Currently, there are only four recovery homes in the state of Illinois, with a waiting list of approximately 16 months.

We have a current waiting list of approximately 153 vendors.

At our community level, it is a very, very deep issue. The underlying issue is family values--parents have to work odd shifts, for example, but who becomes responsible for staying at home with a 13-year-old when everybody's working? Kids today are without structure, and without structure, you're going to do what you want to do.

We're still working with a list of approximately 50 and we have just shy of 20 that we've interviewed so far.

I think it's an unnecessary expense when we are on the (Illinois State Board of Education's) Watch List. To me, I feel it's money that could be used to help children.

What we're seeing is reminiscent of the early 1990s -- a jobless recovery,