<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">,</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Letters</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Nation's Health</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016-02-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">27-27</style></pages><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">46</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cuts in funding over several years and the state of Illinois’ budget impasse are eroding the capacity of local health departments in Illinois. Local health departments are taking drastic actions in response to this crisis: They are not filling positions or are laying off staff, reducing business hours and cutting services. Nearly half of Illinois’ 97 local health departments, serving 5.6 million people — about 43 percent of residents — have already taken these steps and more are expected to do so.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>