Editors Note: Stretched Thin is an ongoing series of interviews with those managing social service agencies through an unprecedented state budget stalemate.
It's getting harder for rape victims to obtain free services in McLean County.
Despite signed contracts with the state, the Stepping Stones Rape Crisis program at the McLean County YWCA is operating with only half its annual $150,000 budget. Stepping Stones has contracts with the state to provide rape prevention classes, a 24-hour hotline, accompaniment to the hospital, and support throughout the prosecution of a case.