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Advocates ask Cook County to back TIF and grants to bolster homeless services and food access
Summary
Agency and nonprofit leaders urged the board to approve TIF investments and grants — including a proposed $4.1 million finance-committee approval for homeless services and a $10 million request for expanded food access — to prevent and rapidly resolve homelessness and to build pantry capacity across suburban Cook County.
Jennifer Hill, executive director of the Alliance to End Homelessness in suburban Cook County, told the board the county finance committee approved roughly $4.1 million in TIF investments for homeless services and described a problem-solving fund for prevention, shelter diversion and rapid resolution that can help households avoid shelter stays. She said shelter-diversion partners find safe alternatives "43% of the time" for…
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