Child Development Centers, Inc. v. State

Claimant in this cause, Child Development Centers, Inc., hereinafter referred to as CDC, is an Illinois not-for-profit corporation which operates a residential facility caring for developmentally disabled children. CDC is licensed by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services as a child care institute. CDC, through its president and administrator, Noel Hill, began organizing its program plans in 1976, and by early 1977 Mr. Hill began communicating with various people from the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (DMHDD) regarding the rate of payment…