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Children’s advocates learn how to further their cause

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State Sen. Matt Murphy of Palatine talks about how pension reform impacts the state's ability to provide services for children while speaking at the Voices for Illinois Children's Illinois Kids Count Symposium at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates.

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Samuel Flint, a board member of Voices for Illinois Children, asks a question about health care reform, during the group's Illinois Kids Count Symposium at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates.

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State Rep. Fred Crespo of Hoffman Estates takes part in a panel discussion during the Voices for Illinois Children's Illinois Kids Count Symposium at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates.

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State Sen. Matt Murphy of Palatine talks about how pension reform impacts the state's ability to provide services for children while speaking at the Voices for Illinois Children's Illinois Kids Count Symposium at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

State Rep. Fred Crespo participates in a panel discussion during the Voices for Illinois Children's Illinois Kids Count Symposium at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

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While many public programs are being delayed, reduced or canceled as state and federal budget problems continue, the one thing that can't wait patiently are the childhoods of an entire generation, advocates say. How to get the best interests of today's children back on the front burner was the theme of the Illinois Kids Count Symposium hosted Monday by Voices for Illinois Children at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates.