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22-R-75
• WHEREAS, it is the ongoing responsibility of the State of Illinois
to provide General Assistance to eligible persons; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois has developed statewide regulations
specifying the grant levels for General Assistance as administered by the
Illinois Department of Public Aid; and
WHEREAS, in these inflationary times, the lower income citizens of
the State of Illinois are undergoing severe economic plight; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois General Assistance levels are not
providing a satisfactory standard of living for the clients:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Evanston urges that:
1. The State of Illinois increase the General Assistance
grant levels for public aid recipients.
2. The State of Illinois permit supplementing of the
State's General Assistance grant levels by local
communities without this supplement being deducted
from the State's general assistance client grant level.
3. That the State of Illinois recognize.the high rental
costs for housing in Evanston and other higher living
cost communities and, in so doing, permit an increase
in State General Assistance rental levels for clients
in these communities; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be trans-
mitted to the Department of Public Aid and to the Legislators representing
Evanston in the General Assembly.
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�. ATTEST: /s/ Maurice F. Brown Mayor
City Clerk
Adopted: February 24 , 1975.