The Illinois Department of Human Services says it will keep 25 mental health beds open at the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna, backing off an earlier plan to close all 75 beds.
The decision retains a portion of the mental health capacity at the southern Illinois facility that had been slated for closure, according to Capitol News Illinois.
Southern Illinois lawmakers criticized the state's plan as "inadequate," the news service reported.
IDHS said it plans to expand human services jobs elsewhere in the region, according to Capitol News Illinois.
The story was reported by Mack Biesk of the Daily Egyptian and distributed by Capitol News Illinois, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service covering state government.
Source: the original release