. By means of numerous graphs and tables as well as clearly written text, this report deals with the impact of drugs, AIDS and DUI on five areas: law enforcement, prosecution, the courts, corrections and juvenile justice. The appendices provide a glossary, a discussion of the projections methodology and some limitations of the data, and a summary of significant criminal justice legislation passed by the 85th General Assembly. An extensive index is also included.

— State, Local, and Federal Financing for Illinois Public Schools, 1988-1989, State Board of Education, 100 N. First St., Springfield 62777 (March 1989), 156 pp.

Perhaps even more important than the School Code, this document is must reading for anyone connected with or concerned about public elementary and secondary schools in this state. It is divided into five chapters. Chapter I deals with state education programs, including common school fund programs, categorical programs, school reform measures and other state funding. It also contains an understandable description of the state's almost incomprehensible state aid formula. The remaining four chapters deal with federal programs and funds, recent state legislation, school finance practices and emerging issues. In addition, it provides a useful glossary as well as a long list of references for further research.

Other Reports

— When Citizens Lobby, League of Women Voters of Illinois, 332 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago 60604 (1989), 29 pp.; $3 plus postage and handling.

This highly informative pamphlet is written in a straightforward manner and in very clear language. It describes how a bill becomes a law and how the state constitution may be amended, explains various lobbying approaches and suggests several points during the legislative process when lobbying is most effective. It also provides a list of useful references.

— Illinois Tax Climate, Illinois Tax Foundation, 201 E. Adams, Suite 350, Springfield 62701 (1989), 93 pp.; $10.

This is the 14th biennial edition of this report and, like its predecessors, is useful, usable and highly readable. The first section offers a summary of state and local taxes and compares them with those in the other states of the Great Lakes region as well as the nine leading industrial states. The report follows very much the same pattern in the subsequent sections dealing with corporate income taxes, corporate license taxes, personal income taxes, property taxes and utility taxes.

— A Guide To Self-Help For Community Development, Illinois Community Action Association, 101 N. Sixteenth St., P.O. Box 1090, Springfield 62705 (November 1988), 30 pp.; $7.50.

This booklet identifies the steps required to develop a self-help community development project. It describes Rockford's "Project Play-works" and Peoria's major development project that helped the city recover from the recession of the early 1980s. In addition, it offers specific pointers on community organizing, interacting with the media, recruiting and retaining volunteers, and assessing community readiness for a self-help project.

— 1989 Illinois Statistical Abstract, Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Illinois, 428 Commerce West, 1206 S. Sixth St., Champaign 61820 (April 1989), 615 pp.; $33 (hard cover), $26 (soft cover).

This is the fourth volume of economic data published by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research; the first appeared in 1977. It consists entirely of graphs and tables showing data on such things as personal income and non-farm earnings by county, farm income and labor force statistics (both by county), weekly earnings and weekly hours, census of manufactures, and building permits for 1978-87 (again by county). For the most part the data series is updated versions of those presented in the 1977 edition; those that are not comparable across time are clearly marked. The volume is also available on diskette (in Lotus) for those with heavier data analysis needs.

Anna J. Merritt

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