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Approximately one in four Illinois college students will be left out in the cold come January 1, 2010, because the State of Illinois has cut funding for the Monetary Award Program (MAP) by nearly $200 million.

Don’t let this happen to the students that are the future of your community! Make your voice heard and do something about it!

Write, e-mail, call or visit your Illinois lawmakers in person!


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Contact Your State Legislators

Write to your state legislators or call them on designated call-in days (October 13 and October 27) to tell them to provide funding for MAP and to make student financial aid a priority when allocating state resources in the future. Go to www.elections.il.gov/DistrictLocator/SelectSearchType.aspx?NavLink=1 to search for your district or officials. Click here for a sample letter.

Share It

Use Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc., to join our groups or link to our page at www.saveillinoismapgrants.org and encourage your family and friends to sign our petition and contact their state legislators.

Organize Rallies

Organize rallies in your neighborhood to get the word out about MAP funding cuts and encourage others to take action.

  1. #1 by V. Willett on October 14, 2009 - 10:06 pm

    Dear Legislator,
    I am writing on behalf of my son and myself. We are both in college. I am a single parent and I have provided for my son’s entire life. My son and I are approaching to the completion of our educational journey. I have one and a half years to complete, and he has two. To dissolve this program would be devastating to us all. I for one, presently over my head in debt. Not from a frivolous lifestyle but from living from day to day. I am presently unemployed, and by returning to college my hope would be to find better employment suited for me. I have seen a transformation in my son since my returning to college. Please rethink in vetoing this bill, this program is not a hand out it is a helping hand up!!”

  2. #2 by V. Willett on October 14, 2009 - 9:50 pm

    Dear Legislator, I am writing on behalf of my son and myself. We are both in college. I am a single parent and I have provided for my son’s entire life. I have not received any assistance from my son’s father and I know I shall not receive any. My son and I are approaching to the completion of our educational journey. I have one and a half years to complete, and he has two. To dissolve this program would be devastating to us all. I for one, presently over my head in debt. Not from a frivolous lifestyle but from living from day to day. I am presently unemployed, and by returning to college my hope would be to find better employment suited for me. I have seen a transformation in my son since my returning to college. Please rethink in vetoing this bill, this program is not a hand out it is a helping hand up!!

  3. #3 by Nancy Johnson on October 6, 2009 - 10:14 am

    If you promised money to students then you should come through with it. If you don’t have the money, then don’t offer it in the future, but don’t take it away after promising it.

  4. #4 by Russ on October 1, 2009 - 4:58 pm

    Everyone wants a balanced budget, nobody wants it to impact them. This is reality.

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