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33-R-84
Recommending Support for a
Campaign to Secure More Adequate
State Assistance Grants for
Poor Illinois Families
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Evanston supports a
variety of human services, including the voluntary provisions of emergency
financial assistance to poor Evanston families; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board of Trustees of Evanston Township supports
a large General Assistance program for poor Evanstonians ineligible for any
other federal or state assistance; and
WHEREAS, State policy for the provision of financial assistance
in Illinois is to promote family stability by "helping persons in need to
maintain a livelihood compatible with health and well being"' and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Public Aid, which is mandated
to provide assistance, published a Standard of Need for families which
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details the minimum subsistence level a family needs for living expenses;, -
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WHEREAS, the actual grant levels provided have not been increased
for four (4) years, so that many Illinois.families now receive as little as
48% of the standard of need as determined by the State itself; and
WHEREAS, families who are receiving public assistance in Illinois
are,'therefore,impoverished and often unable to meet their most basic needs;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Evanston and Town Board of Trustees of Evanston Township that they
support a campaign to secure a more adequate assistance grant through the
Legislature in 1984 as a first step towards a goal of bringing assistance
grants equitably in line with the standards set by the State for Illinois
families; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Resolution be transmitted
forthwith to Governor James Thompson, Evanston's elected officials in the
General Assembly and the Illinois Campaign for Family Stability.
ATTEST:.
City Clerk
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