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Veterans, advocates and residents urge county to protect health, violence-prevention and child-welfare supports during budget season
Summary
Public speakers at the Cook County Board special meeting urged continued and increased funding for veterans services, community violence intervention and behavioral health programs, and several speakers described ongoing grievances with child-welfare case handling by DCFS.
Several public speakers addressed the Cook County Board during the meeting’s public-comment period, urging the county to protect or expand funding for veterans services, violence-prevention programs and behavioral health supports — and a number of speakers raised individual grievances with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).
Dutch de Groot, who identified himself as a board member of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Cook County (VAC) and representing the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said the VAC attracts federal dollars to Cook County and asked for additional veteran service officers. “With just 2 VSOs…last month they processed 90 intents to file, 76 claims,” de Groot said, adding an average monthly…
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