(AJC) — Georgia officials didn’t apply for federal stimulus funding to help struggling low-income families keep their homes until more than a year after Congress made the money available through the Recovery Act. Now they are scrambling to distribute about $7.6 million of this aid before a federal Sept. 30 deadline. Any stimulus money left […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — State agencies are struggling to decide how to reduce their budgets after Gov. Pat Quinn announced more state spending cuts but didn’t say exactly where they’d be made — creating confusion and uncertainty for people who depend on state services. Quinn said last week he would make another $900 million in cuts, […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — The stagnant economy and double-digit unemployment rates in parts of Illinois have led to a record number of families getting food stamps, the state reported Tuesday. During June, 786,162 households across Illinois took part in the federally-subsidized SNAP food-stamp program, which marks an 11.9 percent jump over levels from a year […]
(NYT) — Not far from million-dollar homes in DuPage County, a line of people spills through the doors of a public aid office in Villa Park, now the busiest branch of the Illinois Department of Human Services. Read More…